VERY dead NR-70

[Despondent]

Ok, I've read all the threads I can find on this problem and almost everyone seems to solve the problem by removing or draining the battery. I've done that (along with every possible reset in the book) and still no response to ANYTHING. Damn. I was hoping I'd found a solution.....

My NR-70 was working fine and had plenty of charge. Then when I took it out one evening it was dead and unresponsive.

First up, the hold button is definitely not on.

Pressing the power button does nothing - no screen and no power light. Inserting a MS does not cause the MS light to come on. Soft, warm and hard resets do nothing as well. I tried leaving it on the charger overnight and this changed nothing. No lights come on when it is in the cradle and it does not hotsync either. The headphone remote cannot generate any response either.

Finally I took the back off and removed the battery connecting cable. Having left it off for more than an hour I replaced that and tried all of the above again. Still nothing.

Is there anything else I can try? I'm about to resort to Sony service but am out of warranty so am concerned that I'm going to cop a hefty bill in doing so.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated

[colsrebel]

Sorry, but My clie did the same thing about 6 mos. after I bought it over a year ago. It went dead -no power, nothing. Fortunately It was still under warrantry, and I sent it in. They replaced something (I cannot now remember what, since it was over a year ago) that was causing the battery to drain
in about ten minutes.

I believe you are going to have to bite the bullet and send it in to Sony for repair.

[J_F]

It doesn’t looks like to be the battery – you would be able to turn it on when on the cradle.

Something is preventing the on/off switch to work properly – maybe – I am not sure because there is no sound when you load the MS (the insert sound is independent from the on/off switch but both are dependent of the battery . . . so confusing)

Apparently there are 2 simultaneous problems with the unit – that point to something on the mobo itself.

. . . I am afraid you unit went to that great cradle on the skies and now is synching in another dimension . . .

At any rate, if you send it for servicing, PLEASE keep us posted.

Good luck.

[Despondent]

*chewing on small steel conical shaped thing*

i'm going to take it in to sony tomorrow. will see what they have to say and will let you know how it all pans out

(remind me if i forget.......)

[Despondent]

seems there is no local sony service centre for clies so i've had to put it in the post. i guess there'll be a bit of a wait then..........

[J_F]

i feel sorry for you

[cl0991]

possibly try buying a new battery?

[Jordandhs]

my NR is undead, but I think ur clie battery is not insert right...

[Despondent]

thanks for the suggestions guys. don't think it was a problem with battery insertion because it was working fine and then stopped without any opening of the unit or change to the battery connection.

anyway, i just got it back today. it seems to be working fine and sony didn't charge for the repair.

the strange thing is the service sheet says that the problem was that the hold button was on. now, i KNOW that was NOT the problem as it is the first thing i checked. i even turned the hold button on and off with the back off and it didn't change a thing.

furthermore if i put the hold button on now it doesn't behave the way it was behaving before i sent it off (ie it will charge in cradle, the ms drive light comes on if insert ms, it flashes on momentarily if press hotsync on cradle all when hold is on). it would do none of these things before i mailed it off.

either it received a hefty knock in the mail that righted whatever was wrong (the old hit it hard to make it work trick) or sony service did something but doesn't want to confess to the fault? that seems strange. is it paranoid to contemplate that as a possibility?

i have no idea what was wrong or how it was fixed but at least it is working again.......

[J_F]

txs for the info