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Microsoft Zunes Committing Mass Suicide

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-bet-a-bricked-zune-is-still-warm dept.

jddeluxe writes "There are multiple reports springing up all over the internet of a mass suicide of Microsoft 30GB Zune players globally. Check Zune forums, Gizmodo, or other such sites; the reports are spreading rapidly, except apparently to the Microsoft official Zune site."

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  1. Value did get lost :( by sundarvenkata · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I turned on my Zune (bought for 90$ last year) today morning only to find it die a sad death with the hard disk humming in the highest pitch. I do not think the hard disk will survive 3 more hours of such grueling ordeal. I feel sorry for MSFT. Best of luck, guys.

  2. Leap Day... by Manip · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This year has 366 days in it instead of the normal 365.

    So if you did (365-day) you could end up with -1 which might cause either a crash or freeze.

    Just one (likely) possible cause. If that is the case it should fix its self tomorrow.

  3. Re:3 bit years should be enough for anyone. by Svippy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I guess they just allocated a 3 bit year, in their systems (starting year 2000). Hey who would think there would still have Zunes around b 2009.

    I think your issue may more likely be a leap year issue, with the Zune calculating the length of the year in seconds, but did not take into account that 2008 is one day longer because of 29 February.

    Which would explain why they are failing before new year's, rather than after.

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  4. Checked Google Trends lately? by Dwedit · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://www.google.com/trends
    At the time I loaded the page:
        1. zune frozen
        2. reset zune
        3. zune locked up
        4. zune troubleshooting

  5. Re:I don't usually complain about summaries... by Darth_brooks · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?sa=X

    Those are today's top one hundred google searches. As of now, ten of the top forty searches are zune related. Something tells me this is a bit more that "a few people..." I agree that the article is sensationalist, but there's a hearty grain of truth in there.

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