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Zune 30 Meltdown - The day the music died...December 31 2008

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Dec 31, 2008.

A frantic email...  Hey my Zune 30 stopped working and is hung on the startup screen at 100% any one elses hung or stopped working?  Thanks SlickRickOG :) You're always on top of stuff.

A huge flurry on the zune.net forums with over 2000 posts with people complaining and giving scary recommendations involving pulling off screws and manually rebooting. [DON'T DO THIS IT WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY and actually the issue comes back as soon as you go to sync it up again.]  Best case scenario is to NOT CONNECT YOUR DEVICE. 

Other blogs and responses in the forums suggest you should hold the up and play button to force a reboot.  This doesn't work on most devices.

Answers????  YES Finally!  These Answers Couldn't come fast enough.  I'm republishing the most important ones from the FAQ.  If you can don't sync your Zune for 24 hours.

on http://support.zune.net we now have official answers

My Zune 30 is frozen. What should I do?

Follow these steps:

1. Disconnect your Zune from USB and AC power sources.
2. Because the player is frozen, its battery will drain—this is good. Wait until the battery is

January SharePoint User Groups and More - Baltimore, Virginia Beach and San Diego, CADecember 31 2008

Heads up East Coast and West Coast USA.

I'm going to be in the D.C. / Baltimore area on January 8th for a special evening at the Baltimore SharePoint Users Group.  If you're anywhere even remotely close I'd encourage you to come.  Even if you are in D.C. and Baltimore isn't your scene I recommend you come for this one.  I will be in Virginia Beach at the FREE SharePoint Saturday event as well.  They have a great lineup and I expect some people will even be flying in for this one.

The Baltimore (Broader Baltimore D.C. and Northern Virginia Area) event - Jan 8

Quote from the BSUG site:

It's been a great year here at BSPUG. We've turn 1 this year, had some Great
sessions and Great Speakers come through and our code camp was a huge hit.

...We will be meeting at UMBC Tech Center, 1450 Rolling
Road, Halethorpe, MD. Doors open at 6pm for food and refreshments.

Joel will be giving a presentation on 10 Steps to Success, Avoiding Failed
SharePoint Deployments.

Please go to http://www.baltimoresug.org/events and respond to the RSVP
survey to RSVP as this is sure to fill up quickly.  (Site may be experiencing tech difficulties and addressed shortly.)

 

SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach - January 10 (all day!)

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