Dead Battery? Jump

I have a Creative Zen Xtra. I hadn't charged it in about 3 weeks. It would not turn on, and would not charge (I left it all night on the charger). On Nomadness, I found this guide
http://www.nomadness.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=8035
to jumping a dead battery. It worked. You are taking the safety of yourself and your mp3 player into your own hands. Basically what I did was used my roommate's old 6v cell phone charger (which he no longer used), cut off the plug, spliced the two sets of wires. I twisted the wires and folded them into about half centimeter lengths, taped them to the positi've and negati've plates on the battery. I then plugged the adapter in. I waited 0 minutes, tested, no luck. I did it for another 20, still no luck. Finally. I just held the rubber part of the wires in my hands and touched the exposed wires to the plates on the battery for about 30 seconds. Just to be sure, I swapped the plates that I touched, in cases white wasn't actually positi've. Wait another 30 seconds. Put my battery back in, woohoo, it starts up. Its been charging now for the past two hours. Hopefully this can help at least other person save 40 bucks.Message Edited by lanthis on 03-24-2005 07:2 AM

Yep, just to repeat, this is covered here in the Zen FAQ at Nomadness.net which is referenced in the "Read this first..." post. Amazing what you can find out if you read the FAQs

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