Throw it against the wall...twice.

That may not fix the tablet, but it will make you feel better.

Then take the smashed tablet to the CPO and tell them a tug ran it over while you were at the bus stop, get a new one. :D

Did that several times. It finally came on several minutes later. Not sure if that's what got it going as I mashed just about every button.

1- Hold down the power button
2- At the same time hold down the volume up button.
3- Hold for at least 10 seconds.
4- Curse Delta for going with Microsoft.*
It should force it to quit and then you can restart it.

*4 is optional

Hold the power button for 2 minutes. Worked for me

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, SELECT, START....wait, nevermind.

"Why, you take your cat and go and get in the graveyard 'long about midnight when somebody that was wicked has been buried; and when it's midnight a devil will come, or maybe two or three, but you can't see 'em, you can only hear something like the wind, or maybe hear 'em talk; and when they're taking that feller away, you heave your cat after 'em and say, 'Devil follow corpse, cat follow devil, warts follow cat, I'm done with ye!'
If it cures warts, it ought to cure Microsoft.

I had this problem last week and the Delta IT guys said it was so common they have come up with a "QRH-like" procedure to deal with it....so for future refence, because if it hasn't happened to you yet, it will:

Step 1) Disconnect the tablet from the keyboard

Step 2) PRESS and HOLD the On button for at least a 10 second count

Step 3) Release the On button and count to 3

Step 4) Press and release (tap) the On button as you normally would to turn it on, and abracadabra, it should work.



If that doesn't work, might I suggest this scene from Office Space:

http://img.talkandroid.com/uploads/2...ace-copier.jpg

Yep, had to do that a few times. On the other hand, here's the complicated procedure for using my iPad EFB when I'm out bugsmashing in my 1953 Pacer:

Step 1) Press Power Button
Step 2) Enjoy seamless VFR sectionals, IFR enroute charts, approach plates, and airport diagrams, all with aircraft position, heading, and altitude clearly displayed on them. Easy-to-enter routing that doesn't require me to remember whether to use one or two dots. 3D terrain depiction that warns me if my route takes me through something pointy above my altitude. Up-to-the-minute datalink weather, notams, and TFRs. Radar and other weather overlays for big-picture decision-making.

Doesn't that just make your brain hurt? Good thing we went with an orphaned, neutered Microsoft product instead of the sort of technology the pilots of 62-year-old single-engine ragwing airplanes are forced to use!

//I kid, mostly. The EFB is pretty nice for what it is, just seems like they reinvented the wheel to get there.

I think everyone that gets this will agree this is the post of the day/week/month/yr!

+1. Yep. That's funny right there...