Netbook Pro - Black screen after boot screen

After flashing the OS to the 404 version, when my NBP reboots, it shows the splash screen with the loading bar, and then nothing but a black screen.

Esc-CTL-D has no effect.

I assumed I had turned it into a brick - but learning of the linux versions out there has me wanting to try to get this working again.

Anyone have any advice on what else to try.
I've also tried putting the OS images on the SD card to try to re-flash the OS, but it doesn't seem to have any effect (so I need to use the CF card instead?)

Thanks,
Steve T.

Try reflashing using a CF card formatted to FAT (not FAT32).

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Edited by CE Geek 2009-12-08 7:04 PM

Tried using a FAT16 CF card - still same thing. (is BooSt supposed to show up before or after the splash screen? - what is it doing while that progress bar is running?)

Other wierd thing - when I close the lid, the red and green LED lights come on. When I open the lid- only the green - even if I try to turn it off using the keyboard.

Any other suggestions?

The red light is supposed to go on whenever you close the lid - that's telling you the device is saving changes to the persistent registry. Dunno about the green light, though.

I trust you've followed each step in the readme.txt file (note in particular steps 2 and 3).

The red light never goes off once I close the lid - which has me concerned.

Do you mean steps 2,3 of the readme.txt file in the 404 OS update package from Psion? (remove files, disconnect cables)
Yes, I had done those.

I am wondering if the keyboard connection has gone bad - which would cause it not to recognize the Esc-Ctl-D combination. I may dissasemble and recheck this (I have once already) - but I'm not sure how to test the keyboard connection to be sure it is working.

Stumbing along ....