XV6700 Allignment Issue! Please help!

[nimrod.sixty9]

Ok I just got this thing off of eBay and of course I loved it, but the alignment was off. So then I tried align screen and all it would do is loop!

So I took to searching the net and noticed most forum posts said reset would work. What they failed to say is that if it doesnt fix it that youll be stuck at the alignment screen for good!

So what is wrong? Why is it doing this? Is it software or hardware? Most importantly... How do I fix it? Is there a way I can bypass (welcome.not)?

Also, the only time my computer even responds to the phone at all is when I do a hard or soft reset, and all that does is show a pop up baloon saying the device has malfunctined and Windows doesnt know what the device is! Is it because I havent gotten past initial configuration? Or is this thing a really expensive brick?