Randomly, with my Gigabeat docked or not, powering on doesn't even get to the Toshiba splash screen that loads the bootloader. I can tell especially when docked. The green or orange charge icon is visible. If I try to power on, the charge icon will disappear, then the lcd seems to power on but stays black, then the charge icon reappears.
To power on fully when this happens, I have to have an AC adapter. I plug the AC adapter into the Gigabeat and switch the battery off. Power on, when I get the Toshiba splash screen, I quickly switch the battery back on. (Otherwise it will boot and give the battery low error and power back down.)
Using the latest official bootloader, April 21. This seemed to start around two weeks ago using official builds. I doubt that this is a Rockbox issue because the anomally occurs before the bootloader even loads.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Is anyone else experiencing this?
Could this be a battery issue?
If so, has anyone purchased and successfully replaced a Gigabeat battery?
Thanks.