Off switch has failed on my Creative Zen Mi

Hi, Has anybody else experienced a failure of the off switch on a Zen Micro. It's been working fine for several months but n has just stopped working now. I've tried a re-set but that does not work. Once on after synchronising all the other functions function properly but it can't be turned off or back on again.

Does the player turn on when you connect it to the PC? If so, then it sounds like the button itself might be broken. I'd advise you contact Customer Support for assistance then.
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/. <div class="lia-component-body lia-message-body">My Zen 4GB is broken case...hic hic... and the switch is break too...hic hic... i can't turn on or turn off music player hic hic...Who knows stores where sell case, please tell me!! hic hic... Thank you so much...

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