Dead to the world

We have a Creative Zen Micro 20GB (5 months old) which is dead to the world.
"On" switch does not respond, cannot reset or recover this and when the USB connection is made the PC does not recognise the player and the battery does not charge.
Initially sounded like a dead battery to me, but we've put in a charged battery from another player and no change to the situation.
Any thoughts/ideas/suggestions? All we've got out of Creative so far are auto-response e-mails, so they're being not much help.

DirkGently,
Which player do you have exactly? The Zen Micro doesn't come in 20GB. If it's a Zen Micro 5GB player, try putting the power on switch to lock position and charge. Also, the auto-reply email could have mention something like 'please reply back to this e-mail if you require further assistance.' either at the beginning or end so if you need further help, you need to reply back that email.
Jason

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