Firmware Update Does Noth

Out of nowhere the other day, my 30gb Nomad Zen Xtra suddenly stopped playing music and when i looked at the screen it said "Firmware Problem". So I looked into it and went into rescue mode and ran the clean up. This did nothing. Then I tried updating the firmware through the USB. Everything seemed to work fine and the process showed no signs of error, but every single time I do this, after the player reboots, the Firmware message is still there. Is there anything I can do? I have 3000+ songs on there and they aren't backed up on my computer so i would only want to completely reformat if it is the only possible option of having my player working again.

You aren't going to like the answer then, because anecdotally format is the only thing that cures it (and you've tried everything else anyway).
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