Urk.

Uhhh... I need advice, if anyone has any. My MP3 player is very, very dead. We're not talking about a dead battery here, we're talking dropped dead mid-song and is now an inert piece of metal and very expensive circuitry. It wasn't dropped or shaken or anything, it was in a pocket at the time. I think it had about half battery strength, and now it won't turn on again, and the computer doesn't notice when I plug it in the USB port.
Sansa e260 and I hate to have to send it to the manufacturer when I've only had it since November and it was an Xmas present from my parents...