I recently opened a pack of NiMH AAs that I'd had lying around for a while, & some of them wouldn't charge at all. I tried putting them in the fancy German charger as well (I can't remember the model name, but it's the one that has discharge, test, & refresh modes) but it just showed "null" for them, as if they weren't even there.
Is there some need to charge NiMH cells as soon as you buy them?