Cassiopeia e100 charge failure - Windows CE
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My wife and I each have Cassiopeia E100s, both 4 years old. A month ago, my
wife's suddenly stopped charging the battery. On the cradle or through the
round DC plug, no green light, no charge. I swapped ...
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Cassiopeia e100 charge failure
Hey all,
My wife and I each have Cassiopeia E100s, both 4 years old. A month ago, my
wife's suddenly stopped charging the battery. On the cradle or through the
round DC plug, no green light, no charge. I swapped the battery and the
charger with ones that worked fine on mine, still no go.
Today, mine started having the exact same problem. Can't charge any
battery, through either port.
Once seemed like an unfortunate fluke, but having two fail within a month
of each other?!
I dug out the receipt, and they were purchased on 8/23/99. Almost exactly 4
years ago. I hate to sound like a techno-conspiracist, but did Casio
include some sort of timed failure point?
Is anyone still using a Cassiopeia e100 more than 4 years old?
Thanks for any help,
-George
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Re: Cassiopeia e100 charge failure
>I dug out the receipt, and they were purchased on 8/23/99. Almost exactly
>4 years ago. I hate to sound like a techno-conspiracist, but did Casio
>include some sort of timed failure point?
Not exactly that, but Li-Ion batteries eventually wear out. They will
lose their charging capacity after about 500 charge cycles (even
partial ones), deep discharges and some battery experts even say that
the chemical components within the battery decay and will be dead
about 4 years after production. So this would make some sense.
>Is anyone still using a Cassiopeia e100 more than 4 years old?
My old E-105 is locked away in a drawer with the battery removed.
Guess I should check if it's still working, as it is about as old as
yours.
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Re: Cassiopeia e100 charge failure
"Marc Zimmermann [MVP]" wrote in
news:6c8rkv0evldln3s7h6q0rgaqhghv6kunbq@4ax.com:
> Not exactly that, but Li-Ion batteries eventually wear out. They will
> lose their charging capacity after about 500 charge cycles (even
> partial ones), deep discharges and some battery experts even say that
> the chemical components within the battery decay and will be dead
> about 4 years after production. So this would make some sense.
I should have mentioned this in the original post, but I have two batteries
for mine; one is the original (4 years old) and the other is about 2 years
old. Neither will charge, so I don't think it's a battery age problem.
Thanks, though!
-George
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Re: Cassiopeia e100 charge failure
My HP 540 quit charging a few weeks ago. Found the problem to be the ac-dc
converter unit. Since then, I've gone to Radio Shack and bought their 6v, 1.8A
power supply, spliced the old HP connector onto an adapter to the universal
plug on the power supply (making sure the polarity is correct) and haven't had
a problem since. Works great for my Toshiba digital camera, too. I now carry
one power supply and the adapters.
Lloyd
