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gigabeat f40 battery problem

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Chronon:
The voltage delivered by the battery can fluctuate depending on what sort of load it is trying to drive.

Your battery sounds like it is near the end of its life. 
http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/GigabeatRuntime

george99:
i had everything working fine for months and i just had to tinker with it by getting a new battery. at first the screen didn't work, but the machine powered on and i could see the drive mount on my computer. now, neither battery works at all and it won't power on.

??? ideas?

Chronon:
Check connections internally.  Maybe the LCD cable got dislodged?  There could be a stray short somewhere too.  It would explain inability to power on.

george99:
thanks for the ideas. the battery actually works, i had the hold button set to on.

the screen does not work now, however. i looked closely at the connector and it looks like it is hardwired to the machine at both ends. wonder what i did to mess up the cable/connection.

to bad because this player sounds excellent. i bought it on recommendations from this forum.

george99:
ok i googled around a bit and found someone had a similar problem where they had inadvertently turned off the backlight setting.

the suggested fix was to look at the screen in sunlight. i tried it and i can barely make out the scroll bar highlighting text, so it is working, but i can't really make out the text.

so does this mean that i also turned off the backlight? or could there also be another explanation for what is going on.

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