I got my new Zen 4gb: Had frozen 2 times in 48 hours

Hi!
I just got my new zen. I'm a bit worried about those white screens of death. So far, it works well. It came with the last firmware installed, i think that this Zen is one of the latest batch.
Here my question... The fact that this Zen is one of the latest batch make it less propense to white screens of death? Did creative solve the problem of the white screens?
Also, in tho days it had frozen 2 times. I had to restart it with a paper clip. Is that normal?
Thanks!

The "White Sreen of Death" is really caused by a hardware problem. You see, the internal MPU 3700 MP3 processor has to write to the LCD. If this operation is prevented by internal electronic opens or shorts, bad 3700, bad LCD or any other electronic component failure then the CPU might/will halt and refuse to write to the LCD which will be reflected in a "white screen of death" I cannot cover all the causes of the "white screen of death" but rest assured Creative should pick these problems up in their quality control manufacturing process with a 99% success rate. Problems do show up after the manufacturing process but Creative has warranty protection for this other % fault rate. (Which is normal in electronics manufacturing)
Quote: Also, in two days it had frozen 2 times. I had to restart it with a paper clip. Is that normal?
Answer: No - Try the "recovery mode" and do a clean-up and reboot.

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