SanDisk Sansa e280 8 GB MP3 Player battery dies

Thank you Tape for the very clear and detail information.

I will try and use another resource to charge it.  I thought I did that before and had the same results but not sure. 

I will also try my old battery to see if maybe it just needed to die completly and be recharged again because the new one is no different then the old one. 

I am wondering if its the charging circutry like you mentioned but you also said if that is the case it would not be charging at all.  Correct?