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Posted on Jul 13, 2009

White screen Today i was using my Zen and i decided to turn it off. This time all i get is a white screen that i cant get out of. Is this operator fatigue or the mp3 player at fault?

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I get the white screen of death as well from time to time and I found this video and it actually worked for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8g0sh7pc54

Hope you have the same problem as me and this should help out just do what he does:
When the screen goes white, let the music play, put it on hold, wait until the screen turns black then take it off hold and the screen should be back on hope this helps.

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An internet search gave me this advice....there's a tiny pin hole on the side of the player that says "reset". Carefully insert a pin into it. This worked for me.

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