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MS Zune SNAFU
« on: December 31, 2008, 05:12:18 PM »

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Re: MS Zune SNAFU
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2008, 05:37:23 PM »
Epic fail.
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Re: MS Zune SNAFU
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2008, 05:39:18 PM »
:lol:
hey ethic if you and i were both courting lily allen..... oh wait, which one of us has a relationship that lasted more than the bus ride home?

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Re: MS Zune SNAFU
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2008, 07:18:47 PM »
wow, that is crazy!  I'm sure someone just forgot some mundane detail

/i always do that
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Re: MS Zune SNAFU
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2008, 07:22:23 PM »
ah, more research shows it was a "leap year bug"

Quote from: Microsoft
"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 isolated the issue: a bug in the internal clock driver related to the way the device handles a leap year.

"That being the case, the issue should be resolved over the next 24 hours as the time change moves to January 1, 2009. We expect the internal clock on the Zune 30GB devices will automatically reset tomorrow (noon, GMT). By tomorrow you should allow the battery to fully run out of power before the unit can restart successfully then simply ensure that your device is recharged, then turn it back on.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/156240/microsoft_says_leap_year_bug_caused_zune_failures.html

nice job Microsoft :-)

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Re: MS Zune SNAFU
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2008, 10:28:49 PM »
Thnx for posting this guys. I got 7 phone calls in the last two hours from friends with zunes who r getting ready for parties and shit. If not for this I wouldn't have had a clue
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Re: MS Zune SNAFU
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2009, 12:17:18 AM »
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Re: MS Zune SNAFU
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2009, 04:21:22 AM »
"Our software died because of a calendar glitch" - so 1993...

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Re: MS Zune SNAFU
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2009, 09:23:34 AM »
They went retro