[cparke]

My MP3 player would not allow me to go into the Song player, so I started resetting the thing. A normal reset didn't help---the device re-booted quickly but still would not enter the Song player. It didn't really seem like a full reset since it remembered where it was in the menu. So, I held the reset button down for 10 seconds. Now all I get is a white screen! Normal resets don't fix the problem either.

The device seems to be functional otherwise. The USB flash drive memory is accessible by the computer and no data is lost. I even briefly had the device playing music even with the white screen a few times! But since I can't see the menus, it is really hard to get this device to do anything. Could I nevertheless have damaged the firmware somehow?

s1fwx is able to tell me that the player device has the Actions chip with v9.5.54 firmware... I remember it was a 9.x from 2008 when the screen did work, but the download doesn't work of course, so I can't download the firmware and reload it. The battery is soldered in, so I'd have to re-solder if disconnecting the battery is the solution (could doing that really bring my screen back in ways reset cannot?),

I guess if I can't fix this I lost my Mp3 player but now have a weird kind of 2GB flash drive. Disappointing the thing turned into a virutal brick so easily! Any advice on other things to try? Could reformatting the USB drive help?