This does indeed sound like a flat memory battery. Has that memory battery ever been changed? If it's newish, it should recharge with time. As Jeff says, I'd check the internal PCB for corrosion damage from the primary AAs as well.
On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 8:59 AM Howard Pepper <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, I finally did it. I forgot to change out the AA batteries back in > May, like I was supposed to. I live in Florida, and it is very humid > pretty much all year long, even with the air conditioner running. > Anyway I opened my 102 battery compartment this morning and found two of > the four batteries were heavily corroded. I removed those batteries and > cleaned the battery compartment out and put in new batteries, but now > the 102 won't come on, all that happens is the screen darkens when I > turn it on. > > Does this mean the internal Ni-Cad ran out of juice? If I leave it > alone for a while, will that Ni-Cad recharge from the AA's? > > Thanks for any/all help. > > Howard >
