Charger problems, please help

[Marauder]

Hi everybody, I have two 9.6v batteries, a 2000mah and a 1600mah, and I have a 'Superbrain 960' smart charger. The charger was working just fine until a few weeks ago, now for some reason it doesn't charge the batteries or anything. I have tried the 2000mah on other chargers and have used it since this problem started and I just got the 1600mah today so I am convinced that it is not the batteries. The charger reads the voltages of the batteries just fine and doesn't say that there are any problems and then I hit the 'start' button and it says that it is charging. After a few minutes of waiting the voltage of the battery has dropped a few '0.01' volts. What's wrong? My guess is that the charger settings somehow got messed up. Please help, I plan on going the 'Holy wars' and if this doesn't get fixed I may have to bail.

[pseudoanimosity]

I would say try leaving it for a while, but only if the charger has an auto shut-off feature. a small voltage drop is normal during charging.

[Nox]

Double check your connections between the battery and the charger and also check the plugs to make sure they havent come uncapped from the little lips inside - they sound like they are loose.
You might also check to see that the metal plug ends are loose - they need to make good contact to charge properly.

[Marauder]

I did leave it on until it went "BEEEEEEPP BEEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPP"
meaning that it was done.

I double checked all the connections, the batteries both work in the gun, tho they are almost dead.

Thanks guys

[pseudoanimosity]

did you discharge it all the way before charging? Also, what chemical battery is it (NiMh, NiCad, LiPo) and how old are they?

[Marauder]

I did not discharge the batteries, the 2000mah is about 6 months old and the 1600mah I just got in the mail 2 hours ago.

[Marauder]

Update: I have borrowed a charger from a friend so I will be ok. Thanks for the help everybody!