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gio1050 · 04-15-2007, 09:36 PM

Meanballer, you saved me a load of grief. I was ready to ship the reader off the same day that I saw your response to this post. It didn't occur to me that the battery might simply be dead. I charged it using the AC adapter and, sure enough, it came back to life.

Now here's the surprising part...the li'on battery discharge rate is extremely fast when not being used. I hadn't used it in a month and then left for vacation at the end of March. Again, the thing was dead. When I got back, I plugged it in and it came back up. It's possible that when I had it charging via USB it wasn't really charging, but right now I don't know what's going on.

Anyway, thanks for the tip!

04-15-2007, 09:36 PM	#15
gio1050 Casual Reader Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles, Ca. Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	It WAS the battery Meanballer, you saved me a load of grief. I was ready to ship the reader off the same day that I saw your response to this post. It didn't occur to me that the battery might simply be dead. I charged it using the AC adapter and, sure enough, it came back to life. Now here's the surprising part...the li'on battery discharge rate is extremely fast when not being used. I hadn't used it in a month and then left for vacation at the end of March. Again, the thing was dead. When I got back, I plugged it in and it came back up. It's possible that when I had it charging via USB it wasn't really charging, but right now I don't know what's going on. Anyway, thanks for the tip!