While some people are waking up with a hangover, Zune 30 owners are rejoicing that their Zunes have come back to life. I tested mine this morning and it’s 100% working now. What looked like a terminal issue for Zunes all over the world turns out was just a problem for one day. I let mine drain the battery last night and when I charged it this morning it is fully working. The official word from Zune Insider says it was a leap year bug

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. 

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.  If you’re a Zune Pass subscriber, you may need to sync your device with your PC to refresh the rights to the subscription content you have downloaded to your device. 

Customers can continue to stay informed via the support page on zune.net (zune.net/support).

Oh and happy new year!

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