On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:53:55AM -0500, Laura Conrad wrote: > >>>>> "Marius" == Marius Gedminas <marius@xxxxxx> writes: > > >> Yesterday it hung twice. I haven't consciously written to the card > >> since copying the directory with all my books in it right after the > >> reformat. So if it's corrupt again, that means I should change > >> something. > > Marius> I don't remember what 'hung' means in this context, but > Marius> sometimes this may mean the SD card is not seated > Marius> properly. Opening the cover, pushing it in deeper and > Marius> closing the cover may fix things. > > I think what it meant in this case was that it was dying. The day > after I wrote that, the 770 got in a state where it won't print any > letters. The lights still come on, and you can see by the different > lighting in different screen areas that the different screens are > still coming up (Nokia, the hands, the home screen), but you can't > read anything on any of them. That sounds like the infamous White Screen of Death. > So I ordered a 810, and am using that instead. > > I'll be happy to resurrect the 770 if anyone has any ideas for how. > I tried reflashing and it didn't change anything. The WSOD is a hardware fault and cannot be easily fixed. Marius Gedminas -- "In general, it is safe and legal to kill your children and their children" POSIX Prg Gt, by Donald Lewine, O'Reilly & Associates, 1991, p.110 (On process termination) -- http://lambda.weblogs.com/discuss/msgReader$7635?mode=day
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