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Muskrat · 08-17-2007, 09:56 PM

Please can someone help?
I just tried flashing my reader with hacks #15 & #16 from diabloNL's hacks collection, after first updating with Sony's firmware update. All went well until the final reboot (key 9) when the reader is now stuck on the "Starting up..." screen. Resets just go back to another starting up screen. I have no USB connection now. Tried the unbricking procedure mentioned here but the WZSEO.tmp folder does not seem to contain the same files as described. Perhaps because of the firmware upgrade? I now cannot turn off my reader or do anything with it. What do I do?
Please help. I was in the middle of a really great book!

08-17-2007, 09:56 PM	#1
Muskrat Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 11 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: prs500	Help Please! Just bricked my reader with the flasher! Please can someone help? I just tried flashing my reader with hacks #15 & #16 from diabloNL's hacks collection, after first updating with Sony's firmware update. All went well until the final reboot (key 9) when the reader is now stuck on the "Starting up..." screen. Resets just go back to another starting up screen. I have no USB connection now. Tried the unbricking procedure mentioned here but the WZSEO.tmp folder does not seem to contain the same files as described. Perhaps because of the firmware upgrade? I now cannot turn off my reader or do anything with it. What do I do? Please help. I was in the middle of a really great book!