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sohumb · 06-28-2009, 07:37 AM

I've had my reader (505) for a year-ish, love the thing to death. But recently it's started freezing up on random page turns, necessitating a soft reset (and remembering what page it was on, and losing any new bookmarks...).

Then earlier today it wouldn't turn on. I soft-reset it, flicked the power switch. The screen stayed blank and the LED stayed solid orange.

My computer wouldn't recognise it (though the light did turn red). Plugging it in and then unplugging it was the only way to get the light to turn off, and the screen stayed completely blank throughout this.

I was panicking that maybe the display was shot or something when some combination of soft resets and plugging it in and unplugging it and waiting meant that it turned on properly again, and since then it's been working fine.

Any suggestions?

06-28-2009, 07:37 AM	#1
sohumb Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canberra, Australia Device: Sony Reader PRS505	Lockups and boot problems I've had my reader (505) for a year-ish, love the thing to death. But recently it's started freezing up on random page turns, necessitating a soft reset (and remembering what page it was on, and losing any new bookmarks...). Then earlier today it wouldn't turn on. I soft-reset it, flicked the power switch. The screen stayed blank and the LED stayed solid orange. My computer wouldn't recognise it (though the light did turn red). Plugging it in and then unplugging it was the only way to get the light to turn off, and the screen stayed completely blank throughout this. I was panicking that maybe the display was shot or something when some combination of soft resets and plugging it in and unplugging it and waiting meant that it turned on properly again, and since then it's been working fine. Any suggestions?