HELP!! E280 WILL NOT WORK ANYMORE!

[TripleX223]

Ok so i downloaded the whole rockbox correcty, and unpluged my mp3. The sansa restarted in the rockbox format, and worker properly. I than played a few games and turned it off. I reattached it to the usb cable cord, and to the computer. An error came up on my pc saying does not reconize driver installed. i unplugged the sansa.. and now it wont turn on

HELP!!! I NEED TO FIX THIS  

[Febs]

1.  Please don't shout.

2.  What happens if you plug it back in to USB?

[BorgAlpha]

I had thsi same Problem iwith my E250 after installing RockBox =-\


Solution:
-Remove back cover
-Pull battery
-Put batter back in
(System restarts fine)

Using e200 series with Rockbox & Computer:
-Restart unit and holding left key while it starts
 (This will boot it with the SanDisk software)

You then can load it up like normal, and let it reboot in RockBox mode

It's a really ghetto solution but it works.  Hopefully Rockbox will resolve this issue, since it seems to be their software that causes the player to crash and lock up.  Since it works fine with the computer and default software.

[AlexP]

Ok so i downloaded the whole rockbox correcty, and unpluged my mp3. The sansa restarted in the rockbox format, and worker properly. I than played a few games and turned it off. I reattached it to the usb cable cord, and to the computer. An error came up on my pc saying does not reconize driver installed. i unplugged the sansa.. and now it wont turn on

It sounds to me like rockbox has hung with the backlight off, making it look like the player is off.  Clearly therefore any efforts to turn it on will not work.  Hold power for at least 15 seconds to properly turn it off, then you can turn back on as normal.  As a note, rockbox does not currently have a USB mode for portalplayer targets, so you need to reboot to the sansa firmware to transfer  music.

Solution:
-Remove back cover
-Pull battery
-Put batter back in
(System restarts fine)

Using e200 series with Rockbox & Computer:
-Restart unit and holding left key while it starts
 (This will boot it with the SanDisk software)

You then can load it up like normal, and let it reboot in RockBox mode

The holding power for at least 15 seconds to turn off is a hardware feature, and will always work unless you have a hardware problem.  There is NO need to remove the battery.

[MarcGuay]

The holding power for at least 15 seconds to turn off is a hardware feature, and will always work unless you have a hardware problem.  There is NO need to remove the battery.

And if you have your headphones on you'll hear a "click" when the power shuts off.

[TripleX223]

OH WOW thank you guys so much.. the 15 second thing worked like a charm


but now i have another issue

i was acessing the game list and got an error

it says

 Data abort
at 000081B4  <0>

[zajacattack]

Rockbox crashed. Hold power 15 seconds to power off, then you can reboot.

[BorgAlpha]

The holding power for at least 15 seconds to turn off is a hardware feature, and will always work unless you have a hardware problem.  There is NO need to remove the battery.

I needed to remove the battery.  Holding the power button for 15 sec did absolutely nothing.

I found while using the cpchan version there was no issue with plugging in my unit while RockBox was running.   This this seems to be an issue with the current build offered form the site.  Though the cpchan release does add some static to some songs =-\

[saratoga]

The holding power for at least 15 seconds to turn off is a hardware feature, and will always work unless you have a hardware problem.  There is NO need to remove the battery.

I needed to remove the battery.  Holding the power button for 15 sec did absolutely nothing.

You're probably not doing it right.