Zen X-Fi Style crashes my PC

Hi.
My new Zen X-Fi Style mp3-player makes my computer freeze up after a certain amount of time. It can be from 5 to 5 minutes, but it crashes nonetheless. I can only reboot the computer after this happens.
I have thus far tried to use an external USB hub, reinstalled motherboard drivers/usb drivers, checked the firmware update on the player and done almost everything in my power to locate the issue.
Please help.

Hi,
Have you tried a different USB cable?
Can you try connecting the ZEN X-Fi Style to another computer to see if it's doing the same?

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