(This is going to sound like a lot of other posts, but read on for more details)
Recently I got my C-860 back from Sharp via Japan Direct, I wanted them to look at the CF port, which may or may not have had a problem, anyhow everything was working fine in regards to charging before that, but after I got it back I couldn't turn the Zaurus on.
I thought this was my battery, so I ordered a new one, Zaurus turned on. After the battery discharged it wouldn't charge anymore, that's when I started looking on the forums about other similiar sounding problems.
I know there are a lot of people reporting problems charging, and have often found odd solutions, like flashing the current state of the battery into the D+M
Batt Voltage Adjust menu.
However, it seems like I have a hardware issue, I measured voltage across positive and negative terminals on a normal Zaurus C-860 (my friend's) and mine; here's what I got:
Normal Zaurus:
Charge off: 0.4V (or something close to that)
Charge on: 4.2V
My Zaurus:
Charge off: 3.0V
Charge on: 2.5V[/b]
What is going on here? Any suggestions? I don't really want to send it back to Japan, because last time it took 3 months?!
For the record, my new battery seems to be fine, when charged in my friend's Zaurus, I can use it just fine until it's drained.
Thanks for reading, as a bonus here's a picture of two C-860s side by side, click for a larger version:
[img]http://sevatech.com/tmp/zaurusi-thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /][span style=\'font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\']P.S. I meant to post this in the hardware sub-forum, mods feel free to move.[/span]
