Headphone jack- problem co

instead of everyone saying how many people have problems with the headphone jack issue on the micro,
why don't we actually count,
then we can actually give a figure to creative
just put down:
when you first got your micro,
how many times the jack has broken
thanks

I have a problem with my headphone jack too... although right now it's the least of my problems.
I wanted to know if my headphone jack problem is something to do with usage.. i.e. did I wear it out through over usage? (connecting to speakers, headphones, other headphones, speakers...) or it it's a default problem.
Either way, would this be covered in the guarantee?
The other thing that's on my mind more however is the fact I ran a disk cleanup half an hour ago and it says it's on 64% and counting. (248% now..)
Apart from recovery mode it won't do anything. It won't turn on whatever I do and the computer doesn't acknowledge it's existence anymore.
I'm actually hating my Zen Micro with a passion at this point. All this was triggered because I pressed ">>|" on the touch pad. So... AAAH.
Is the firmware update meant to fix that last problem? I didn't want to have the update because the last time I updated something (Siemens mobile C65) my computer crashed half way though and my mobile didn't turn on again.

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    Dear CEO of Creative Labs [I still have to find out how to contact the CEO]:
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