[NOLA MPx Fan]

I do wish you'd see what everyone is trying to say.

Yes, until you formatted it, both the player and your computer said it was a 2GB player.
Yes, you appeared to be able to load it with 2GB of data.
Yes, when you tried to play something from that "second" GB of memory, it couldn't play it and gave you a "format error".

So far am I getting it?

THEN...

You formatted the player. And as it was corrupted, the format utility removed the "encryption" from the memory. This revealed the true size of the chip. Which, unfortunately, was one GB. This is further backed up by the fact that the seller you purchased from seems to have many, many negative feedbacks for just this issue.

Now you want me to "go jump" as well, I bet. I guess that's a bad thing to do in Australia? ;-)

So therefore, what happened was you did, in fact seem to load 2GB on the drive. But as there was only a 1GB chip in the thing, what it did was load the file information (name and size) into the directory but nothing else. Up until the point where you got the error, you'd been playing stuff from the first GB of memory.

Now, I understand not wanting to open the case just now, but if what you are saying is correct, then following every step in the "Removing Memory Hack" HowTo exactly and without skipping will restore the full drive size. It's possible that the slider got knocked in the second formatting step, I guess.

However, if following that guide fails to return the other GB, then, I'm sorry, but it was never there. It just looked like it was there. That's the scam.