Thousands of Zunes Fail Simultaneously

Reports are popping up all across Internet forums about Zunes committing suicide. The Microsoft 30GB Zune players are ceasing to work everywhere and all at the same time.

Gizmodo and Zune forums are two examples of where this news is coming from. This Zune crisis is being dubbed Z2K9 due to the simultaneous mass failure at the end of the year. The below comment is taken from a Zune user that reported his issues to Gizmodo:

Apparently, around 2:00 AM today, the Zune models either reset, or were already off. Upon when turning on, the thing loads up and… freezes with a full loading bar (as pictured above). I thought my brother was the only one with it, but then it happened to my Zune. Then I checked out the forums and it seems everyone with a 30GB HDD model has had this happen to them.

Gizmodo has also found an easy official fix for the problem.

The Z2K9 crisis was at first ignored by Microsoft and the Zune customer support website, but recently Microsoft released the following statement:

We are aware that customers with the Zune 30GB are experiencing issues with their Zune device. We are actively working now to isolate the issue and develop a solution to address it. We will keep customers informed on next steps via the support page on zune.net (zune.net/support).

There is still no word on what has caused this too happen. The drama of the day has been decorated with colorful comedy as many relate these happenings to Y2K and possibilities of Microsoft propaganda. At least this event brought some excitement to the web and a fix has been quickly found.