What happens when you take out the batteries, leave them out for a while, put them in, and plug the unit into your USB port? -Brian On Dec 2, 4:36am, "Pratik Patel" wrote: } Subject: [bookport] Double Trouble } Hello, } } I'm using the latest beta of Bookport. And here's the problem: } } All of a sudden, a few days ago, Bookport started acting very strange. It } would stop plaing in the middle of an Audible File. When trying to move } between files, Bookport would not recognize the file as being anything. The } file was renamed to a null value automatically. Taking the CF card to the } computer and performing chkdsk resulted in it reporting file corruption. I } performed chkdsk to have the corruptions fixed. I never recovered the } original files that I was playing and had to use Bookport Transfer to reload } the files. The same process occurred once again yesterday. Then, all of a } sudden, I find that the Bookport is not responding at all. I receive a } message when I put in fresh batteriesregarding the version and that the } bookport is ready. However none of the keys are responding. The batteries } are fully charged. Not even a newly-formatted CF card makes a difference. } When plugged into Windows, the OS refuses to recognize the device, informing } me: "USB device not recognized: One of the USB devices attached to this } computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it. For } assistance in solving this problem, click this message." } } The next thing I was going to do was to reload 2.1 firmware to make sure } that this firmware wasn't causing the problem. Before I could do that, } however, Bookport refuses to be recognized. } } I hope someone can shed some light on it. } } Pratik } } } } } Pratik Patel } Director, CUNY Assistive Technology Services (CATS) } The City University of New York } pratik.patel@xxxxxxxxxxx } } >-- End of excerpt from "Pratik Patel"