Need original Nomad Jukebox 3 v1.0.0.0 driver

I foolishly?erased the OS on my Jukebox 3 and now cannot load any firmware into it. When I try to install firmware v ..07 I get "Your player cannot startup properly". When I try any subsequent releases I get "You cannot use this firmware upgrade' (but the NJv3's display shows a connection to the PC). I read a post here that recommends starting with driver v.0.0.0 that came on the original CD and then loading the oldest firmware. Can anyone provide me the required original v.0.0.0 driver?

Thank you for replying but I've tried every combination of driver and firmware available on this site, using firewire and USB connections, on 3 different computers. Via firewire the error message is "An application is interfering with the flash program...". Via USB the errors vary but?with older firmware it's "Your player cannot startup properly" or with later firmware it's "You cannot use this firmware upgrade with your player" . One combination of driver and firmware actually led to the ability to press an upgrade button but after the progress bar completed it said "Failure". If I start with the latest driver and then run the latest firmware, and I'm using firewire, the firmware installer says the existing driver must be replaced, which it starts to do and then BSOD's (same behavior on 3 dif PCs). After a reboot the same firmware installer reverts to the familiar "An application is interfering with the flash program." Maybe the BSOD prevented a clean install of whatever special 394 driver the firmware installer was attempting to install but I can't tell.
The JB3 worked fine with the first PC before I attempted to upgrade the existing firmware. The latest firmware upgrade wouldn't work so I figured I needed to use the recovery mode's option to erase the OS before it would accept the new firmware. That was a fatal assumption, though if this particular hardware rev was not intended to be upgraded Creative should publish that info rather than give people the ability to brick their JB3. At this point it's in permanent recovery mode, though with some drivers it will display the icons indicating it's linked to the PC.
These forums contain experiences similar to mine and the one published solution was to use the original v.0000 driver so I think I'm at that same point.

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