Zune Cronicles Part 2 (notes from 3/29,30)……..
Intro (part 1)

The Zune came completely dead…. not entirely unexpected. Figured that USB is USB, as far as charging goes and just connected it to my desktop system (running Linux) to get it charged up, so I could check out what it comes pre-loaded with. Plugged it in, nothing. No indication of charging at all. Odd. Maybe it’s too dead to register, so I left it hooked up all night. Next morning, nothing. Really odd. This is the same port I use to charge/sync my iPod, so I know the port is good.

Moved it to a windows computer, and immediate indication of charging. OK. There is no way that the hardware itself requires Windows, is there? One more test, I moved it to a different Linux box, and it started charging. Now I’m confused.

Something weird has got to be happening here, so I checked the logs on the Linux system which allowed charging and saw, “over current change” listed for the USB port. So, basically, I take this to mean that the Zune draws more current to charge than is allowed by the USB spec, and since I have several USB devices connected to my desktop, it just didn’t have enough juice left to charge it. Putting on a system by itself, and it had just enough juice to charge it.

Who knows, maybe they figure if they fry a port, you’ll have to buy a new system with Vista pre-installed, and they get more sales numbers…. (sorry, the conspiracy theorist just came out).

Anyway….. it’s charged up.

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