Topic: problem with creative nomad jb3 software and windows 7

[AdmNaismith]

I did change the HD in my JB a couple of years ago, but it still play music just fine.  I'm hard pressed to even replace it, seeing as nothing holds more than 32g of music anymore (I'm past 20g and growing fast).

Get one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-8GB-Sandisk-Sansa-e280-Mp3-Player-with-Voice-Recorder-FM-Radio-MicroSD-Slot-/190599857321?forcev4exp=true&forceRpt=true
or
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sandisk-Sansa-Clip-PLUS-8GB-MP3-w-MicroSD-Slot-Black-/310448592107?pt=Other_MP3_Players&hash=item48482d94eb

Then Rockbox it and add a 32 GB Micro SD card
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SanDisk-32GB-Micro-SD-HC-New-MicroSD-Memory-Card-Mini-/170621922771?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27b9dbedd3
You can even do a 64 GB card if you're willing to spend considerably more money.

You'll now have a reasonably priced 40 GB player which has to be far better than your JB3. It is much smaller, easy to use and with Rockbox has all the options you could ever want. I love my Sansa e280.

Many members here have used the JB3 to record with (especially in the past) but there was never too much mention of how good it was as an mp3 player. In contrast, many who recorded with a Rockboxed HP120 and the like raved about those machines as mp3 players.

Once you get used to using a Rockboxed player, you'll never want to go back.

I did look at the Fuze just before making my JB work.  The Fuze has 16g before you put a card in, so I'm likely to move to that if/when my JB no longer works or synchs. Still, even 48g seems constricting.
I gave my husband a Clip+ a couple of years ago.  I'm familiar with and quite like the Sansa players.

[vegeta_ban]

The above info is excellent, if I ever want to upgrade my old pc.

I was out taping last night with one of my JB3's..it's showing it's age though and didn't want to boot up. I traced the fault to a charger with a frayed wire. Now down to just one JB3 charger.

Succesfully open taped the gig though, with an iRiver in my other rig.

By the way was the overheating issue that affects older JB3s traced to the hard drive? I maybe could try replacing the machine that overheats with a 160GB drive..

The Sony Playstation Portable power supply works with the JB3...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-PSP-100-Power-Supply-Adapter-5V-DC-2000mA-/140871697285

Not sure there was ever one thing that caused overheating...I had one that overheated easily, and once I cleaned some goo (flux?) off the circuit board - it never overheated again.

My most used JB3 - heat never seemed to be an issue.

I've used apsp charger as well