u/Expensive_Owl_2961

ScummVM running on my Zune HD, playing Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max and Curse of Monkey Island (video attached).

None of this would exist without u/TheMagicIsInTheHole and Project Lyra. It's a mod on top of Lyra, and it shows up as a tile in the Apps list. Huge thanks to them.

It's a proof of concept, so: touch controls only for now (the physical buttons don't work yet), and quitting a game reboots the Zune. But the goal was to prove it could be done, and it can.

Code and detailed notes here:
https://github.com/kkffiirr/Zune_Lyra_Plugins

Hi,

My Surface worked in windows, I left it and when I came back it was off, and there was no charging indicator on the charger.

I have checked several chargers and I ruled it out, the problem is in the surface itself.

I guess it is related to overheat, because it was a hot when I last used it, and I can understand now that I heard the fan coughing.

I have removed the keyboard and couldn't see anything obvious just yet

Hi,

My Surface worked in windows, I left it and when I came back it was off, and there was no charging indicator on the charger.

I have checked several chargers and I ruled it out, the problem is in the surface itself.

I guess it is related to overheat, because it was a bit hot when I last used it, I hope it is reversible.

Do you have anything to suggest?

I have removed the keyboard and couldn't see anything obvious just yet

Hey r/Zune, Working ZIF SSDs are nearly impossible to find today (for a fair price) , and generic ZIF-to-mSATA adapters almost always throw Error 5.

Patching the locked bootloader is a dead end.

As a hardware engineer, I think the best way forward is sniffing the IDE bus. mSATA drives already speak ATA, so the cheap bridge chips on these adapters are probably just failing Microsoft's strict timing constraints or missing a simple hardware handshake.

If we hook up a cheap logic analyzer (like a Saleae clone) and a 40-pin FFC breakout board, we can compare the boot sequence of an original drive vs. an unsupported mSATA adapter.

Once we see exactly where the fault occurs we can try to fix it. If there is a signal drops, we can likely fix the adapter with a simple passive mod, if there is an issue of different handshake like sequence, we can design a simple interposer, from a cheap MCU, or FPGA (if there is a timing issue).

I'm looking for someone to team up with. My only Zune is in active use, so I'd rather not tear it down. I can guide the test setup, analyze the logic data, and design the hardware fix. I just need someone with a spare Zune 30, a working drive, an mSATA adapter, and a basic logic analyzer to run the physical test. Anyone interested?

Hi,

I have JVC HR-J241 MS and LG BC990NW.

I predict that one of the issues is dead belt. I looked in aliexpress and saw many types. What belts I should order so I can pick a suitable one from it?

Thanks