Getting Tired Of My Battery Life

[marco0551]

Getting tired of my battery life

I get 30 minutes on my GP 2100 mha batteries

Example: I'm playing 10 minutes some game, Then the red light goes on, few minutes later, Batteries are empty

Tried other batterys, tried to decharge them 100%

Don't know what to do with this, Faulty unit? My gp2x is a MK1

Got it in December, And the batterylife is getting worser day by day

Can someone help me with this?
gp32_console

 

[moz]

maybe your charger is crappy, what is the specification of it? is it intelligent or just a timer?

whats the output of it?

 

[marco0551]

I have no idea

its a GP Powerbank quick-2
Takes about ~6hours to charge h34r:

Edit: It's a timer

 

[torpor]

send it back, get a mark 2 .. the mark 1's have problematic power regulation under some conditions; its a known problem, and you should be able to get it replaced.

 

[kardasan]

Change the accu brand. GP suck really bad. Energizers are considerably cheap and with 2500mAh they give me 3 or more hours of playing (I haven't measured it precisely).
I also have 2400mAh Forever accus and they give me 1.5 hour maximum.

 

[Vimacs]

My 2500mah gp batterys are very great, i get 5 to 6 hours out of them.
GP is one of the best brands actualy.

 

[marco0551]

I don't know what to do now

Send it back is no option since i opened my gp2x a lot

 

[shrubberyrobbery]

i dunno. if, as you say, the battery life is getting worse and worse, then it sounds to me like your batteries are fried. I would try some others

I've got a 'Ist Edition' gp2x, with some energiser 2500mAh batteries that I bought new specially for it, and I can play on gngeo for hours without any problems, I mean, I don't know how long exactly, but, jeez, its a LOT more than 30 minutes! yeah probably 4 or 5 hours, i guess.

 

[yaustar]

Try a new set of rechargables, I have several dead rechargables that only last 30mins while another set of exactly the same brand/type/etc of batteries lasts around 4 hor or so.

Torper, can you link me to some of the topic please? Cheers.

 

[marco0551]

Ok, I'll try some new battery's

 

[nubie]

I don't know what to do now

Send it back is no option since i opened my gp2x a lot

Sure you can, request a service to fix the power regulator.

Ok, I'll try some new battery's

Best to try the new batteries, maybe even a set of non-rechargeable Li-Ion batteries just to make absolutely sure.

If it is a power regulator problem then you likely didn't break it just by opening the case a bit.

They will probably get it fixed for you if you ask, even if it costs you for the service it is still cheaper than a whole new one.

Have you used a non-official power adaptor?

Non-regulated/ wrong voltage Power supplies can break the Voltage regulator. (the power doesn't go through the voltage regulator, I don't know what is happening, but it is weird, the Batteries go through the voltage regulator).

 

[marco0551]

My PSU is:3,0 Volt and 2 Amp

First i had a non-regulated PSU screen was flashing
in 10 minutes i had a new one that was good

 

[bacteria]

Getting tired of my battery life

I get 30 minutes on my GP 2100 mha batteries

Example: I'm playing 10 minutes some game, Then the red light goes on, few minutes later, Batteries are empty

Tried other batterys, tried to decharge them 100%

Don't know what to do with this, Faulty unit? My gp2x is a MK1

Got it in December, And the batterylife is getting worser day by day

Can someone help me with this?
gp32_console

Assuming your batteries are photo (NiMH) - the problem may be the one I had. I had a "first edition" early December. I couldn't do any firmware updates on it and I too only got about 30 mins for a fresh set of rechargables. I got the GP2x replaced as it was clearly faulty - I suggest you do the same - replacement model is so much better!

 

[marco0551]

I decharged them 100% by letting them the whole night in a GBA for the 2nd time

Then i was going to listen music
on 5 minutes the redlight was going on
and it said Empty. But it lasted about 1,5 hour :wacko:

 

[nubie]

My PSU is:3,0 Volt and 2 Amp

First i had a non-regulated PSU screen was flashing
in 10 minutes i had a new one that was good

Sure sounds like the power regulator circuit is broken, see what you can do to get it repaired.

And it is highly likely your first PSU broke it.

I am going to run whatever PSU I get through the battery terminals, sure seems safer than breaking the regulator by going into the side terminal.