01-25-2013, 01:45 AM | #1 |
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drained Battery won't begin charging
I got my NST at the 'Black Fri' sale 2 months ago.
I copy/paste news items of interest into my word processor and save/print them to a PDF file, then SideLoad to my Nook. After the Xmas holiday, I had other priorities and left it in a well padded zipper organizer 'asleep' (not OFF)... well, the battery ran down. I was unable to get it to take a charge at all... There was enough juice left to let me know the battery was 0% and then it would revert to the "your nook is starting up..." screen. a few Googles suggested that I disconnect the battery as a "jolt" to the system to let it then begin charging the drained battery... I found this 5min video that shows how to remove the PWR-button and a (tiny) Torx-5 screw to get the back cover off. http://YouTube.com/watch?v=Zr0dCMavbPo I would add that you should place a PermMarker-DOT on the small power connector before you pull it out... so that you can get it back in properly oriented... That was my one difficulty. While the battery/back-panel was removed, I plugged-in my usb-pwr cable to the nook... it glowed-Green (not reddish-amber) but would not start up... I replaced the battery and back panel... plugged it back in and it began charging... After a 3-4 hour charge, it was 100%... Running again, seems OK. I hope this helps. |
02-01-2013, 09:23 PM | #2 |
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You're brave taking apart a two-month-old Nook. I would've taken it to a B&N store somewhere and let them mess with it. If it was out of warranty, that would be a different story...
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02-02-2013, 03:36 PM | #3 | |
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b) your suggestion of getting BN to determine the problem is noted, but I was visiting friends when I bought the NookST. that is 500mi away... (I live some 150mi to the nearest BN). c) although a BN-store "support" person would be 'responsible' to fix the problem... I do not automatically grant them some better ability. I spend more money at Craftsman/Harbor Freight than I do for Walmart.com/books or BN or AZM or HalfPriceBooks (hpb.com)... I tell folks that I am building bookshelves to store my books on how to use a variety of power-tools that I need to learn how to build the shelves for the books and the tools/bits/blades... back in the days of Dial-Up modems and DOS, there was a popular "modem program" called CrossTalk that let your PC be a terminal into the BBS or host-PC. CrossTalk was the $$-licensed-program and a Freeware clone was called Mirror-II, the splash-screen contained a random phrase, one of which was: "Beware of the Programmer that carries a Screwdriver" Last edited by toyfj40; 02-02-2013 at 03:42 PM. |
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02-04-2013, 10:21 PM | #4 | |
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I figure I know more than most B&N salespeople also, but I assumed they would just give you a new one. I've got a few B&N stores around here, but don't go to any of them. Got a Harbor Freight not too far away and a HF gift card for Christmas. I can't remember the name of the program I used to connect to my friend's BBS. I think it was just plain old XModem. I like your quote! I'm a computer programming teacher now and I like to write funny sayings on the board. I'll be using that one! |
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