iPod iPod mini just...died?

I have a 2G iPod mini that seems to have just up and quit. It was working fine, until one day I plugged it into my eMac to update. I hadn't used it in a few days, and the battery had died, so the charging icon appears. I leave it alone for an hour or two, come back, and there's nothing on the screen, and it will not turn on. I unplug and replug it, and the "Syncing" screen appears. I leave it alone again, and upon my return, again, nothing on the screen. Except this time, it won't do anything. Won't turn on, even when plugged in. I tried using a wall charger, still nothing. Several days and attempts later, it still shows no signs of life.

Any idea if this is a solvable issue, or is my ancient mini truly gone?

Well, problem solved. Turns out my USB cable is the one that just somehow died, I was lucky to find a spare one deep in my junk boxes.

LeandrodaFL said:

Wow, thats really old hardware, both for ipods and macs.

funny thing, I actually miss the ipod mini and the CRT Macs

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I'm a bit stuck in the past with my tech, but as long as it still does what I ask of it to do, why waste the money upgrading?

itickings said:

Why? Because the USB cable died?

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Of course, don't you know when your laptop charger breaks, you buy a new laptop?