Dust in zen Micro's scr

My zen micro has dust inside it's screen. Lots of it. I don?t know how it got there. Does anybody know how the zen micro opens up? I don?t care if its voids the warranty. Costumer service isn?t going to remove dust. Although... I could break the headphone jack. J/K

metal_head_3767 wrote:
My zen micro has dust inside it's screen. Lots of it. I don?t know how it got there. Does anybody know how the zen micro opens up? I don?t care if its voids the warranty. Costumer service isn?t going to remove dust. Although... I could break the headphone jack. J/K
You should keep in mind that if you open it and void the warrenty, then ANY future problem you have (i.e. headphone jack, harddri've problems, etc) will not be elegible for warrenty repair either. Is dust under the screen really worth that?

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thanks!

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