Power Cable issue with NOMAD

I've had my nomad zen for over 2 years and it's worked great. However yesterday i went to plug it in to charge and no power was going into it. I felt the mid cable box (which i think converts AC to DC) and it was warm. So this a.m. i tried charging again and nothing... is it safe to assume that the charger is dead? do they sell creative ones at best buy, do i need toorder it from this website, or can i find a uni'versal one at radio shack and make sure it's set properly? it hasn't been 24 hours and i'm already starting to miss this **bleep** thing!
pezman

It's possible it's dead. A quick and easy test is to get a multimeter and test whether there's any voltage output at the tip.
If it's dead Creative sell replacements at their online store. You can also buy generic replacements, but they must have a suitable tip size of course as well as produce 5V @ .5A minimum rated current.

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