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m03da:
I suspect this might have been caused by my player being left in a car all the time and having a condensation build up perhaps, but given how much I don't like the touch interface of the replacement Fuze+, this still might be worth a shot.

The situation as it unfolded:
1) Clip+ has a low battery so I plug it in to my lighter plug charger to give it a boost
2) 10-20min. pass by with the player unattended
3) I try turning it on but it won't and I notice that it's very hot
4) upon closer inspection at home I find that it draws over 1A from the USB when plugged in, thermal picture shows that the main processor gets to well over 80°C almost instantly, other components remain reasonably cool

The player boots up for a brief moment when plugged in, flashes a battery low warning and shuts off. It seems to get stuck in a reboot loop doing this but since the temp and current are so high I haven't tested it for more than a couple of seconds at a time. I tried desoldering the battery to no avail.

Has anyone had this happen to their Clip+? Any suggestions as to where to look, where to poke a meter or scope probes to find out more? Would be greatly appreciated, Fuze+ makes me a dull boy  :'(

Bilgus:
I'd say with behavior like you describe that poor clip+ is toast.

Have you tried the advanced keylock on the fuze+?
IMO it makes it much better almost usable even :p
Adv Keylock and tweaking the touch area/sensitivity turned mine into a player I actually like using.

saratoga:
If it still boots it's probably fixable if you're handy with electronics. I'd guess a short on the motherboard or a blown up battery.

m03da:
@Bilgus I'm still trying to get the hang of it and tweak it to my liking, problem is that I mostly use PMPs in my car and I rarely pull over just to put on a new album, so the non-haptic-ness of the touchy bit draws more of my attention than I can afford. Just out of curiosity, is any development work being done towards enabling gestures? OF seems to be way more pleasant to control, too bad I hate closed source stuff.

@Saratoga Kinda thought the same, unfortunately no other component seems to be getting warm. My guess would be a blown regulator feeding the full 5V to the SoC... I just don't know where to start :'c

Desoldering the battery was the first thing I tried to no avail. Other than that both thermal image and IPA evaporation test only show the SoC getting toasty and I don't want to risk frying it completely by testing it for longer than a second or two. My knowledge of electronics is mostly on a hobbyist level, the tiny SMD millipedes intimidate me. Might have a word with our electronics guy at work but I doubt he'll be able to debug anything at this level of integration.

Another one bites the dust I guess, too bad nice PMPs are a thing of the past. A phone can never replace a proper Iriver brick with 17 jacks on it.

gomezz:
For playing music from my own collection in the car I have a copy on a USB memory button which is plugged into the radio and can use the radio controls to select and play albums.  That said, I would still pull over to change albums.  For long trips I set up a playlist that is more than long enough before I start maybe changing it when I have a pit stop.

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