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My axim x30 is not detecting the presence of the battery .
I made some tests with different fully charged batteries but got always the same problem ("battery not detected" in the power tab of the system utility).
I try hard reset but nothing changes.
Battery contacts are ok
It seems that the battery is actually powering the system because if I generate a "loss of data"window, and I do not press the "reset" button, the PDA stays on many hours showing the "reset" window.
But soon as I make the reset and the operating system starts, the PDA goes in suspend mode.
When I put the PDA on the craddle everything works except for battery which is not detected (and probably not charged). I run the diagnostic program and it confirms that tthe battery is not detected and voltage = 0 and current = 0.
May be the Voltage detection electronics is dead?
Actually I saw 5 contacts on the battery.
Can anyone explain me the need for so many contacts?

Thanks for your answers