Microsoft - ‘Z2K9′ Dead 30GB Zune players

1. January 2009 by Myke.

I own 2 of the 30GB Zune players and as of yesterday morning they are both dead and frozen on the Zune splash screen.  Why?  Because for some reason you could not figure out how to make an MP3 player deal with 366 days in a year.  Are you kidding me with this crap.  And your answer to all of us is “Customers with 30gb Zune devices may experience issues when booting their Zune hardware.  We’re aware of the problem and are working to correct it.  The Zune Social might be slow or inaccessible. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for your patience!”…ISSUES?!?  The issue is there is no fix to this and we are supposed to just sit down and go about our lives while you figure out what you did.  I guess I will be going to Best Buy today to exchange them for something other than a MS player.  And you wonder why people hate you as much as they do.  I live and die by MS everyday and when I called you all I get is some dumb ass Indian from India saying it is a known issue and we are sorry.  Thanks for blowing sand in my face you f**king sand monkeys!

Microsoft Corp., maker of the Zune, said a bug in the internal clock driver, related to the way the device handles a leap year, caused the malfunction in older Zune 30GB models.

Matt Akers of the Zune Product Team wrote Wednesday on Zune.net that the problem should resolve itself after 7 a.m. ET Thursday. The Zune support page says users should allow the internal battery to fully drain, then recharge by connecting the Zune to a computer or AC power after noon GMT (7 a.m. ET) on New Year’s Day.

Guess what Matt Akers, I still have 2 30GB players that are dead as Windows ME…oh wait, Windows ME actually booted up unlike my MP3 players.

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Microsoft, I am very disappointed in this.  This is very sad and pretty much like the old days. 

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