Barnaby
Member
Hi all,
I've had my GP2X since April, I got it from www.GP2X.co.uk, and everything was fine. The batteries I got bundled with the Value Pack were great, and ran for 4 - 6 hours depending on what I was running. However, recently there have been...... problems. I first noticed that something was wrong a few weeks ago, when on the built in media player (FW 2.1.1) whenever I turned the LCD back on, the system would sometimes freeze. Now, whenever I use these batteries, except for when they're at full charge, the GP2X crashes on the green boot up screen - the screen scrambles up and a high-pitch noise comes out the speakers, exactl the way it acts when the batteries are drained, even though they're not. I feared that my GP2X was bricked, but when I used my universal power supply, the GP2X runs without a hitch. I assumed the batteries were dead, and bought some new Uniross 2700mah batteries with a charger. The batteries took 10 hours to charge, but to my dismay, they lasted a measly 30 minutes in Picodrive, clocked at 240mhz. I know Uniross batteries are supposed to be rubbish, but it's worrying that they only last 30 mins, and so I fear that there may be a problem with my GP2X. I have done some research, and have found Ansmann batteries to be highly recommended so I am saving up my money to order some of them with a high speed Ansmann DigiSpeed 4 charger, but if anybody knows that it is a problem with my GP2X and not batteires, is there any way to fix it? And if not, does www.GP2X.co.uk cover GP2X's under a warranty and, if so, is my GP2X still covered?
-Barnaby
I've had my GP2X since April, I got it from www.GP2X.co.uk, and everything was fine. The batteries I got bundled with the Value Pack were great, and ran for 4 - 6 hours depending on what I was running. However, recently there have been...... problems. I first noticed that something was wrong a few weeks ago, when on the built in media player (FW 2.1.1) whenever I turned the LCD back on, the system would sometimes freeze. Now, whenever I use these batteries, except for when they're at full charge, the GP2X crashes on the green boot up screen - the screen scrambles up and a high-pitch noise comes out the speakers, exactl the way it acts when the batteries are drained, even though they're not. I feared that my GP2X was bricked, but when I used my universal power supply, the GP2X runs without a hitch. I assumed the batteries were dead, and bought some new Uniross 2700mah batteries with a charger. The batteries took 10 hours to charge, but to my dismay, they lasted a measly 30 minutes in Picodrive, clocked at 240mhz. I know Uniross batteries are supposed to be rubbish, but it's worrying that they only last 30 mins, and so I fear that there may be a problem with my GP2X. I have done some research, and have found Ansmann batteries to be highly recommended so I am saving up my money to order some of them with a high speed Ansmann DigiSpeed 4 charger, but if anybody knows that it is a problem with my GP2X and not batteires, is there any way to fix it? And if not, does www.GP2X.co.uk cover GP2X's under a warranty and, if so, is my GP2X still covered?
-Barnaby
I'm still up for other suggestions though in case it isn't a hardware fault (I can't solder by the way).
