Zen Vision:M unusual freez

I know there are like 0 of these a day, but I can't find any threads with my problem. Today I had to reset my ZEN Vision:M more than 0 times. It would crash halfway through a song, while scrolling through menus, when being nudged LIGHTLY or on the LOW BATTERY or startup screens, once even the second after it rebuilt itself. I've not had this problem before today. I did drop it a couple of days ago from like a 2ft hight, but it has a rubber cover on it that hopefully absorbed most of the blow. It has frozen in the past when dropped, but vary rarely does this happen. I got it for christmas so it should still be in warrenty. However, at the join along the side of the player the two sections are coming apart VERY slightly, like a milimetre, and this was not to do with droppings. tiny parts of the paint on the back have been clipped off and there is a small scratch on one button. Is this enough to void the warenty? I really hope not, but this could be seen as misuse. maybe. Can anyone help with this problem? I'd be very appreciati've.

Try to not switch songs too quick you know what i mean. Gi've your player like 2 seconds to reposnd and then press stuff. I noticed the player kind of lags and it had crahsed on me a few times when i was listening to a song and scrolling through a bunch of photos.

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