Playbook red light flashing 1 long 4 short, will not charge, not able to connect to PC

I have many Playbooks in my family; my younger son's Playbook will not charge just flashing 1 long 4 short red lights. I used a good logic board to charge the battery to full 100%, then put the problem logic board back, it still flashing red lights. The problem is causing by my son has left the battery drain too low (no physical damage to the tablet); according to your suggestion to upgrade the OS to solve the problem, but my PC could not see this tablet (I know the USB port is good). My question is the logic board beyond fixing, I have tried the button methods, none of them worked. Any suggestion?

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