When i plug in my sansa e280 it shows the booting screen turns white, and boots again

When i turn on my sansa e280 it shows the booting screen. then the screen turns white and tries to boot again, this continues unless you reset it. the same thing happens when you plug it into the computer. please help me!

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Douglas smith Jun 24, 2007

i am the same person who posted this and i wanted to add that when i go to recovery mode, it only shows a versian file
Anonymous Dec 27, 2008

Boots to sansa start up screen then goes white and boots again.....over and over again and again.
Anonymous Jan 12, 2009

Me too, it continually goes white then reboots until I lock it...

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It sounds like you have a virus or some sort in it. If you still have a warranty send it back in and get a new one. It sounds like you have been doing exactly what you are supposed to be doing. The only thing that I could think of is that it is the motherboard. that is going to cost you about $91 Thank you, Connie

Posted on Jun 25, 2007

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