They are sure tricky to open , but its entirley possible , What you have to do is:
The white plastic surrounding the headphone jack is just stuck on there. Grab a knife and put it into the lip next to the headphone jack and try to lift up the white plastic , its just like a sticker , once removed it reveals two screws , remove the screws and slide it out by pushing the pcb and battery , the buttons should just drop down a bit and slide out aswell , from they i think you must lift the battery to reveal the chip number.

Thanks lite, i'll try that...

One question, izzit STILL possible to revive this dead player?

Modikai , it is not possible to know yet at this stage as we do not know the type of processor used in the player. You need to get it opened to identify the processor first.

Tried it. No good. It seems, the one you open is a different model. I try to lift up the white plastic surrounding the headphone jack, but it look like its connected to the white plastic on the other side. It won't move because the button is in the way.

Modikai , try depressing all the buttons down and slide the casing out.

The button won't go all the way down under the casing.

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It is likely not Actions chipset, cannot recover.

So is there no way to revive it then?

Modikai , if you can't open up the player, it is very difficult to determine what chipset your player is using. Besides, most recovery stages require the chip to be shorted, if you can't access the chip, it is near to impossible to recover it.

I swear the little plastic sheet comes off the headphone jack and that is how you open it .......

Il works very simliar to this : http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPod/iPo...-1/Disassembly

Exspet when you remove the plastic white cover you reveal two screws on a white base. it still pulls out the same.