C3100 Dead... :(

hi there
i think i crushed my zaurus...
here's what hapened:
I bought a mini-a to female-a usb cable
plugged in my mouse: doesn't work
ok, maybe the cable is too long (1.8m)
so i tried an external hdd (3.5" with its own power), but still doesn't work
I tried the same with another adapter form a friend (~10cm) and everything works fine
ok, maybe it is the wrong cable after all
then I tried to connect my Z with my PC with that cable->sreen goes black
I pulled the cable immediately and tried to turn it on-> no response
->maybe the battery? no, the batt LED won't light nor glow when i connect the AC adapter
I also opened my Z, but no signs of anything wrong...

I tried to start with the OP button and with D+M, also woth Fn+D+M, but nothing, it stays dead...

so please, can anyone help me?

TIA

br, Dargor

Video Encoding With Subtitles?

Hi

I want to watch my animes on the zaurus, so I tried different things:
windows media encoder (yes, I'm using Windows):
- sucks, takes me an hour to get to the menu
- about 5 mins into encoding it crashes

vlc (streaming assistant):
encodes fast, the video plays with kino2, but stops after a few seconds, also no subtitles

I don't think that I'm the only one who wants to watch animes in japanese with Subtitles,
so i hope there's anyone who can help me.

does there exist any simple solution? I don't mind if I must set all the parameters over and over again
I just want to watch.
I know it works best with 320x240, mpeg4v1 video, mp3 ~64kbit audio
so how do i get the subtitles running?
most of the videos are .avi

and yes, I used the search function, but I didn't get something in that direction.

TIA

Greetings from Austria, Dargor

P.S.: please excuse my not very perfect english, I should get some sleep...