How to low level format Mega Stick 256?

i suspect that my mega stick has a defective point in memory because if i delete a song and then put some news in the stick, the drive recognizes the title of the new one but plays the old one!!!! the one that was deleted
example
i deleted depeche mode - song
later i copied in pantera - song
ehan i try to play pantera-song, it says that in the scrolling title on screen, but sounds depeche mode!!!!!!!!!
so now im trying to make a low level format in case something is screwed in my mega stick
By the way.........how much warranty gives MSI for mega sticks?

Thanks to all for the suggestions. I'm about to give up on it, although I will try the PowerMax software recommended by Michael Black.
And The hatter: Don't let this burn you on Neptune drives—one of my client offices has been using about 20 of them for the past couple of years now, on a daily basis, for large-scale imaging projects, and the little drives have been real champs. We're even using them to dual-boot both Intel- and PPC-based systems, and they've just been outstanding. Methinks the component failure probably cascaded down to the drive, and while yes, it *****, such things happen in any batch of components and I'd buy another Neptune today if I had the need for yet another external.
As for Matt Broughton: S.M.A.R.T. shows no problems when the drive is connected directly to the ATA bus. But then again, I've only run into a few drives that S.M.A.R.T. has ever reliably reported on—it's still a black art, to be sure. The WikiPedia article on S.M.A.R.T. goes into more detail about its pervasive flakiness.
For now, the drive has begun to beep about once every 2 seconds at boot. This lasts for about 30 seconds, after which the drive continues to spin but no further beeping is heard. The drive no longer shows up in Disk Utility, even as an unmounted drive/volume. So, I'll probably try it in a PC w/PowerMax just to say that I did, but beyond that, it's probably ready for disassembly as an example drive.
80 GB—sniffle…
Thanks again to all for your suggestions!
Take care,
MBJ

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Thanks to all for the suggestions. I'm about to give up on it, although I will try the PowerMax software recommended by Michael Black.
And The hatter: Don't let this burn you on Neptune drives—one of my client offices has been using about 20 of them for the past couple of years now, on a daily basis, for large-scale imaging projects, and the little drives have been real champs. We're even using them to dual-boot both Intel- and PPC-based systems, and they've just been outstanding. Methinks the component failure probably cascaded down to the drive, and while yes, it *****, such things happen in any batch of components and I'd buy another Neptune today if I had the need for yet another external.
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80 GB—sniffle…
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Take care,
MBJ

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Please confirming your mega stick is USB1.1 or USB2.0 first, then update firmware and try again!!
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Please do according to firmware update procedure of the following:
Mega stick firmware update process: (Don't put battery)
1. Please download and install the latest firmware and driver!!
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2. After firmware unzipping, it will show some files, please replace driver installation files (C:\Program Files\MSI\MS-551X)
3. Please press sustained “play key” first, then plug your mega stick 256 in your PC.
4. Please go to "start" (below left corner) and enter "programs" and choose "MSI MS-551X" update now!!!
5. As you update firmware that you can select "format data area" and after update success, you can release of your finger.
Please note: (1) Don't put battery with update firmware procedure. (2) The step 3 is very importantly, please must press sustained “play key” first, then connect to your PC.
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