My Sansa E280 is about a month old. I just finished putting about 1300 songs on it yesterday, took a drive & it worked perfectly in my car. Then I went to turn it on later and it just refuses to turn on. I tried hooking it up to my computer & still nothing!
Same thing. I loaded it with music, and played it in my car a few times, and then it died. It will not turn on. I tried it at home and in the car.Same thing. I loaded it with music, and played it in my car a few times, and then it died. It will not turn on. I tried it at home and in the car.
Mine just died too. It was playing okay then just stopped in the middle of a song. The blue dial light is on (won't turn off) but no image on the screen, on/off button does not respond. The battery was charged up.
I've had problems with it before - it continues to say "writing" after I disconnect it from the computer, but that resolves itself after a few minutes. This blue ring of death is a first. Mine just died too. It was playing okay then just stopped in the middle of a song. The blue dial light is on (won't turn off) but no image on the screen, on/off button does not respond. The battery was charged up.
I've had problems with it before - it continues to say "writing" after I disconnect it from the computer, but that resolves itself after a few minutes. This blue ring of death is a first.
about three months old. freezing out but i had it in my coat pocket.turned off in middle of song and just...nothing..an hour now..help?about three months old. freezing out but i had it in my coat pocket.turned off in middle of song and just...nothing..an hour now..help?
i got my sansa towards the end of January and it was working perfectly. yesterday I tried to turn it on and it wouldn't even turn on. I hooke it up to my computer and and the computer detected it but when i tried to eject it, the sansa screen still said connected even after i pushed stop on the computer. I hooked it up to a toshiba computer and it didn't work. i hooked up to an iMAC computer and it still didn't work. When I just finally ejected it, the screen went black and it still wouldn't turn on! WHAT DO I DO!?!?!?i got my sansa towards the end of January and it was working perfectly. yesterday I tried to turn it on and it wouldn't even turn on. I hooke it up to my computer and and the computer detected it but when i tried to eject it, the sansa screen still said connected even after i pushed stop on the computer. I hooked it up to a toshiba computer and it didn't work. i hooked up to an iMAC computer and it still didn't work. When I just finally ejected it, the screen went black and it still wouldn't turn on! WHAT DO I DO!?!?!?
was listening to music then all of a sudden in the middle of the song the player went dead. tried turning it on and nothing. then tried charging it but still nothing. am going to try removing the battery, but i've got to look for the propper tool to unscrew it. well....we'll see wat happens.
was listening to music then all of a sudden in the middle of the song the player went dead. tried turning it on and nothing. then tried charging it but still nothing. am going to try removing the battery, but i've got to look for the propper tool to unscrew it. well....we'll see wat happens.
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Fixed my "dead" Sansa by opening the back, removing the battery then putting it back in. This appears to have rebooted the system and now it's working fine. No files were lost.
(I did try holding down the on/off button prior to this but got no response at all.)
Okay..turned itself back on,guess it was cold as hell.however, it erased some songs! got like 1300 so no idea which ones cause now it reads 12 something..weird monster. still better than ipod! :)
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Connect your device to your computer using USB cable. Then go to My Computer. You can see the MP3 Player drive. Just double click it and you can copy and paste there your songs
I fixed mine! I removed the four screws on the back with an eyeglasses repair kit and then took out the battery and waited a few seconds then put it back in and now it turns on and i didnt lose any songs or anything!
Try this, I bet it might work. And the battery is the big white thing that looks like, well, a battery. its really obvious.
I had the same issue. Plug the player in your PC. Go to "my computer"
right click the Sansa player. Go to Properties and then select the
"tools" tab. Run the error check and the disc defragmentation
format the player in MSC/Rhapsody mode. Then restransfer the songs back to the player.This is usuall cause by a bad file in the player, If you are unable to get to the menus of the player. Perform recovery mode on the player and create a sansa.fmt on the player then let if format the device.
You dragged & dropped files in recovery mode?
Recovery mode is only for re-installing the firmware or formatting the device if it is unresponsive.
If you are wanting to drag and drop files onto the device, the music needs to be put into the Music folder on the device.
If you do not see the Music folder, you will need to enable hidden files and folders on your PC.
Best of Luck.
p.s. - you can add to this question this doesnt work.
Same thing. I loaded it with music, and played it in my car a few times, and then it died. It will not turn on. I tried it at home and in the car.
Mine just died too. It was playing okay then just stopped in the middle of a song. The blue dial light is on (won't turn off) but no image on the screen, on/off button does not respond. The battery was charged up.
I've had problems with it before - it continues to say "writing" after I disconnect it from the computer, but that resolves itself after a few minutes. This blue ring of death is a first.
about three months old. freezing out but i had it in my coat pocket.turned off in middle of song and just...nothing..an hour now..help?
i got my sansa towards the end of January and it was working perfectly. yesterday I tried to turn it on and it wouldn't even turn on. I hooke it up to my computer and and the computer detected it but when i tried to eject it, the sansa screen still said connected even after i pushed stop on the computer. I hooked it up to a toshiba computer and it didn't work. i hooked up to an iMAC computer and it still didn't work. When I just finally ejected it, the screen went black and it still wouldn't turn on! WHAT DO I DO!?!?!?
was listening to music then all of a sudden in the middle of the song the player went dead. tried turning it on and nothing. then tried charging it but still nothing. am going to try removing the battery, but i've got to look for the propper tool to unscrew it. well....we'll see wat happens.
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