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Old 09-21-2009, 06:35 PM   #47
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Location: TAS, Australia
Device: Astak Pocket Pro (Black), 2 x Kindle WiFi (Graphite), iPod Touch 4G
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Originally Posted by KarateMonkey View Post
OK, so after sitting at my desk hooked up to a charging cable all morning I was suddenly able to get my Pocket Pro to respond. (FWIW, I pushed the reset button for a few seconds then immediately unhooked the power cord.)

Being a glutten for punishment I immediately set out to try and hook it up to my computer via the USB cable again, this time through a port in the back of the computer. It seemed to work, and forced me to restart the computer. When I got back I could see the Pocket Pro drives, but when I tried to do anything to the files that locked the computer up.

I shut down my computer and unhooked the Pocket Pro. It locked up again and I hit the reset button. It took a couple tries to successfully restart again, but seems to have managed.

I am not brimming with confidence at this point that it will continue to work properly.
Just a couple of thoughts (I havent ordered mine yet so I can't speak specifically about the PP, but experience similar to yours with mp3 players).

- Have you tried a different USB cable? Some people have reported issues with the USB cable (which Astak are addressing). This could answer why the PP might not be charging and the computer is locking up ie: Windows accessing the USB device, the cable failing and Windows locking up as a result of not being able to access any further. If you computer locks up just leave it for 5-10 min and see if the computer comes right. Sounds similar to Windows accessing and losing midway a network drive....locks the system.
- I have experiences with some MP3 players that is when the device isn't unmounted properly they can fail to start. From what I had read in the past it was something to do with locked files, certain sectors not cleared and files not fully written to the drive, a job usually done as part of the unmounting process (think of it as you not shutting down your computer properly and a disk scan occuring next reboot).

Just a thought.
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