A Couple of things I noticed after smoking 3 of them. and returning 2 of them. You can recover this. I am not sure if you are having the same troubles I had noticed but.


First of all endless reboot is a software issue and should be fixed by reflashing. The problem is that reflashing is what causes the 3 sec boot then off. It starts to power on, then dies. This is different from the endless reboot. This can also be recovered. I did this three times, and the first two I returned. I was experiencing oddness with flashing under linux (hanging flashing kernel) and windows would flash no problem. But niether would work.

What ultimately I found to be my problem, was that I have about 10 different USB cables. If I did not use my 770 or n800 cable, I had problems. Verify that you are using the correct cable for the device. Just because it fits in both ends does not mean it will work.

I am not saying this is everyones issue, but I have not had a single problem since I started only using the correct cable.