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gigabeat f40 battery problem

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george99:
just got a used gigabeat f40.  i didn't expect it to work perfectly but i just want to check in here to see if this i am dealing with a serious problem.

i plan on replacing the battery and the hard drive soon.

as of now the battery holds charge for about 10 minutes, obviously the battery is shot. the issue i am having is that no music shows up on the gigabeat when not connected to the computer. when connected to the computer as an external drive the music i transferred to it shows up correctly. can this  be caused by the battery issue or is there a more serious problem here?

LambdaCalculus:
Check to see if the file view is set to anything other than "All" or "Supported". You can press and hold the MENU button to bring up the quickscreen to see this setting.

george99:
version 2.02 is installed on this player. i tried twice to install the most recent version of RB. the installation process went through fine, but it still says version 2.02 on the player.

LambdaCalculus:
Did you install the bootloader as well? It sounds like you're still going into the Gigabeat OF, which shouldn't be happening if you installed Rockbox fully.

george99:
yes i installed the bootloader from the rockbox utility and then the current version of rockbox.

still no luck, same thing happens.


Post Merge: February 02, 2011, 09:53:02 AMsolved.

i never completed a full power off by sliding the battery button off and on.

rockbox 3.7.1. now loads fine.

this player may be new so it might take a while for the battery to charge properly.


Post Merge: February 03, 2011, 05:42:06 AMnow i'm getting some weird battery behavior.

it does seem to be running down a bit fast, about halfway discharged in 3 hours.

then it will suddenly increase battery life from 27 to 41.????

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