Charging Cable acting strange. Never seen reported before

[denjmar]

I have had my NC for over a year with no problems with the charger or cable. I use it a lot and charge the NC almost daily. Yesterday, when I put it on charge, The "n" turned orange as always and I let the NC charge for a couple of hours. When I returned the "n"  was green and I unpluged it from the NC. This is where it gets strange. In the pas the "n" would go out. Starting yesterday, when I unplug the cable from the NC the "n" turns RED and stays that way until I plug it into the NC again. I have never seen this before. Has anyone else seen this happen. It also seems to me, but I am not sure, that the green and orange is not as vivid. The NC does charge though.

I will probably be stopping into the local B&N later this week but I thought someone might have some ideas.

[bobstro · Accepted solution]

I had the same symptoms. Red when disconnected. Charging started to take a long time. Everything I've read says this is a symptom of a bad cable. I'd advise you get it swapped out during your visit to the B&N store.

[denjmar]

Thanks Bobstro. I had a feeling that the cable was maybe on the way out. I will take your advice and pick up a new cable when I am at B&N later this week.

[pattysplayhouse]

I had the same problem with mine.  I just took it to B&N and they gave me a new one.  Haven't had a problem since, but I'm not holding my breath on that.  The charging cord seems to have some major problems for a lot of people.