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blog.wired.com - 1/1/2009
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The internet is awash with reports that the 30GB Zune is committing suicide across the planet. Not just one of them, either. It seems that some weird bug is simultaneously killing the music players, like lemmings leaping from a cliff.
Speculation is of course centered around the timing. It ...
forums.zune.net - 12/31/2008
engadget.com - 12/31/2008
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engadget.com —
Do you have a Zune 30 ? If
so, does the thing look something like the above?...
That is to say, stuck at a loading bar and completely non-functional? If so, you are not alone. We've been flooded with tips about users whose 30GB players started ...
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30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December ...
zuneboards.com - 12/31/2008
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zuneboards.com —
I was listening to a podcast, and all
of a sudden my zune 30 froze. I've had...
this happen before, so I just pressed the play and let it go through the...
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Zune is Frozen
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Leap year bug freezes Zunes
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... to bring the world to a standstill back at the turn of December 31, 1999, here we have a Z2K problem. Microsoft’s latest statement, “A bug in the internal clock driver related to the way the device handles a leap year affected Zune users. That being the case, the issue should be resolved over the next 24 hours as the time change moves to January 1, 2009.” Phew! At least there won’t be dozens of bricked 30GB Zunes lying around as part of the aftermath.
Source: Wired ...
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