Archos Jukebox Multimedia Battery Issues - Solved

I have been suffering from terrible battery life with my Jukebox. Getting about 1.5 hrs use from a 10 hr charging session. I have already sent it back to Archos once to fix problems copying files from my microdrive, which they fixed for free but it took a few weeks to return.

The JBMM is now out of warranty so was looking for any advice/tips on solving my issues.

Luckily I am not the only person to have suffered these issues.

I found the following site which is not for the faint hearted or those unfamiliar with a soldering iron.

http://www.hotmp3gear.com/MMJBfixes.htm

Make sure you read the disclaimer so you are aware of what you are getting yourself into. It shows you how to take apart and rebuild your JBMM plus common problems and their solutions.

I found the instructions very helpful and I had the battery contact problem with my JBMM.

Also while I was looking around I found this link to a place purporting to sell an improved battery.

http://www.newmp3technology.com/accessorie...ies.html#aminib

This I have not yet tried.

Hope this helps anyone who has been suffering bad battery life.