S10 flickering, a dead battery?

[DarkMetroid]

Well, I'v had my unit for less than a year I know, probably been about 6 months or so. But last night the thing wouldn't come on at all. It does for a second, then goes off saying Battery Low.

Whenever I plug it in to charge, the screen starts to flicker and it tells me Replace Battery or something other like that.

I was wondering if anyone has gotten this error before and...if I could simple either ship this thing to iRiver or if I should just ask for a new 'battery' ( I wouldn't even know how to open the thing really )?

Anyhow, any ideas would be awesome. Thanks.

[kasamsun]

i have got this error. when i put bad Usb-Wall charger on it. it said Replace Battery as yours, then i quickly pull it off. when i back to charge by traditional usb port charging, it back to work again. Lucky me.

[DarkMetroid]

I've actually pulled that off once before, I might just try that and see if I can get it to work.

[DarkMetroid]

Nope, not working, I even left it plugged in for a good hour and it still says dead battery. Screen is barely lite up when I do turn it on.

[DarkMetroid]

Well, ended up just calling iRiver and they let me ship it back for free.

They said it's probably because of a 'dirty' usb connection I plugged it into, possibly messing up the thing inside that regulates the amount of power that goes into it.

So it wouldn't hold a charge and it was being fried whenever I would plug it in, so it completely screwed up the memory and the screen.

Now I'm just going to try and think of all the usb's I plugged it into that might have caused this is that is the case, or maybe it was just defective...who knows.

[DarkMetroid]

Ok, well I think I found out what caused it. I had a friend who plugged his into his 360 a while back and the next day his player was also acting weird.

Few weeks later it just stopped working so...

I'd highly advice not plugging your s10 into your 360.

[Zittoune]

And what about your S10 sent to iRiver ? Did they repared it ? If so, How long did it take ?

[BiGRED84]

Originally Posted by DarkMetroid

Ok, well I think I found out what caused it. I had a friend who plugged his into his 360 a while back and the next day his player was also acting weird.

Few weeks later it just stopped working so...

I'd highly advice not plugging your s10 into your 360.

hmmm, could that possibly be the reason my h10 20gb now only has an hour long battery life??? anyone think that this is possibly in my case as well
?

[DarkMetroid]

Zittoune: Took them about 2 months, wasn't too long. At first I had to find my receipt, which it turned out it was still on my iRiver Store online account. So I just printed that off and sent them that with just the player.

When I got it back, I compared the serial number and it seems they just gave me a new one. Also, it was the whole player with the box and all the contents. So I got the headphones and charger too. Having an extra one of those is nice.

BiGRED84: Yeah mine acted like that for a little while, then it would sometimes start to flicker randomly, forcing me to turn it on and off again. Sometimes doing this 4-5 times till it would work correctly.

I still think it was from it being plugged into my 360. Not sure. I even read the manual to the 360 on how much power goes from the front usb ports and it seemed to be the normal.

Found this site also...

http://www.360-hq.com/xbox-tutorials-22.html

Noticed the T-10 Is on the good list, not the s10 though.

If you send your player in for a new one, just tell them its flickering and not holding a charge, probably wouldn't tell them if you plugged it into your 360 if you did. If it gets really hot too, tell them it does that also. I just played it safe, by playing it 'dumb'.



FOR ANYONE WHO HAS A 360... I'd highly advice not to plug your s10 into it. I could almost bet my life it's what ruined the power regulator in it. Causing it to fry itself whenever I plugged it into any usb port from that point onward.