Zen Micro hangs up both in rescue mode and normal m

I've had my Zen Micro for about 2 months now but all of a sudden it just didn't want to start up at all (It came to the CREATIVE screen and then just stopped). Not knowing about any rescue mode, I decided to send it back to where I bought it. I got it back a few weeks later, with the message that I had to manually update firmware again but I didn't really know how I could since it wouldn't even be recognized in windows. I then came here and saw that there was this cool Rescue Mode thing. I started it up and just decided to format it all. I looked at it after 0 minutes but it was still saying "Formating all". Waited a few hours, same thing. Then I went to bed. When I woke up, the screen was blank and I thought it was done but it had just ran out of batteries. So I plugged it in and tried to start it up, but same thing with the creative screen. Then I decided to go into the rescue mode (again) and try to do the reload firmware. It have been standing at "Erasing firmware" for about 3 hours now and nothing has happened.
Should I just return it's

ey.. sad to hear that. i experienced exactly the same problem. i emailed the support team and i am attaching their reply:
Thank you for reaching us at Creative Technical Support; we appreciate
the opportunity to assist you.
As regards to your enquiry, you might wish to visit the following URL
address to download our latest driver/firmware/application for your
product.
http://asia.creative.com/support/downloads/
Select Product Type + Product Categories+ Product Name and click Next.
Once you have select your product option, select the File Type +
Language + ?Operating system and click Go
Please download the following driver/firmware/application:
. Creative Zen Micro *PlaysForSure/MTP Firmware 2.00.2 (.62 MB)
Once you have download the firmware, you might wish to try the steps
below to install the firmware.
? Ensure that the Zen Micro is turned off.
? Remove the battery.
? Move and hold the Power button to the Power On position and re-insert
the battery to the Zen Micro. Hold the Power button until the rescue
mode appears.
? The following options will be displayed:
. Clean Up (Performs a disk scan on the players harddisk)
2. Format All (Formats the players harddisk - Note: all contents will be
lost)
3. Reload OS (Reloads the Operating System on the Jukebox. Note:
Reloading your OS, will not effect the contents of the files stored on
your Zen Micro)
4. Reboot (Reboots the device).
Upon enter Media Recovery mode, please select the third option (3) to
enter Reload OS mode. The following message will appear on the Zen Micro
screen 'Easing firmware'. System will reboot into Recovery mode again
and prompt you to plug in the player to your PC to perform a firmware
upgrade.
Once you had plugged in the player, execute the firmware. Click on the
'upgrade' button to proceed with the process.
Once the process is done, the Zen Micro screen will prompt that it is
going to restart the player. Do not close the dialog or disconnect the
player form your system!
Upon player start-up, the dialog on the monitor screen will prompt you
that 'Firmware upgrade completed'. Select the close button.
Disconnect the player from your PC system and start up the player and
did you encounter with any error?
In case if you need any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact
us.
Do email back on the status concerning the issue so that I can assist
you further. Thank you.
Please retain all the previous correspondence when replying to this
email.
Best Regards
(Removed)
Technical Support
Creative Labs Asia
?
unfortunately, i was not able to try the solution they suggested cause i decided to return my unit to the shop, and it was replaced after diagnosing that it was a factory defect.
PS: Edited to remove support name. Please omit support name for future posting.Message Edited by Jason-CL on 05-27-2005 03:7 PM

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