No, the issues are not related. The “Critically Low” error message is a known Windows 7 bug. Micro$oft apparently doesn’t think it’s worth their time fixing.
Are you downloading the firmware version from the 1st post in this thread? Are you sure you are un-zipping the .zip file first and then placing the .bin file contained within in the root (top) directory of your Clip Zip? After you do this, are you un-plugging the player? It should turn off. When you power it back up, the screen should say “Firmware Update In Progress” or something to that effect.
Ah, ok, thanks for the heads-up on the error message. Not a big deal, just annoying.
And on the update, yes, unzipping and placing in the root. But after I unplug the player, it does not turn off. It stays on and screen says “refreshing your media”.
Again, I don’t think it’s a big deal, it seems to be working fine with the previous version, so I’m not too worried about it. Thanks for your reply, though.
I just updated my Clip+ to firmware V01.02.18A (it was 17A before the update), hoping to fix the issue I have, but it doesn’t.
I have a couple of new albums, that don’t show up as Artist / Album, just “Unknown”. All of these albums have in common, that they use ID3v 2.4 mp3-tags, my other recordings have <= ID3v. 2.3.
Is there going to be a new firmware for my device, that fixes the issue I have?
Sorry to tell you this, but unlikely to be further firmware upgrades–just been too long.
But an easy fix: just import your problem albums into MP3Tag (Internet freeware) and change the problematic format into the non-problematic format. Voila–in just a few key presses, it’s done!
I had the same problem of Oscaribo and MDeB: a FLAC album continued to frozen at the end of track 6… I have just downgraded to 01.02.16 and the problem has gone :dizzy_face:
I hope that Sandisk engineers are aware of the problem and will fix it as soon as possible.
I’'ve had a similar problem for a while. Whenever I have a large number of FLAC files on my Clip+, it will freeze/reboot randomly.
My solution was to reformat the device memory and hope that fixed it but since you had some success reducing FLAC-related freezes by downgrading your firmware, I’ll try that first.
In the post that starts this thread, follow the Manual Install instructions, which are roughtly: Download the latest firmware (look for an All Regions link), which is a .zip file. Unzip it. On the Sansa go to Settings/System Settings/USB Mode, write down which mode you had it in and change it to MSC.
Open Computer (otherwise known as Windows Explorer) and connect the Sansa to the computer. Drag the files you unzipped directly onto the driveletter for the Clip. Disconnect it (by taking the connector out of the Sansa first, not the computer) and it will update.Change the USB Mode back to what you had before.
The updater tries to contact Sandisk every time you boot up to see if there’s an update. All that does is slow down your startup. If you’re really worried about missing an update, check in here every now and then–but as you can see from the initial post, there hasn’t been a firmware update since August 2012, which means it’s pretty unlikely there will be another.
After doing a Firmware Update 01.02.18 on my Sansa Clip+ I am unable to make Playlists anymore…Whats up with THAT???..What good is it if I cant setup Playlist??? Do i need a driver for my OS???Help Please…My OS :Win7 With sp1
Also in settings >USB auto detect mode Win7 can’t recognize it…the only way it can is when it is in USB MSC…Any help would be greatly appreciated…Thx so much
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Around here the auto detect mode is called auto defect. a Clip+ should be set to MSC or if someone needs to use protected files, then MTP mode. If you are serious about using playlists on the Clip+, I suggest that you install the free Rockbox firmware on your player. It allows great flexibility in making playlists on the player itself, and many other great features. rockbox.org
We suggest you update the firmware through the Sansa Firmware Updater. If for any reason the Sansa Firmware Updater does not work for you, feel free to continue by trying the more "computer savy" steps described below.
We suggest you update the firmware through the Sansa Firmware Updater. If for any reason the Sansa Firmware Updater does not work for you, feel free to continue by trying the more "computer savy" steps described below.
Sigh … :neutral_face:
The Updater is not needed–it simply downloads the latest firmware for your player, which is readily available at the firmware sticky thread at the top of this forum. :) Likewise for the manual.
We suggest you update the firmware through the Sansa Firmware Updater. If for any reason the Sansa Firmware Updater does not work for you, feel free to continue by trying the more "computer savy" steps described below.
Sigh … :neutral_face:
The Updater is not needed–it simply downloads the latest firmware for your player, which is readily available at the firmware sticky thread at the top of this forum. :) Likewise for the manual.
And with the way the Updater works, you’re actually better off installing firmware updates the manual way. The Updater searches for updates every time you plug in your player. A waste of time and computer resources since there won’t be any more updates for this old of a model.
I just got a new (used) Clip+ 4gb. It has v 17 software on it, and it won’t permit Overdrive to transfer an audio book to it (can not create a folder).
Am trying to update firmware, but am flying blind.
downloaded the file, extracted it, got a file clppa.bin.
Tried dragging it to the Sandisk main entry on explorer. Nothing happens. Unplug it, clip goes to “music” which is empty. No messages that it is updating.
Tried dragging ot to the Sandisk “internal memory” folder. Nothing happens. Unplug it, clip goes to “music” which is empty. No messages that it is updating.
Is this a slow process? Do I need to drag and drop the file and then walk away? When is it time to unplug?