iriver IFP-795

Burgerbob

Burgerbob

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DAMN! sorry for the language, but i have one of those /\ that decided to die on me a few months ago. I have not tried to do anything, other than finding it every once in a while, slapping in an AA, and seeing if it will start up... Earlier, i saw it laying on my bed again, and i just had to try again. I put in a good AA, it didnt work, so i finally got the guts to take it apart. I took off the cover (thats all, just a few screws out) while not disturbing any of the silicon. I slapped that battery in again... it turned on and started playing!!! halleluya! so i rushed upstairs and hooked it up to my computer. It connected, windows recognized it, didnt install the software (it never did, there is an iriver program you have to use) so i opened up the iriver Music Manager, it didnt show up...i messed around a while, didnt unplug it or anything, then i did, it turned off (the old screwed up way, from right before it died). I couldnt get it to start up again. I have for a few moments, when i took all the screws that i could possibly find out, and put the battery in (it started up kinda screwily, then shut down promptly). I was wondering... there is a small back-up battery (which i liken to the battery on the mobo) that keeps the flash stuff going without the AA. Could all the trouble be because of a dead or very low backup? Before it died, i had lots of software problems, it would shut down, or freeze, stuff like that. I updated and reformatted it a few times, then it died. Could i just get a new little button cell and be back to the old days?
Sorry for the long post,
Boigah
 
PC eye said:
Lithium batteries don't always last as long as they are often rated for. For the low cost you could try a replacement to see if that is all that it needs. Another idea would be to go to the iriver main support site to see a troubleshooting tip or updated drivers are there. http://www.iriveramerica.com/support/ultra/clix.aspx
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-nevermind-

I was wondering... there is a small back-up battery (which i liken to the battery on the mobo) that keeps the flash stuff going without the AA. Could all the trouble be because of a dead or very low backup?
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I strongly don't think that there is a backup battery on the "motherboard." What do you mean by flash?
 
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Bobo said:
Hey mr. google, this isn't a lithium battery, this is a AA battery.

I strongly don't think that there is a backup battery on the "motherboard." What do you mean by flash?
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What PC Eye was referring to was the lithium battery that is the backup battery the AA battery is for playing the music and operating the device. There is a backup battery on any device that has flash memory so that it retains the information, otherwise the data is lost. So, to again answer your question Burgerbob, replacing the backup battery would be a cheap way to see if you can get this thing working again...
 
DCIScouts said:
What PC Eye was referring to was the lithium battery that is the backup battery the AA battery is for playing the music and operating the device. There is a backup battery on any device that has flash memory so that it retains the information, otherwise the data is lost. So, to again answer your question Burgerbob, replacing the backup battery would be a cheap way to see if you can get this thing working again...
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I'm sorry...my mistake.
 
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