Hey Mark, Did you check your battery status? They might be just a bit too low to run the new firmware, even though they might say something like 30%. Good luck, I hope you get it working! Sarah > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Lee" <lee.mark@xxxxxxxxx >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 12:12:53 -0500 >Subject: [bookport] i think my BP just died >Hi, fellow listers. >I believe my BP just died on me. I connected it to my computer to get the >2.0 firmware update. The transfer software sent the update to the BP then >told me to disconnect it from the computer. When I did, the BP didn't give >me the usual message that said code update started, do not press any keys. >Its just said book port ready. I waited for a few minutes then reset the >unit. Still, nothing about the code update starting. So, thinking there >might have been an error somewhere, I reconnected the BP to my computer. At >that point, the BP said, code update started, do not press any keys. After >that, I got nothing but gibberish. I tried several times to reset it by >both holding down 2 and b and by removing the batteries, but I still get >nothing but gibberish. Any ideas? >Mark