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Rockbox appears to start on Sansa E280 but then fades away

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hamphlet:
Hello

I'm new to Rockbox & have just tried installing it on my Sansa E280. The automatic installer failed because it couldn't detect the Sansa, so I used the manual method which went well until Sansapatcher told me it couldn't find the Sansa either. After disconnecting & reconnecting I got it to work. It did only take about 3 seconds to download the bootloader though. Is it normally this quick? I exited Sansapatcher and disconnected the Sansa. At this point the Sansa didn't reboot like the instructions said it would, it just kept saying it was disconnected & I had to switch it off myself.

When I switched it back on it opened up with the basic Sandisk loading screen, then a Rockbox screen appeared saying Rockbox at the top & boot ver. 5.0 at the bottom. This only lasted a few seconds though before it faded away, the Sandisk loading screen reappeared & was followed by the usual Sandisk operating system. I've tried reloading all the Rockbox files but the result is the same. I'm not holding down any other buttons when I switch on. If I had to guess I'd say something went wrong with the installation of the bootloader, but how do I check? Or could it be anything else?

Any ideas? :-[ :-[

I'm using Windows XP & my Sansa Firmware is 01.02.15E. There is currently approx 3GB of free memory available.

MarcGuay:
Did you install the Rockbox firmware as well as the bootloader?  Look in the root directory of the device for a hidden folder called ".rockbox". 

hamphlet:
Hello Marc

Thanks for the reply. Yes I did the full manual install as per the manual, including the firmware and the fonts.

MarcGuay:

--- Quote from: hamphlet on January 12, 2009, 01:53:02 PM ---When I switched it back on it opened up with the basic Sandisk loading screen, then a Rockbox screen appeared saying Rockbox at the top & boot ver. 5.0 at the bottom. This only lasted a few seconds though before it faded away, the Sandisk loading screen reappeared & was followed by the usual Sandisk operating system.
--- End quote ---

Is an error message displayed as well?

hamphlet:
No I don't think so. First up it's the Sandisk logo, then the Rockbox one & then back to the Sandisk one before entering the Sandisk o/s. On the Rockbox screen (which lasts about 2 seconds before it dissolves away) there is some very very small writing just under the yellow Rockbox logo. But it's too tiny to read & I don't have a magnifiying glass to hand. To be honest though, given the resolution of the screen I don't think it would be legible magnified anyway. Actually I think I've just made it out, it looks like... "open source jukebox firmware." That's all. No error messages.

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