It's unbelievable!
Now it's the 3rd time my reader ist either frozen, dead or not functioning.
I startet the Connect software on my pc running winXP (no virtual machine).
Connected the Reader via USB.
Reader did nothing. No "usb connected" screen; nothing

(but the blue light came when I pressed the mark-button)
I closed connect - restartet it.
nothing
I deactivated the Reader drivers in Windows.
nothing
I waited
nothing
Then I used the "reset"-button on the back of the Reader and rebooted thar damn thing.
Now I'm hanging in "Starting up..." once again and nothing happens
Battery was only down to 3 (of 4) bars and in addition to that I now connected the charger.
The yellow led keeps flashing (which means that the Reader is booting).
Any idea what to do? Just try the "usual" unbricking "tricks" from the wiki?