I just managed to fix my Flip Mino (not HD), following the MinoHD manual and Scott's tip above. I had the same symptoms; didn't turn on, flashing white light forever and the drive wouldn't mount. Tech support is useless.
The Mino is close enough to the HD that it wasn't hard to get it apart. The only thing that was necessary to do is to unplug the logic board (underneath the board at roughly left center) and then plug it in again. Booted up right away to what looked like a firmware screen, and after rebooting, everything was normal. Battery had a full charge.
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This was after a long and fruitless round of email with tech support. Despite numerous resets following their somewhat bizarre instructions, absolutely nothing worked. The process could have gone a lot faster if they'd actually read my questions. The first reply to my email asked my to provide several pieces of information, including my email address. Which is sort of a funny thing to ask for, since they asked it in an email sent to my email address. Aack.
I just managed to fix my Flip Mino (not HD), following the MinoHD manusl and Scott's tip above. I had the same symptoms; didn't turn on, flashing white light forever and the drive wouldn't mount. Tech support is useless.
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I just managed to fix my Flip Mino (not HD), following the MinoHD manual and Scott's tip above. I had the same symptoms; didn't turn on, flashing white light forever and the drive wouldn't mount. Tech support is useless.
The Mino is close enough to the HD that it wasn't hard to get it apart. The only thing that was necessary to do is to unplug the logic board (underneath the board at roughly left center) and then plug it in again. Booted up right away to what looked like a firmware screen, and after rebooting, everything was normal. Battery had a full charge.
I just managed to fix my Flip Mino (not HD), following the MinoHD manusl and Scott's tip above. I had the same symptoms; didn't turn on, flashing white light forever and the drive wouldn't mount. Tech support is useless.
The Mino is close enough to the HD that it wasn't hard to get it apart. The only thing that was necessary to do is to unplug the logic board (underneath the board at roughly left center) and then plug it in again. Booted up right away to what looked like a firmware screen, and after rebooting, everything was normal. Battery had a full charge.
Thanks, iFixit!