Stephen Clower wrote:
> Hello folks,
> My girlfriend's H320 is acting very strangely. She updated to Sunday's
> daily
> build of the firmware, and ever since her battery won't charge.
> Eventually,
> the battery flat-lined and the machine has become mostly unresponsive. I
> have tried everything I can think of, but so far have had no success. I
> first connected the AC charger and pressed the play key to boot the
> player,
> but nothing happened. Holding down the record button while powering on the
> machine likewise will not boot the Iriver firmware. The only feedback I am
> able to obtain, in fact, occurs when I connect the Iriver to my laptop via
> the data port. The screen flashes on and off roughly every two seconds,
> but
> otherwise nothing happens. No hard drive activity on the Iriver, and my
> laptop does not acknowledge any conection. I'm pretty certain this machine
> is a dud, but before I begin dismantling it I'd be very interested in any
> feedback on the situation.

Plug it in to the power and leave it for a while (at least several hours).
It will probably then respond normally.

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