USB Eject a PRS-500?

techscott · 01-05-2007, 09:13 AM

After finishing loading ebooks using the Sony Connect software to my eBook I close Connect and try to eject the eBook from the Safely Remove applet on the Windows XP taskbar and there is no entry for the eBook! The eBook's screen has the "do not unplug the USB" graphic on the screen. How dod I eject this thing?

HarryT · 01-05-2007, 09:24 AM

No, the "Do not disconnect" message should only be there while "Connect" is running. As soon as you exit "Connect" the "Stop Sign" should disappear, and the Reader screen will just say "USB Connected". At that point you can safely disconnect.

techscott · 01-05-2007, 09:49 AM

Not good. It looks like I'll have to pull the cord and hope for the best. I guess reinstalling Connect is in order. I wonder if the other 4 USB devices connected to the laptop (via a hub) is causing the confusion?

KlondikeGeoff · 01-05-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by techscott

Not good. It looks like I'll have to pull the cord and hope for the best. I guess reinstalling Connect is in order. I wonder if the other 4 USB devices connected to the laptop (via a hub) is causing the confusion?

I've investigated the matter of unplugging USB devices, and also posted about it in an other forum. The consensus seems to be that in most cases no harm is done by just unplugging the things without bothering to go through the Safely Remove Hardware ritual.

I've been doing it for some time now with everything except a powered external HDD, and have suffered no unwanted results. Maybe I've just been lucky, but it saves a lot of time.

Done this with my camera, the old Rocket eBook, the Reader, a flash drive and even an inkjet printer (don't unplug the latter, just turn it off). I often get a little "ping" sound, but everything continues to work fine when I plug 'em in again.

YMMV!

NatCh · 01-05-2007, 12:08 PM

I've never done the "safely remove hardware" thing on the Reader, I just pull the plug. Windows has never yelled at me about it (like it does with my flash drives), and I've never noticed any adverse effect on the Reader either. I'm inclined to think that it's more like a Palm Pilot connection, you don't have to eject them either.

SoCal Bob · 01-05-2007, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

I've never done the "safely remove hardware" thing on the Reader, I just pull the plug. Windows has never yelled at me about it (like it does with my flash drives), and I've never noticed any adverse effect on the Reader either. I'm inclined to think that it's more like a Palm Pilot connection, you don't have to eject them either.

Exactly my experience as well. Only time to worry is when a file is actually transfering.

Kosst Amojan · 01-05-2007, 02:32 PM

Same here although windows sometimes crashes when I do it with various flash drives

kovidgoyal · 01-05-2007, 05:48 PM

The only time it is unsafe to pull the plug is if the reader tells you not too. Even then, sometimes you can get away with it. Basically USB communication with the reader happens in sessions. The connect s/w opens a session, reader icon changes to dont disconnect, connect does stuff, closes session, reader icon changes back.

01-05-2007, 09:13 AM	#1
techscott esse quam videri Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wherever my employer sends me. Currently Germany. Device: PRS-500 / iLiad	USB Eject a PRS-500? After finishing loading ebooks using the Sony Connect software to my eBook I close Connect and try to eject the eBook from the Safely Remove applet on the Windows XP taskbar and there is no entry for the eBook! The eBook's screen has the "do not unplug the USB" graphic on the screen. How dod I eject this thing?

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01-05-2007, 09:24 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	No, the "Do not disconnect" message should only be there while "Connect" is running. As soon as you exit "Connect" the "Stop Sign" should disappear, and the Reader screen will just say "USB Connected". At that point you can safely disconnect.

01-05-2007, 09:49 AM	#3
techscott esse quam videri Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wherever my employer sends me. Currently Germany. Device: PRS-500 / iLiad	Not good. It looks like I'll have to pull the cord and hope for the best. I guess reinstalling Connect is in order. I wonder if the other 4 USB devices connected to the laptop (via a hub) is causing the confusion?

01-05-2007, 12:08 PM	#5
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I've never done the "safely remove hardware" thing on the Reader, I just pull the plug. Windows has never yelled at me about it (like it does with my flash drives), and I've never noticed any adverse effect on the Reader either. I'm inclined to think that it's more like a Palm Pilot connection, you don't have to eject them either.

01-05-2007, 02:32 PM	#7
Kosst Amojan Addict Posts: 207 Karma: 19597 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northern Virginia Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	Same here although windows sometimes crashes when I do it with various flash drives

01-05-2007, 05:48 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,130 Karma: 27110892 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The only time it is unsafe to pull the plug is if the reader tells you not too. Even then, sometimes you can get away with it. Basically USB communication with the reader happens in sessions. The connect s/w opens a session, reader icon changes to dont disconnect, connect does stuff, closes session, reader icon changes back.

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