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Reports: 30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once [All Together Now!]
gizmodo.com - 12/31/2008
Reports: 30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once [All Together Now!]
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Right, so this is a weird one: we're getting tons of reports— tons —about failing Zune 30s. Apparently, the players began freezing at about midnight last night, becoming totally unresponsive and practically useless. The crisis has been dubbed by Zune users 'Y2K9', due to the ...

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CrunchGear:  All Zune 30s crapping out?

forums.zune.net - 12/31/2008
Zune.net
— forums.zune.net — Early this morning we were alerted by our customers that there was a widespread issue affecting our 2006 model Zune 30GB devices (a large number of which are still actively being used). The technical team jumped on the problem immediately and ... (more) Zune.net

Comments vote down Engadget found this 12/31/2008found this
zuneboards.com - 12/31/2008
Zune is Frozen
— 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... (more) Zune is Frozen

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forums.zune.net - 12/31/2008
Zune.net
— forums.zune.net — This just happened to me and I was hoping someone on here besides me had this happen.............. I had my Zune docked on it's iHome ZN9, charging, and all the sudden I hear it start whirring as I'm sitting here at the laptop. I looked up just in ... (more) Zune.net

Comments vote down MAKE Magazine found this 12/31/2008found this
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  • ROSERIO ROSERIO
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    THIS IS NOT GOOD AND I HAPPEN TO OWN 2 30 G ZUNES WHAT ARE THE BILLIONAIRES AT MICROSOFT GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS I PAID RETAIL FOR THESE WHEN THEY CAME OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE USER FRIENDLY AS OPPOSED TO THE IPOD THEY HAVE FROZE IN THE PAST AND I WAS ABLE TO RESET BUT NOW NOTHING 2 HR COMMUTE AND NO ZUNE
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All Zune 30s crapping out?
CrunchGear — ... stopped working. No official word from Redmond on this one yet but we might have a gadget Y2K going on here. Fan boards and support forums all have the same mantra saying that at 2:00 AM this morning, the Zune 30s reset on their own and doesn’t fully reboot. We’re sure Microsoft will get flooded with angry Zune owners as soon as the phone lines open up for the last time in 2008. More as we get it. Zune.net, ZuneBoards, ZuneScene, Gizmodo

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30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once [All Together Now!] — Gizmodo
Right, so this is a weird one: we're getting tons of reports— tons —about failing Zune 30s. Apparently, the players began freezing at about midnight last night, becoming totally unresponsive and practically useless. The crisis has been dubbed by Zune users 'Y2K9', due to the ...