[Slakker]

I just received what I believe to be a Full Metal Platinum, but as the box it came in has no label other than "MP4 Multimedia Player" there's really no way for me to be sure. I can post pictures later if anyone thinks it'd help ID it for sure. I got it in a "Mystery Box" type purchase, so I was incredibly surprised when I got it (especially since everyone else I know who bought from the same site got oversized cartoon pens and stupid sunglasses...haha).

Anyways...
It was labeled as and displays a memory space of ~1gb, so that seems to be legit. Firmware is 90.48, and as much as I'd like to play around with firmware modding it looks like I'm just gonna have to wait patiently for new software to be released. I'm okay with that.

I've read a few posts here and I've got a question or two, we'll start with formatting.

Even though my memory appears to be legit, I did get a "format error" when trying to play one particular song earlier today, but i figured it was just some random fluke with that particular file. Should I format my MPx player's flash memory anyways? What are the benefits of formatting it if everything appears to be in order?