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Sans Oblast · 10-22-2009, 03:34 AM

Hi,
I haven't post here before, although I have read a fair bit, and found you site very helpful.

I bought a PRS600 a few weeks ago, and am very pleased with it, but now it has stopped working. Having searched the web, I can find no one else with a similar issue.

I was loading new books onto it, and after finishing I disconnected the device. It went through the usual process, but when it came to display the menu all that is displayed is the lines that divide the menu options, the shading of the lower menu, and in the place at the bottom where loading would usually go is the following text: "1fskin:/l/string...". With out "".

Suffice to say I am quite stuck. By exercising the power and reset buttons I can get it to reboot, but it says loading book like normal, and goes back to that screen. I can't shut it off, only reboot, and I can't even work out exactly how to get it to reboot, just seems to do it when I keep pressing reset and power. I have tried a hard reset, nothing changes.

I'm running Ubuntu 9.04, and using Calibre. I have Windows available if needed.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

10-22-2009, 03:34 AM	#1
Sans Oblast Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS600	I appear to have bricked my Reader :-( Hi, I haven't post here before, although I have read a fair bit, and found you site very helpful. I bought a PRS600 a few weeks ago, and am very pleased with it, but now it has stopped working. Having searched the web, I can find no one else with a similar issue. I was loading new books onto it, and after finishing I disconnected the device. It went through the usual process, but when it came to display the menu all that is displayed is the lines that divide the menu options, the shading of the lower menu, and in the place at the bottom where loading would usually go is the following text: "1fskin:/l/string...". With out "". Suffice to say I am quite stuck. By exercising the power and reset buttons I can get it to reboot, but it says loading book like normal, and goes back to that screen. I can't shut it off, only reboot, and I can't even work out exactly how to get it to reboot, just seems to do it when I keep pressing reset and power. I have tried a hard reset, nothing changes. I'm running Ubuntu 9.04, and using Calibre. I have Windows available if needed. Any help would be very much appreciated.