Re: [iPAQ] 5450 battery dead, can it be charged outside the iPaq?

Siggi,

Thanks, I will try that, too.

However, as the procedure you describe takes 4 days, for efficiency
reasons I would still like to know if there are other ways to deal
with this situation (like charging the battery outside the handheld).
I wouldn't even mind having to spend some money on it and/or get my
soldering iron involved. I just need to know what to get/assemble.

So, I'm still keen to hear about any experiences with this.

Kind regards,

Rutger

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:12:40 +0100, Siegfried Göricke
<siggi_at_dbobjects.de> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 16. März 2005 13:55 schrieb Rutger van Bergen:
> > Everyone,
> >
> > It seems I ran into an issue I have seen discussed on this list a
> > number of times, and hoped to never experience. I basically drained
> > the battery of my 5450 to a point that it won't even complain by
> > buzzing any more. It's just completely dead.
> >
> > Following the compiled advice of a number of earlier postings I am
> > currently going through the process of reconnecting and disconnecting
> > power, removing and reinserting the battery, and pressing buttons and
> > reset switches until my fingers are sore. I've had no luck so far, but
> > I'll keep you posted.
> >
> > A thought that crossed my mind however, is that a possible solution is
> > charging the main battery outside the iPaq, which I know is possible
> > for a number of other models (like my 2210). I've spent some time
> > googling for an "external charger" for the 5xxx servies, but wasn't
> > able to find anything useful. As the members of this list are usually
> > a few steps beyond the average iPaq user, I was wondering if anyone
> > here has had any experience with this.
> >
> > If so, I know one person who would be very interested ;)
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> Hi,
>
> several times I had the same problem. After 2 days in a craddle and another 2
> days with removed battery, the ipaq buzzed and than I procedure the described
> actions.
>
> Hope this helps, sometimes you need some patience.
>
> --
> Best Regards/Gruss Siggi
>
>
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Received on Wed Mar 16 2005 - 09:07:20 EST