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Zunes all stop working at the same time, no solution available
dvice.com - 12/31/2008
Zunes all stop working at the same time, no solution available
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Own a Zune? Well, I hope you weren't counting on using it today, because last night at 2am, every single 30GB Zune stopped working at the same time. Oh my god, it's Z2K! No one seems to know just what is going on, but at 2am, all Zunes reset themselves and then froze on the loading screen. ...
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

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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

Comments vote down Gizmodo found this 12/31/2008found this
30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December 31st -- day of reckoning to follow
engadget.com - 12/31/2008
30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December 31st -- day of reckoning to follow
— 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 ... (more) 30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December ...

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30 GB Zunes failing all over the place
jkontherun.com 12/31/2008 — The screams of anguish you might have heard today are the natural reaction of owners of 30 GB Zunes. They started bricking world-wide last night at midnight and nothing can bring them back. No word from Microsoft or anyone else what caused the 30 GB Zunes to all fail at once. Sounds like ...
Lock of Ages: 30 GB Zunes Freeze Up
news.digitaltrends.com 12/31/2008 — Some fan's of Microsoft's Zune music players have been waking up to a rude surprise this morning: many 30 GB Zune models—and, according to some reports, some 80 GB Zunes as well—have been freezing at startup. The devices make it as far as their built-in startup ...
BREAKING: Zunes worldwide hit by mystery crash — Tech Digest
This morning, I woke up and turned on my beloved Zune MP3 player. It got to the end of the loading bar, then just stopped. After the regular "hold back and up to reset" trick didn't work, I did what any self-respecting citizen of the modern age would do, and turned to Google. Turns out ...
Zune 30 crash is leap-year issue; will automatically fix claims Microsoft — SlashGear
Microsoft have responded to the spate of Zune 30 crashes , blaming a bug in the PMP’s code that leaves it unable to cope with the leap year. Since the problem will apparently reset itself on January 1st 2009, at noon GMT, the company is not planning an immediate fix; instead, users ...
Zune Freeze Result of Leap Year: Microsoft — Wired: Gadget Lab
  It was the Z2k problem after all, a glitch related to the inability of the device clock to handle the extra day in a leap year that froze thousands of Zune media players Wednesday morning. "A bug in the internal clock driver related to the way the device handles a leap ...
Y2K9 the End of the Road for 30GB Zunes? — Anything But iPod
Nothing happened when we hit year 2000 - no computers broke down, no armageddon. Just when everyone thought we were in the clear, Y2K9 comes along and brings doom to 30GB Zunes - a day early. Just as we hit December 31th, 30GB Zunes all across the board went dead and are now stuck on ...
Users report 30GB Zunes seizing up — Crave: The gadget blog
Looks like the Midwest isn't the only thing that's freezing up this holiday season: many people are reporting their 30GB Zunes are spontaneously going on the fritz as well. The symptom is reported widely on discussion boards about Microsoft's music player, including Zune.net , ZuneUser.com , ...
Microsoft Zunes spontaneously dying all over the place (Macworld.com) — Yahoo! News: Personal Technology
Macworld.com - Oh, Danny boy…the Zunes, the Zunes are calling. As a sign of the impending apocalypse—no doubt caused by the addition of the leap second—a plague has descended upon scads of Microsoft’s Zune media players. As of 2AM this ...