Charging my sansa clip+....

Hi, 

I’m trying to charge my mp3. I plug it into my laptop as usual. It comes up with “Connected” changes screen to “Writing” with the battery icon completely full… 

I unplug the mp3 and the battery is completely empty and it shuts off due to 'Low Battery" 
I have reset it for 30+ seconds and done all that I can think of to try and sort this but to no avail… 

Can anyone offer any advice of what I can do??? 

Thank you

Sounds like there may be some hardware issue with the charging circuitry. Is the unit still within warranty?

It also could be–an early issue with the original Clip–that the battery lead to/from the battery has become undone.  If you have no options otherwise–such as a warranty replacement–you could try carefully opening up the player and reattaching the lead, by re-soldering or using conductive glue.