when you use the D pad with the zen, its really clicky and noisy. if you put like a small cloth or something under it and reassemble it back in, would it kind of soften the click sound? making it not so noisy?

If anybody knows what is causing the white screen of death I will be tearing one of mine apart. I bought a 4g for $13 on ebay.

@dragnandy
There isnt enough room to fit cloth in there, plus im not sure if it would help

@Jeff
I got the white screen of death before and it seemed to be an issue with the newest firmware.

Just wanted to know, is the battery soldered and is it possible to get a higher capacity 1 inside? & PS: sorry for the stupidity Enzo.

no worries. The battery is soldered. I dont think its possible to get something bigger in there since the room is tight. unless there was a higher capacity in the same psychical size.

Are you going to take apart the A816 soon ^^ ?

Anyone know how or where I can get my screen on the Zen repaired, the LCD broke when my backpack full of text books and my Zen was thrown

alex, im not sure if there are specific stores online that sell them yet, maybe eventually they will. but you can try searching ebay and buying a broken zen for parts. i hope this helps

I love these "XY player disassembled" articles!!!!

hey enzo, did you scratch your zen at all when you did this?

No scratches, but a very small nick in the side where i slid the knife in.

Interesting. There is obviously a lot of space for more flash chips. Did anyone try to solder additional devices on the open space to increase the total flash memory ?. The question is if the firmware would accept this.

Great article. Very helpful. I was wondering if you could tell me a little more about the battery. I figure that the battery will be the first thing that I need to replace.
I found it a little difficult to make out what was written on it in picture #12

I would like to know if it is easy to take off the LCD screen?
I mean, is it soldered or a can just pull it out easily just like mobile lcd's?

thanks

@Garrison Chrisjohn

i opened mine and the battery is 3.6V lithium 0.55AH

Dropped mine a few days after buying it. The LCD was messed up. Took it apart and did some googling with all of the numbers on it. I was led here and here:

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/CreativeZVMPort
http://www.lcdsolar.com/products/All/SAMSUNG/LTV250QVF02.html

Seems to be the same screen used in the Vision M. I'm going to buy a used Vision M off eBay and find out.

mine is broke since a few days, he felt in the swimming pool.
I "had" a 4 gig version.
I disassembled it to let him dry.
But it was 2 late :(
Battery is soldered and replaceable, the LCD is attached with a connector you can change the LCD if broke :D
I'm gone buy a new one, a 8 gig version now since they get cheaper. Really good player!!!
Now I have parts if my new one gets broke

does anybody know where to get a replacement faceplate? mine is really scratched up, but everything is working fine. If nobody knows where to get one, does anybody have one they are prepared for sale? don't mind if it is scratched elsewhere, just not over the screen area. Cheers

A better way to pop the case is to pry up the case at the headphone/USB/power switch side. There are no clamps there, and you can easily work a credit card in there without a knife. Then, you can slide the credit card around the edge of the case, popping all the connector latches.

I did this because I was looking to add some extra flash to the Zen. Anyone have any leads on where to obtain Hynix flash chips?

@Nobody= is that possible? to add more flash into the zen??? i know this is a kind of old post but i think its really interesting.

I broke my ZEN doing this, so be careful. I think it was cuz i tried to pull off the battery with a butterknife it might have damaged the charge control circuit or something but most loikely my switch is messed up.
BE REALLY CAREFUL WHEN YOU DISSASEMBLE YOUR ZEN!

I broke my ZEN doing this, so be careful. I think it was cuz i tried to pull off the battery with a butter knife it might have damaged the charge control circuit or something but most likely my switch is messed up.
BE REALLY CAREFUL WHEN YOU DISASSEMBLE YOUR ZEN! it turns on and is functional with the charger and it will still be on if you unplug it, but when you turn it off, you cannot turn it back on. Also, when it is on hold, i can grip the player and it turns off of hold for a moment and then back on. it is now pretty much useless! another thing, when it is plugged into the c harget, the brightness is what i set. when i unplug it from the charger, the display gets really dark, but still visible.

Hello, Anyone fixed a bricked zen? I have got mine open and started probing around.
Not sure if there is a known issue. I bricked it by repeatedly hitting the reset button and power buttons together after having the white screen of death.
The Battery is okay and the processor/memory clock fires up for a few seconds when i hit the power. No LED or LCD activity though? Any Ideas

Hi guys

my zen's screen is just white and ive tried using creatives suggestions to try and fix it but no good. Any suggestions please

I've said it before and I'll say it again... Enzo you should really be a hand model.

Can you use the Flash Memory inside Creative zen to used it in other products? Like VideoCamara, etc.

Hey all-
I dropped mine a week ago and the screen is totally shot. Has anyone found a store online where you can buy a replacement screen? or has anyone found out for sure if Mike's thought is right about the screen being the same as the vision:M?

Cheers,
Jarrod

Hi,
I bought a zen 4gb and when tried to plug it to the car radio (pionner old one) via RCA-stereo-plug cable it shutted down and didnt woke up, now it doesn't turn on, not even the blue charging led turns on when charging, any idea of how to fix it??

I assume maybe somehow the ZEN was short circuited, hope is not so serious..

I havent checked yet if there is a short circuit on the car RCA cables, that may be making them to have a voltage output.

thanks,

I don't know what to do. My Zen Mosaic froze on me and i thought i could reset it like an ipod but I don't know how.

The casing of my Zen has become really scratched (my fault) with really deep scratches over the screen which is REALLY annoying!! does anybody know where i can get a replacement face plate or does any one have one for sale or anything?! cheers.

Hey!! I have the solution for the white screen problem! My Creative Zen 8GB has the same problem :) but it's really simple to fix it. I've noticed that my Zen falls in "white screen of death" mode ONLY when it auto-shut's off after it was playing AND the keypad was locked. Seems that this is a problem caused by the "screen saver" mode zen enters into to save battery. So, how to repair, really simple: turn on your zen and try to make it play music...ora a video...doesn't matter what, just play something; plug in your earphones to be sure it's playing for sure. When zen is playing just lock the keypad, wait 'till the screen shuts off in "screen saver" mode, than unlock the keypad and...TA DAAAAAH! SCREEN WORKS! AND WORKS FINE!
Do not be too happy..this way the problem IS NOT really solved...it will happen again and again...but the solution always works. If you need more infos about it just feel free to mail me!.

PS. sorry, my english is terrible...but i'm italian :p

Ops...thought my email would be linked to my name in the post. My email is: akille84@yahoo.it

lasp,
Those RCA plugs on car stereos are not inputs, but outputs. You most likely blew out the audio on the ZEN. Does it power on at all? show anything on the screen?
If you can verify the LCD is good I'll buy it from you - my daughter just broke hers.

I have a zen mp3 like the one on the video and it does not turn on at all.When i connect it to charge, the screen flashes on and off and it also does not show the charging symbol.Does anyone know how i can fix it or what can be wrong with it?

Thanks for posting this! Using these instructions I was able to clean out some dust that had gotten between the LCD and the case. The part with the knife did leave some chips in the edge. I have the 32G model and all 4 chip slots are occupied by Samsung K9HCG08U1M-PCB0 8G chips.

i've a zen 8GB. the player dies whenever i try to hit the back button. it turns back on after a week and then it dies when it goes to screen saver mode. its a really annoying problem. does anyone know how to fix it.

hi boys and girl,
i broke zen X-fi 8gb's display (cracked)!!!but i can watch on it, there is only a big point on the left if.
:___(
i would reapair it
there is a possibility?
where i ask to do this?
and is too much expensive?

This is an old problem for me, but can someone help me out? I was helping my nieghbor tyrap a wire on the underside of his truck with my 60Gb zen vision m in my back pocket. The next morning when I powered it on, my screen was very light in color. I can still make out the pictures/video and menus, but it just is very light in color. Is there a fix or parts that I can replace for this. I have been using the player for 6+ months or longer as is, but would really like a good color screen again.

ok so i was customizing my playlist then the thing froze all of a sudden and when I looked the screen was all black but it was still on. when i plugged it back in the computer it said it was an unknown device. is there a way i can fix it before i decide to take matters into my own hands? right now the screen is still black and the device is on.

My Zen took a spin in the washing machine. Is my best bet to take it apart and dry out? Or am I wasting my time?

i got a parts for a creative zen : m that i want to sell, here's a list:
battery 3.7V w/pigtail plug-in
LCD screen samsung ltv250qvf02
motherboard pd1580 030611
hard drive hitachi htc426030g5ce00- 30 Gig w/modular ZIF ribbon cable.
am willing to trade for cash or 2.5" serial ata hard drive 20 Gig or greater, or non-working psp (any version)or whatever!!
write me at reflexusa(aT) gmail(dOt)com for more info or to make an offer!!!

Any chance you could measure the value of resistor R105 for me? It's near the reset pushbutton.

Regards