Battery problem i got a archos 404 device. it was working fine before. but recently the battery is giving me hell of troubles. it wont get charged even after keeping it pluged for a day. the moment i turn it on screen flickers and the device shuts down within few seconds. i found from some sites that its due to battery overcharging. kindly help me on this, abt what i shd do.

You don't say how old the device/battery is. Does it fail right out of the box new? This behavior can be common with an older failing battery. If this occurs in a new device then it is faulty and needs be sent back on warranty.

sound like you may need a new battery. look on the archos FAQ page to see if that is what it is. if so you can do this two ways you can fit the battery your self, you can buy the battery from newmp3technology.com or type archos.co.uk. or you can send it to the archos repair by calling 0870 609 1693 this will put you to the archos uk repair team

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Your battery may be dead. This happens sometimes when the charge is allowed to completely drain. The dialectric (or something) in the battery doesn't work when there is no charge at all in it.

You may need to change the battery. Check to see if the case appears to be loose at the edges (or there is a gap). This may mean that the battery has swollen and you should therefore change it.

http://newmp3technology.com/404-battery.htm

Archos is not claiming compatibility with vista, even with their latest firmware upgrade - sorry

You should try to only chare your Archos only when it is completely dead and charge it fully then the battery will be regular

i have an archos 404 the problem is that my archos show me the recovery code 4 to repair or format the disk so when ever i repair and format the disk the problem is solved. so please help me regarding this.

bad battery bad ones will show charged but cant push out full violts pc needs ok buy new one 1st

Leave it to charge for 2 hours just in case there isn't enough power for it to boot up properly until it has an initial charge.

I might have got this wrong but i thought there a fix you could download from the Archos site,i had the same problem with my mate's one only got to watch 1 and a half episode of the tv series of Heroes,i also ordered a battery type charger that could give it up to 2-3 charges while you travel.