Unusual start up problem - Zen Nomad freez

Hi, dont know if anyone can help me.
I have a Creative Zen Nomad and have not used it for about 5 months. Anyway, I decided today to see what MP3's I had left on it, and as the battery was flat I started recharging it.
So, there I was waiting for it to recharge, and it showed the initial startup Creative message with the Copyright and All Rights Reserved page etc. But for some reason it just freezes on this page and I cannot get into the proper menu. I tried to reset using the reset+pause button, but it just resets and goes staight back to the Creative front page again, and freezes.
Anyone know what this problem could be? Will it help if I take out the battery out for a while? Is it because I have not used it for such a long time? The machine has been sitting on a shelf all this time so I know it hasnt been dropped or anything.. I didnt hear the hard dri've spinning, but I thought that this may be because perhaps it only kicks in when it gets past the first screen?
Yours,
Mystified!!
Hope someone may be able to help me......

John,
It chimes, then the screen lights up a very bright blue for about 3 seconds,
So that's a good sign that the flyback is good. But also that there's a problem with the HV drive circuits.
I also tried putting in the logic board from another machine (which is broken itself, so I cannot say if this logic board is ok) & it behaved just the same.
I've worked on about 85 CRT slot iMacs and have yet to see a bad logic board.
summer 2001 600mHz Kiva, which has power but doesnt even chime.
When you say power does the screen light up?
I got a reading of 1.9v instead of 3.3v at pin 14 of the logic board/down converter connector.
The current theory on how the down converter works (since no one has seen a schematic) is that it receives a +- AC voltage from the PAV board and converts it (down) to logic board voltage. Again I've never seen a bad down converter it's always the PAV board. I have repaired these but only by replacing the flyback
I've heard the high voltage capacitors go bad. (orange ones near the flyback) also I suspect that there are electolytics that go bad. I'm working on one right now showing HV problem symptoms.
Oh and also try the inversion startup method. Try starting it up up side down. I also give it a good shake and bump. I have seen bad soldering on about 4 flybacks starting it upside down puts pressure on the solder joints and they conduct correctly. Another one I'm also working on shows this symptom.
Do you have take apart instructions? Sounds like it.
Richard
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