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Watch this YouTube video that shows the way to open up a Creative Zen V Plus and replace the battery. All it takes is a guitar pick, a couple of screwdrivers, glue and some chutzpah. How to replace battery MP3 Player Creative Zen Plus total reset

Bad news. The Zen V Plus is known for screen problems - early warning signs include screen discoloration, lines on the screen or dimming. Eventually, the screen will go black. Possible reasons include poorly-mounted screens, short life of OLED displays, and susceptibility of screens to damage from moisture. Best bet for a replacement screen is buying a scrapped Zen V Plus on eBay. Here's a great guide to taking apart your Zen. Disassembly of Zen Plus

Creative recommends using the FAT file structure. Why do you want to reformat it to NTFS? Any more details about the model?

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Very mysterious, sophiev20. Any more details you can provide?

Sorry for your loss: The cost to repair is more than the cost to replace. Consider your options.

what is the name of the connector? i read somewhere that is a female db-9 but that is the serial port

Here's a diagram from the Creative Zen V Plus manual showing how to turn it on. Creative Worldwide Support

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some internal part damaged now allowing you to trigged the system or maybe a wire may have became loose thus not allowing it to power up just you need a mechanic or can open and check your device it is easy . if any part broken you can use fevi quick to join it to work again

You can check the make/number of that product and contact the manufactures, they sometimes carry stocks.

Get a multimeter and check its output voltage. it must give 11.5V AC as output. The current output in the multimeter must be 1.6 A .If it is not giving the output, your AC Adaptor has gone bad. there are 4 screws on the adaptor which you can open and inside you will find a single step down transformer. of rating 11.5V AC 111600mA(That is 1.6A) Aand 18.4VA rating. You can try to repair it at a transformer rewinding shop(IF HE DOES IT PROPERLY). or, try to get a new AC ADAPTOR OF THE SAME RATING.