http://www.krunker.com/2007/07/22/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-a-zune-20/ Technology Around the World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:11:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.krunker.com/2007/07/22/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-a-zune-20/comment-page-1/#comment-93655 Production snag for the Draco Zune? | Krunker Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:23:01 +0000 http://www.krunker.com/2007/07/22/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-a-zune-20/#comment-93655 [...] Could the yet to be announced next generation Zune media player be facing production issues? The folks at Zune Scene are reporting that Microsoft is having a small design problem with their next generation Zune media player code named “Draco”. The design snag has caused a delay in production - pushing the production run from August 31st to September. Here’s a quote from the report: According to our source (from inside Microsoft) Draco production began July 23 as scheduled. Scorpio ran into trouble and production was delayed. A significant percentage of the hard drive based Scorpio units were experiencing continuity problems between the flex cable and pcb. In other words, a wire was coming loose. Our source went on to explain how there were emergency meetings and a new flex cable design will be implemented. The new cable will have a “S” shape (not a folded accordion shape). It should prevent tension build up during assembly and solve the problem. [...] [...] Could the yet to be announced next generation Zune media player be facing production issues? The folks at Zune Scene are reporting that Microsoft is having a small design problem with their next generation Zune media player code named “Draco”. The design snag has caused a delay in production – pushing the production run from August 31st to September. Here’s a quote from the report: According to our source (from inside Microsoft) Draco production began July 23 as scheduled. Scorpio ran into trouble and production was delayed. A significant percentage of the hard drive based Scorpio units were experiencing continuity problems between the flex cable and pcb. In other words, a wire was coming loose. Our source went on to explain how there were emergency meetings and a new flex cable design will be implemented. The new cable will have a “S” shape (not a folded accordion shape). It should prevent tension build up during assembly and solve the problem. [...]

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