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MacBeezle · 07-25-2007, 08:37 AM

Hi,

I was just reading "Der Goldene Kompass" (in english "the golden compass" - I think) on my way to work this morning and was on page 4xx of about 1000 when my Reader froze.

I never had problems before but when I tried to turn to the next page the Reader just didn't respond.
I tried to go to the menu but it didn't respond to this either.
Pressing the "mark" button lights the blue circle but nothing happend.

When I arrived at work I did reset the Reader but when I switched it on again the screen did a few black->white->black screen-refreshes, then showed the usual "Starting...."-screen and kept displaying "Starting...".
The power-led was flashing yellow the whole time.

I reset the Reader several times and tried connecting it to my computer here at work - after a while it displayed "upgrading firmware" or something like that.

Unfortunately I cannot re-install the firmware here but I will try as soon as I get back home.

I really hope this will revive my Reader :/

But the big question is what caused the Reader to freeze???
A "special character"?
Faulty sd-card (the document I read is saved on the card)?

Any suggestions?

07-25-2007, 08:37 AM	#1
MacBeezle Zealot Posts: 119 Karma: 38 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Germany Device: Apple iPhone 4, Apple iPad, Sony Reader PRS-500U2. Soon: Kindle 4	self-generated document froze my Reader Hi, I was just reading "Der Goldene Kompass" (in english "the golden compass" - I think) on my way to work this morning and was on page 4xx of about 1000 when my Reader froze. I never had problems before but when I tried to turn to the next page the Reader just didn't respond. I tried to go to the menu but it didn't respond to this either. Pressing the "mark" button lights the blue circle but nothing happend. When I arrived at work I did reset the Reader but when I switched it on again the screen did a few black->white->black screen-refreshes, then showed the usual "Starting...."-screen and kept displaying "Starting...". The power-led was flashing yellow the whole time. I reset the Reader several times and tried connecting it to my computer here at work - after a while it displayed "upgrading firmware" or something like that. Unfortunately I cannot re-install the firmware here but I will try as soon as I get back home. I really hope this will revive my Reader :/ But the big question is what caused the Reader to freeze??? A "special character"? Faulty sd-card (the document I read is saved on the card)? Any suggestions?