iPod freezes iTunes and "computer" won't go to disk mode and more.
It wasn't dropped recently or knowingly mistreated. Every time we plug it into ANY computer (we've tried 3), using any USB (we've tried 2) cord it freezes iTunes and doesn't even show up on iTunes. If I try to look at it using "computer" (using Windows Vista or Windows 7) it freezes that too. We tried running the diagnostic test. It won't go past detecting "FW". Which I don't understand. I tried looking FW up and it looks like something this iPod doesn't even use. I have looked at all 13 of the support pages, clicking the titles that looked helpful and one suggested reformatting by placing the iPod into disk mode, then going into iTunes. I can't even get the iPod into disk mode! It doesn't respond at all.
It is supposedly empty: no music, videos, podcasts, photos or contacts but it claims that 48.5 GB are being used with only 25.7 GB free (it is an 80GB) and all 48.5 GB in use fall into the "other" category. It says it has three games, but none launch.
Ummmm.... I think that is everything. As you can undoubtedly tell, I am no technological genius. Just a Mommy who has been able to follow clear (read: 'idiot-proof') instructions in the past to fix computer issues. I'd love to be the hero and fix my teenager's favourite "toy". It has been like this a few weeks now and she really misses it. I am NOT replacing it.
Any and all help will be gratefully appreciated.
Thank you
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I completely destroyed it.
I was being so careful too.
I somehow managed to break the connector that holds the battery cable completely off the logic board. I tried placing Dad's logic board in (as well as his hard drive), but all that did was switch the bad guts of his iPod to a new case. I was hoping that maybe a cable was his problem because I kept hers in. The good news is that I got the iPod disassembled and reassembled with a minimum of mangling. (If you can ignore the whole connector fiasco, of course)
The better news is that Hubby bought her a brand new one last night. She is graduating high school in less than a month so it is her graduation gift.
Despite the sad outcome for the original iPod, I would like you to know that I really appreciate all the advice and encouragement you gave me. I don't know if I would have even attempted it if a real person hadn't been egging me on. Plus, if I hadn't totally demo-ed her iPod (I called him almost in tears), Hubby probably wouldn't have replaced it!
da bayleigh70
Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Good for your daughter :-) Anyhow, you are not the first person that this happens to. It is the most common thing that happens. Let us know if you are going to restore the broken one so you can sell it on ebay. They actually do sell for good money....:-) all the best to you and your family :-)
da oldturkey03
If I do fiddle with the other one, it will just be to see if I CAN do anything about it. THAT one is giving me error codes that I haven't looked up much yet. Things around the house have been neglected these past couple of weeks, so it won't be anytime soon. I wouldn't be trying to sell it. And I don't want it for myself. I love my little 4th generation nano. I'll hang onto the classics though for the batteries if nothing else.
Thanks again for all of your encouragement! Even though I ended up completely wrecking the iPod, I'm feeling pretty good about what I did right.
da bayleigh70