when i turn on my MP3 player it doesn't stay on?

here's what i did:
mine does that too and i don't know why, in fact i do know why but it isn't possible to be that way that i think

i droped it only once .. nothing happened, worked fine

i used to listen to music going to sleep. did that for couple of times until a morning when my tangent audio mp3 player wasn't able to stay on more than one second. i thought it was the battery which got absorbed (after 7 hours)

i change it and the same. my bed is soft i didn't brake anything in it and i know that because i cracked it and i saw everything is allright in there. in fact i don't know that .. but looks fine, i looked carefully

one i made it play for 10 min holding a finger on the chips, now it isn't working that way either .. now it only goes on and then .. directly off

mt computer is recognizing it and i tryed to format it but nothing .. does the same

on howtomendit.com i read something about 'reset a mp3 player' is there any possibility to do that ?

junior
February 2006

mine does that too and i get angry cause i can't repair it.
i want this damn thing to work not to mess around with me.
the difference is that mine doesn't stay on more than 1 second. it's not the battery, i don't know what it is, my computer is recognizing it therefore those damn chips are working.
once i held in one position and worked more than 10 min.

junior
February 2006

mine did the same,i bought a cheap one with a cr*p battery and it turned off and on,a new battery solved the problem but only for a longer period,i threw it away and went back to cd's ! far better.

mark burnham
January 2006

try cleaning the battery conections with some afershve

george
January 2006