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miyata:
Hey there,
been using a rockboxed Clip+ for years and it died on me, so I got me a shiny new one!

Rockboxed it, worked fine for like an hour, then it showed display errors: flickering and switching lines.
Booted original Firmware (V01.02.18P), worked fine.
So I removed Rockbox again, as expected, now the original Firmware showed up again and is working fine.

Now I wanted to try anothe, fresh, install of Rockbox. Utility ran through without errors. But upon boot the screen stays black. I can turn it off, and boot into the original Firmware with Home+Power which works fine. Turn it off and on again without Home Button to boot Rock box, screen stays black again.
I removed Rockbox again and retried another install, same effect, black screen in Rockbox, original Firmware boots and works.

So, what can I do? I can't stand using the original Firmware, I need Rockbox in order to use that player witout Magnifying glasses (got very bad eyesight...)

Thank you so much in advance for helping me on this issue!

Miyata

miyata:
I tried a manual install today, same thing as before but for a second after the reboot I saw the RockBox Screen before it went black again and stayed that way until I reflashed it to its original Firmware again.
Could it be that Device is in some way broken and the Sansa Firmware can compensate for that?
Should I try older Firmwares?
It really pains me that I don't get that thingy working right...

HiFiGuy:
You can always try reformatting the device. That is the only thing that comes to mind. Hope this helps!

miyata:

--- Quote from: HiFiGuy on October 29, 2013, 12:56:55 AM ---...try reformatting the device...

--- End quote ---
Just formatt it to FAT32 in Windows Diskmanager or just FAT?
What if I use Linux, there is only one option for FAT/32 but which bootsector would I write? Dos/W95 16/W95 32? After formatting first put a original Imgage on it an then rockbox it or rockbox it right after formatting it, leaving it without the original Firmware?

Echo:
I had a similar problem a few days ago.
The rockbox load go stuck on DB update. When I deleted the DB files (Using a computer) It didn't load at all (Black Screen)
All the time the OF worked fine (as much a the sansa OF can work fine :))

This is what did to fix it:

* Remove the external SD card if you have one
* Connect the clip+ to an Ubuntu running computer
* Unmount the clip+
* Enter Applications->Accessories->Disk Utility
* Select the clip+ and click "Format Drive"
* In "Scheme" choose "Master Boot Record" and click format
* In the main Disc Utility screen click "Format Volume". Make sure the clip+ is selected
* In type choose FAT, in name write SANSA CLIP and click format
* Mount the clip+ again
* Write the most resent OF to the clip+, unmount and disconnect it
* If the OF loads successfully, install the latest stable realease of rockbox using the utility
I know this may be a bit too detailed but hope it will work for you.
Note that this work with my clip+ and I'm not sure we have the same model or the same problem, so be carefull in what you do so you don't damage your device.

Good Luck

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