Tungsten E2 Won't Turn off without Soft Reset

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I Recently bought a Palm Tunsten E2 (from ebay, fully functional working condition) and it worked fine for a few hours affter i got it. It is now at random intervals, not turning off. I have to soft reset it before it will let me turn it off, but it turns on fine.
Also when i turn it on sometimes it acs as if i was pressing a bunch of buttons when i am not.
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there is a possibility that this is a software problem.
if you did a hard reset and did not sync, you are still observing the device and you are getting the same problem then it is a hardware issue already. but if not try this:
1. perform a hard reset on the device. as mentioned this erases all the data on the handheld.
2. if you are hotsynching to outlook then you can hotsync directly to a new username.
3. if you are hotsynching to palm dekstop then you need to change some settings. you have to rename the backup fodler under the directory c:/program files/palm/(userfolder). once you found the backup folder, right click backup and click rename. rename it to backupold. once done. close current open windows.
4. change the PIMs settigns to desktop overwrites handheld. click the hotsync manager. go to custom. under custom window make sure you are under the correct username. locate for the PIMs and change it to desktop overwrites handheld.
clcik on ok and done and then hotsync to the same username.
hope this one works. 
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