Trying to hotsync kills the pda

I had to hard reset my pda. after doing that i tried to resync and it ran through the whole process and then imploded - getting stuck in a loop where the only thing happening is the logo flashing every 3 seconds or so....got a new PDA due to other issues and same thing. any ideas?

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You must have a 3rd party or a driver from a prior different palm os device causing the problem. You will need to rename your C:\Program Files\palmone\Username\Backup\ directory to allow the first sync. It will create a new one. The double click on the files in the old Backup one at a time to determine which one to avoid or reinstall the apps one by one.

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