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The screen is blank! Even with the power switch showing “green” for fully charged. What is the problem? I’ve tried the charge with the computer–no change and charge via electrical outlet–no change. Is this a hard reset issue? If so, how do I go about doing that without a screen? Is it worth trying to repair? or replace and donate Kindle to some repair tech training location? Please advise.
After holding the power switch for 40 seconds don’t panic if it doesn’t immediately reboot. Mine just took about 30 seconds before showing any signs of life. It’s okay now.
I just had this problem too with my Kindle 3 (keyboard). I forgot to close the window yesterday, and it got cold and the air was slightly damp while charging, so I thought I had completely broken it. I don’t think anyone here mentioned that kind of condition in which it happened, but I thought I would - maybe it is a factor of why it happens and nobody thought about it. Anyway, I had a standby-screen and holding down the power didn’t do anything, and neither did anything else I did. So eventually, about to give up I actually found a solution mentioned nowhere else. I just typed “reset” into the keyboard and hit OK - and it started to reboot! (not the new-line button, but the one in the middle of the arrow keys) I admit I didn’t think it would work, it was just frustration which made me do it, but it worked :) PS: I posted this on this thread earlier today - I hadn’t realized it was a Kindle-2 thread at the time, as there were some other kindle-3 posts on there
