Zen Micro 5gb Freezes and Locks Up (2nd TIME!

Does anyone know why my Micro keeps locking up....
Its happened twice,
The first time i had updated the firmware to a better version than what it came with in the box, I used it for a couple of weeks without any glitches or problems until one day it stopped responding. It wouldn't get past the Creative logo... I tried going through the reboot system and still nothing... i tried clean up... but it would freeze also... i tried formatting but it would never finish and trust me I waited a long time.... so I had to go through customer support. They couldn't fix the problem and they told me I must have a faulty item. I sent it back to them and they sent me another player. Now guess what? My player stopped responding again... I really don't want to send it back to them so they can go through the whole process again... WHAT CAN I DO SO IT WORKS? Someone please help....

Unfortunately if the player is not responsi've there's nothing as a user you can do. You'll need to contact Creative Support again, and hopefully you won't have the same problem with your next player.

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