On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 7:42:58 AM UTC-5, dogger wrote:
Hi Gents

I left my ipaq 4700 unplugged for a couple of years and now it seems to be

really dead. I plugged it in for a couple of days and hit the soft reset,

nothing, no light at the top. Is there anyway to revive this little guy?

Nick Kennedy

There is a battery INSIDE that keeps certain settings alive - one of the settings is that battery can be charged using the plug, otherwise plugging it into charger wont make any difference. Replace the inside battery and then replace the regular battery at the back with one that still holds some charge. Once powered up change settings to charge via the usb. Now you can re-charge all of the other batteries that you thought are dead and useless...