[conundrum]

Just obtained the broken reader from one of the nice guys on the forum.

battery once charged works fine, so i have a known good (2 weeks old) battery here complete with connector.

also have a usb and data board if needed.

pm me and i'll send it to you along with install instructions.
Requires undoing two screws while reader on flat surface, sliding back the back cover and lifting up, then gently lift out the old battery and remove connector. replace new battery (DO NOT press down hard at all!) and fit connector the right way round with the wires in the same location as the old battery.
replace cover and screws then try external charge.
If it works the unit will turn on and display a low battery warning within about an hour.

fwiw i had to resort to the 5v external brick (in my case a creative muvo2) to get it going after changing the battery, for some reason leaving it in storage caused the battery to go dormant and usb charge failed with the RLOD (red light of doom)
Resetting and suchlike didn't work, but external charge did.

regards, -A

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