Help needed The zen was working fine, but about every 5 minutes, it would freeze and I could not turn it off. Now, when I try to turn it on, It either wont turn on, or it will freeze when it says, "rebooting library". Then when I try to put music onto it, The computer says, "No devise detected it USB port. Press F5 to refresh music player." But when I press F5, nothing happens. Now it wont turn on at all.

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