Victor1980 ,
3 Hours to kill, not bad

Re Lose wire hope this helps
Re need 2 Firmware 1 .fw, 1 .bin. Not all full firmware are .fw some can be .bin. they also do not have to be the same number I have used a full 3.5.37 and a 3.5.35 dump together to recover a player.
Re Beer What is with ALMOST?
Glad you got your player up and running again.