Zune 30g bricked planet wide

[solidius23]

WTF microsoft???

i just so happen to have a 30g zune and saw when the thing just reset it self last night, fist the 360 with the RROD and now zunes bricking themselves. Man microsoft is frucking up.

[ken_cinder]

And this folks, is why I own a $15 8GB MP3 player........

[Lucandrake]

Dude that is freaking Epic!

[solidius23]

well i own like 6 diff mp3 players but still this is messed up, i wonder how they are gonna fix this one. i see a lot of returns in microsofts future.

[Smilee]

Mine's not working as well, as long as they get it fixed soon then no big deal.

[LoRd_SnOw]

I haven't updated my zune at all, I'll turn it on later and see what happens.

Edited December 31, 2008 by LoRd_SnOw

[Robert]

It probably couldn't handle the extra day in the leap year, or something.

 

See if it comes good tomorrow.

[ken_cinder]

It probably couldn't handle the extra day in the leap year, or something.

 

See if it comes good tomorrow.

 

I have heard this mentioned on other sites, and it cannot be true in such a direct sense.

If this was the case, everyone's Zune would have skipped the last day in February and wound up 1 day ahead of where it should be.

It's possible that the function is expecting 364 days in a full year, and when it tries to jump to the next year, conflicts with the fact that there is still another "day" in the month.

 

I believe it's nothing more than a bug in reference to this precise day in the date function, which could be confirmed by setting your date to tomorrow (Jan 1/09). If it works, it's something specifically to do with the last day in a year, and could probably be duplicated by setting the date to Dec 31/09 or 10 as well.

 

Inky, have you tried pulling the battery and resetting the date? If not, try the above (Set to tomorrow and see if all is well. Then try Dec 31 09), I'm curious.

[solidius23]

My Zune 30 is frozen. What should I do?

 

Follow these steps:

 

1. Disconnect your Zune from USB and AC power sources.

2. Because the player is frozen, its battery will drain—this is good. Wait until the battery is empty and the screen goes black. If the battery was fully charged, this might take a couple of hours.

3. Wait until after noon GMT on January 1, 2009 (that's 7 a.m. Eastern or 4 a.m. Pacific time).

4. Connect your Zune to either a USB port on the back or your computer or to AC power using the Zune AC Adapter and let it charge.

 

Once the battery has sufficient power, the player should start normally. No other action is required—you can go back to using your Zune!

talk about a cross your fingers fix

[Rawrthness]

Yeah... mine crapped out on me to so I called microsoft and demanded my money back took a little while but I got it.

 

Note to self: Never EVER buy another microsoft product.

[Inky]

Inky, have you tried pulling the battery and resetting the date? If not, try the above (Set to tomorrow and see if all is well. Then try Dec 31 09), I'm curious.

Lol wut? I don't have a zune. but from what I read elsewhere, MS stated it was a clock issue specific to the 30gb. and that it would fix itself on jan 1st. anyone confirm?