HELP!!! XDA IIs not functioning after upgrade attempt!!!

[clearwave1]

Basically I have an O2 UK XDA IIs that I was trying to upgrade to the 1.40 ROM. It started fine but once it said it was starting the upgrade nothing happened and nothing changed on either screens except the device changed into bootloader mode which I understand is normal.

Now I cannot get it out of bootloader and I cannot upgrade. I've read the posts on fixing this but they do not work for me.

The main problem seems to be that while Windows sees a USB device connected it does not know what type it is so I cannot get a connection to ActiveSync. All of the tools I have found on this site require a connection to ActiveSync so I am stuck!!!

Please help ASAP!!!

[clearwave1]

I just got it to work - YAAAH.

Yes, I had read all of wiki but could not find the solution for me. Then while I was reading some other posts this morning I came across someone that said they had removed their battery and then held the hard reset sequence for over 1 minute and then replaced the battery. Since I was desperate I thought it couldn't hurt so I tried it.

Strangely enough, that was the solution!!!!

I'm now successfully upgraded!!!!