512MB Samsung Chip MP3 Player - Formated

[Kailee]

I guess MADMAXXX123 has summed up the condition, I also have a 256MB via Ebay that is now a none MP3 storage device that has a string of zzzzs, will not switch on, via battery, will power on if connected to a pc.
Have tried ' other ' firmware options with no success to date.
Still hopeful that a wizard will 'drop a penny' where are all the wizards?
Now what can I try next???
Good luck to one and all, the answer is out there somewhere, just hope it's in my lifetime...so keep me posted on any fix.

[Leepy]

This site might have the answer.

http://www.dansdata.com/usbmp3.htm#argh

I've a pretty slow connection so it'll take while to download and try the fix tool. If anyone has some success could they let us know!

[DrakulaUA]

O! Thanks for this link..... But now I'm really afraid to do anything whith it....
My player looks almost like first one on the picture.

But my firmware is surtenly different so I don't know if it would work on my player (according to all previous posts I think not ).
The publisger says that it is based on Samsung flash memory, but I'm not sure if it is true....

[Leepy]

No success! My player wont do anything when I hold down the play button for 5 seconds. If anyone finds any other useful links contained in the previous page, I'd like to know.

[Kailee]

The chip inside my 'player' is indeed a Samsung. Chip has; Samsung 446, K9F2G08UOM. The other chip is AT J2085, DB081AB 6BP. The case is tricky to open. With the battery out and cover removed there is enough give in the plastic it is a snap fit, start lift from the USB plug end then hinges off lifting from the MODE side first, do not want to break the little snap latches.
The fist cct board is held by 4 screws. The chips are located on this board.
Still no point if you know whats inside now.
Regards to all in pursuit of normal service resumption. K.

[RubyRed]

Could not figure this player out at first. Finally, I just tried the drag and drop method from the file to the drive the mp3 player was located. It worked! I do use XP and don't think the driver disc was needed. At least this worked for me.

[charic]

Hi there ..............I run the MP3 player in exactly the same way, just drag and drop, works every time, no worries.
However, I`m not sure why everyone is formatting their MP3 players?
There seems to be no reasons given?
One of mine had a virus, so thats the reason I carried out a format. But make sure that its either formatted using the software supplied, or if in Windows, then format it using FAT and not FAT32.........so the Guru`s tell me. That particular player was sent back and replaced by the dealers in HK. but trying to fix one player, and trying to copy from another is how I damaged the other (3rd) MP3 Player? So now we still have 2 out of the 3 working, but still waiting to get that magic fix!
I`m almost ready to just buy another one and be done with it. When the new one arrives, the slightest problem, I wont try to repair, just send it back.

Take care

[mp3hardplay]

Originally Posted by charic

Hi there ..............I run the MP3 player in exactly the same way, just drag and drop, works every time, no worries.
However, I`m not sure why everyone is formatting their MP3 players?
There seems to be no reasons given?
One of mine had a virus, so thats the reason I carried out a format. But make sure that its either formatted using the software supplied, or if in Windows, then format it using FAT and not FAT32.........so the Guru`s tell me. That particular player was sent back and replaced by the dealers in HK. but trying to fix one player, and trying to copy from another is how I damaged the other (3rd) MP3 Player? So now we still have 2 out of the 3 working, but still waiting to get that magic fix!
I`m almost ready to just buy another one and be done with it. When the new one arrives, the slightest problem, I wont try to repair, just send it back.

Take care

Hi to everybody,
i have to agree with charic, many people make updates just for the sake of !

my experience tells me that unless you gave serious problems never and never format the thing ! if you havwe serious problems send it back to the vendor !

i have also seen most of these problems happen with the cheapo chinese players from ebay, i myself fell in to the same trap time ago. the advice i give my members LINK is to stay away from these products !