It behaved as you describe the v1 - “goodbye” if it didn’t need charging, the cute green battery if it did. And “SanDisk Sansa” when it turned on.
I believe the firmware it came with was 3.01.11A. You had to force MSC mode, in any case, which I’ve never minded as I put my music on there and leave it alone, with the exception of a very occasional CD purchase.
Thanks for the info about the firmware - I’m assuming it *does* apply to 11 and earlier, even though you adivse against it due to the “force MSC” issue…?
