first of all, yeah my player was dead (the screen was black and my computer didn't recognize it even as a flash drive). yeah it was stuck with glue at the back of the screen, i read ur instructions and managed to bring it back to life. I didnt use 3.2.16 though, i got only 3.5.35.
What i actually did was. I download 3.5.35 merged (dont know what 'merged' actually means). I followed your instruction until the part where my computer displayed 'New Hardware Found'. Then i first installed the merged 3.5.35, but nothing happened there was just a light on the screen. SO then i installed the backup (dump.bin) which i had taken earlier and the player turned on.
Before all this i tried installing my backup first but didnt work.
It took me 5 hours to do the whole thing...
ps. i got the merged 3.5.35 version from
www.s1mp3.org i'll try to find the link and post it soon