soggy, from the looks of the ebay picture, I think we are both looking for the exact same firmware even though our players are completely different.
If your player is completely dead now, you can try the firmware for 2" player posted by xamleTT even though your player is 1.5". The firmware appears exactly the same as the screen shot you posted but it is designed for 2" players...it may enable only partial funtionality.
http://www.obdtool.org/sm1p3v3_2_1_6.rar
WARNING: it is version 3.2.16. If you are sure you didn't have 3.2.16, then don't upgrade with the firmware I am giving or else it will kill your player and you'll have to open it up to short circuit.
(The ebay pictures sometimes are not the exact description of the player)
If I am correct about us having the same original firmware, then you most probably will get a blue screen but I am pretty sure it can allow you to listen to mp3, record, listen to fm, save files, etc...you'll have to operate without looking at the screen...just like I am doing now with my 512MB player.
***But first, try contacting your seller and ask him for original firmware. Also check to see if you have a backup firmware file on your mp3 utilities cd.
Hope this helps