I’ve had my Sansa Fuze since January 2009 and it worked fine for about a year and a half. Then this spring, I turned it on and the White Screen of Death came up, but I was still able to listen to music like normal. I tried the soft reset and formatting it, to no avail. I really don’t have the money to go out and buy a new one, and I’ve got tons of music on it so I’d rather be able to fix it. I take good care of my electronics - I might have only dropped it once or twice. Can someone please help me with this? I obviously can’t return it since it’s been so long. I see this happens with a LOT of people…is there something up with Sansa mp3 players?
We have the same issue with our Sansa Fuze MP3 player. I would like to see what your solution is to the problem.
my does the same thing and it is a common problem with the fuze:neutral_face:
I used to think that Sansas were the best mp3 brand on the market until I read about all the problems people were having with this. I won’t buy and ipod, and if this isn’t resolved I guess I’ll have to look into buying another player 
I’m going to have to get a new one. Now my computer won’t even recognize the device so therefore it won’t charge 
same problome exept it’s my sansa e250R not fuze:neutral_face: i got a new fuze and lerned that the only way to fix it is to provent it: don’t ofer charge it that’s y. i gess the battery is pumping so much juce in the screen so it bernes the screen.
@drives31 wrote:
same problome exept it’s my sansa e250R not fuze:neutral_face: i got a new fuze and lerned that the only way to fix it is to provent it: don’t ofer charge it that’s y. i gess the battery is pumping so much juce in the screen so it bernes the screen.
Nonsense.
Had my Sansa Fuze for less than a day and I’ve got the white screen. Really? I’ve barely even had a chance to use it and already its broken. Computer won’t recognize the device when plugged in so no firmware update.
Really?
It could be a bad file. It could be a defective unit… It could be just a hiccup. Hold the power button up for 15-30 seconds to reset. If it keeps happening, take it back or call 1-866-SANSA to replace. If it happens again with the replacement, your files may have tags the Fuze doesn’t like. Search this forum for mp3tag and ISO-8859-1 to fix them in seconds.
just got my sandisk charged it for 3 hours and it wasnt even 5 friggin mins and i have the white screen of death it wont do a **bleep** thing
@jdj624 wrote:
just got my sandisk charged it for 3 hours and it wasnt even 5 friggin mins and i have the white screen of death it wont do a **bleep** thing
Do the reset procedure as mentioned above. Normally 20-30 secs. are adequate, but if it does not shut down, keep holding the sliding power switch in the uppermost position until it does. It will eventually. After the screen goes dark, I’d continue the hold it for an additional 20 secs. or so to make sure it completes the reset. Now it should turn on and operate normally.
If not, I would A.) return it to your dealer for an exchange, or B.) contact SanDisk Tech Support about a warranty replacement. If you have to contact SanDisk, it’s usually better (and faster) to call rather than sending an e-mail.
bacause of LCD me too my sansa mp3 player is turning into white screen and i`ve listen music
@misspooh wrote:
I’ve had my Sansa Fuze since January 2009 and it worked fine for about a year and a half. Then this spring, I turned it on and the White Screen of Death came up, but I was still able to listen to music like normal. I tried the soft reset and formatting it, to no avail. I really don’t have the money to go out and buy a new one, and I’ve got tons of music on it so I’d rather be able to fix it. I take good care of my electronics - I might have only dropped it once or twice. Can someone please help me with this? I obviously can’t return it since it’s been so long. I see this happens with a LOT of people…is there something up with Sansa mp3 players?
I have an 8gig model from Costco Xmas 2009. The memory is dated Oct.2009…One year in, I dropped it off the table 32" and it started white screening. I found that turning it off and ‘firmly’ placing it down on it back would bring the screen back. Some people here use their thighs…On a side note, I found running Rockbox lessened the number of times it will go in white screen mode.
Warning…if the machine is still under warrenty, send it back. There is an instance of the fuze white screening while refreshing its database. Don’t be alarmed by this. This doesn’t happen with the Rockbox OS and database refreshes are done in the backround.
Seriously, Sansa should just hire the Rockbox guys to do all there firmware creation because the default one is a bit lackluster. Anyway, yea I have the same issue. I have some songs on it, the Fuze white screens on “refreshing media” and wont proceeed past a certain point, though Rockbox loads fine and reads from elsewhere. So best bet for those is too install Rockbox if you still can.
Here’s a solution that works for me:
Whenever I turn on my Sansa I get white screen. I even stopped using player for several months and then when I tried to open player’s case just for fun it started working normally. Now, when I turn on player I get white screen, so I open slightly player’s case from bottom and it works. Worth noting is that I didn’t broke anything or modifided player.
So if you lost any hope, try this solution. Anyway you have nothing to lose. 
I had the same problem. I tried everything that you guys posted to no avail. I then put it on the docking station of my inmotion sansa portable speaker system and, voila, it started charging and the white screen of death was gone!
Does it have something to do with direct dock vs. USB? I don’t know but it solved my problem. Good luck.
