my 30GB Zune is a brick

2008-12-31 @ 17:43#

2009-01-01 : 16:50 GMT

well, i let the battery drain over night and then plugged it back in this morning. i saw the 'battery icon' but was not able to reset the machine. i left it for several hours and now, when i press the magic reset keys (left button + up selector) it reset and started up just fine. phew! now i just need to complete the recharge and i should be set.

2008-12-31 : 00:38 GMT

official word from MSFT is that 30GB Zunes have a bad clock driver that will 'fix itself' once the (local?) time changes to 2009-01-01. first, you let the Zune battery drain, then recharge, reset, re-sync. huh.

according to various reports, all 30GB Zunes are bricks today. mine is not even recognized as a device on my PC (WinXP, Vista, or Ubuntu).

*facepalm*

this video pretty much sums up most users' experience today:

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