Just got the error "Could not connect socket (error 0x80040038)" in emplode 2.0 B3 after trying to start a sync about an hour after initial connect via ethernet. The only changes were to song tags, nothing was being added or removed. The player had not been restarted, it was just sitting paused on my desk.

Checking netstat, no active connections exist between the empeg and my system. (I'm not sure if there normally should be while emplode sits open...). Also, the arp table on the system does show the empeg still in it's cache, and the empeg can be pinged from the desktop.