Why won't the XNA Game Studio Device utility connect to Zune?

Question

I have the older 30gb Zune, and I downloaded the latest updates for it and the device, okay! Now when I downloaded Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express and XNA Game Studio they all installed correctly. Now when I try to open C# then click on the XNA game icon (monitor with an 'X' on it) it opens the XNA Game Studio Devices box, it picks up my zune but displays this when trying to Connect:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): Could not connect to 'Faithful1db891'. Make sure the device is connected to the computer and not busy syncing content.
at Microsoft.Xna.RemoteServices.ZunePrimaryConnector.Connect(String hostId, Session session, Int32 millisecondTimeout, StringBuilder diagnosticBuilder)
at Microsoft.Xna.RemoteServices.HostConnection.OpenPrimaryConnection(StringBuilder diagnosticBuilder)
at Microsoft.Xna.RemoteServices.HostConnection.ConnectToHost(Int32 millisecondTimeout, StringBuilder diagnosticBuilder)

I'm so confused, I reinstalled everthing, Zune software, C# express, and XNA studios, plus I have the Zune software closed when I tried this! Whats wrong? EVERYTHING is up-to-date too!?

Answer 1

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

XNA 3.0 News



Posted by Adam Krebs in "Zune Software" @ 02:30 AM







With all the excitement of the Zune 3.0 update, it's easy to forget another Microsoft technology also at version 3, XNA Game Studio. Where last we saw the CTP (community tech preview) was compatible with the 2.5 firmware, allowing end users to create and deploy games to their own Zunes, XNA's Michael Klucher tells us you might want to hold off on updating to Zune 3.0 if you want to keep enjoying this feature, at least until they get some of the kinks worked out. As it stands now, XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP is not compatible with Zune 3.0 firmware. This will change with the new version of the CTP coming in the next couple of weeks, which will now enable you to exit games without restarting your Zune as well as a few unannounced goodies.



All upgraders to the 3.0 firmware need to manually uninstall all games on their 2.5 Zunes before upgrading. Let us know if you have any problems or experience any weird behavior with games following the updates. Personally, I can't wait to try out Hexic on my Zune, and hopefully the many other community-developed options too.



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you can also view this artical at

http://www.zunethoughts.com/news/show/90616/xna-3-0-news.html

Answer 2

ive heard that xna doesnt work with 3.0 yet and where i got this info they say a update will be available soon

Answer 3

I also have this same problem. Hopefully the update fixes it.

Answer 4

No your games wont work so just delete em.

Answer 5

yeah same issue with me....what gives?

Answer 6

again same problem.