# Device frozen: "max number of overlay items reached" \[SOLVED\]
**URL:** https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-max-number-of-overlay-items-reached-solved/396
**Category:** Bug reports
**Created:** [January 17, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-max-number-of-overlay-items-reached-solved/396 "2021-01-17T10:27:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@urbanspaceman](https://forum.electra.one/u/urbanspaceman)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-max-number-of-overlay-items-reached-solved/396/1 "2021-01-17T10:27:21Z")
Based on the [log](https://www.urbanspaceman.net/shared/maxNumberOfOverlay.log) it looks like I’ve used too many overlays in my preset, and now I can’t restart the device. The hard reset doesn’t work, as the Console app crashes on my MacBook. What do I do?
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### Author:  [@urbanspaceman](https://forum.electra.one/u/urbanspaceman)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2021, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-max-number-of-overlay-items-reached-solved/396/2 "2021-01-17T10:34:20Z")
I’ve gone back to firmware 1.3.4, and was able to get the device to finish booting. I’m nervous about hitting this limit again, however.
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### Author:  [@quadram](https://forum.electra.one/u/quadram)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-max-number-of-overlay-items-reached-solved/396/3 "2021-01-17T13:04:31Z")
Same for me, back to firmware 1.3.2
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### Author:  [@urbanspaceman](https://forum.electra.one/u/urbanspaceman)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-max-number-of-overlay-items-reached-solved/396/4 "2021-01-17T14:19:43Z")
There’s something in my preset the Electra doesn’t like (even on the firmware 1.3.4). I’ve reduced the number of overlays, but the device still freezes when I upload the preset. I have to restart the device…then it seems fine. Seems to relate to the size of the overlay…I’ve filled up nearly all 12 pages.
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### Author:  [@martin](https://forum.electra.one/u/martin)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-max-number-of-overlay-items-reached-solved/396/5 "2021-02-09T19:25:59Z")
I hope this should be fully resolved in version 1.5.
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### Author:  [@urbanspaceman](https://forum.electra.one/u/urbanspaceman)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-max-number-of-overlay-items-reached-solved/396/6 "2021-02-09T20:35:05Z")
I’ll try it, thank you.