mrichmon said:
OK, I'll try that. Believe or not, I don't know anyone handy with a PC so may have to flutter my eyelashes at one of the IT guys at the office.
Thanks for the suggestion as you say, nothing to lose.
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iPod iPod dead
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OK, I'll try that. Believe or not, I don't know anyone handy with a PC so may have to flutter my eyelashes at one of the IT guys at the office.
Thanks for the suggestion as you say, nothing to lose.
The same thing happened to my 60 gig iPod. I tried the same things as you but nothing worked.
Then I bought a Nano but got bored only carrying a few hundred songs so I erased with disk utility again and restored. Amazingly, it worked! It was sitting on my desk for a good few weeks with no power.
I think I'm going to get a 5th gen soon. I'd sell you my 60gig for cheap but it has the piano note distortion thing/static when accessing the drive. All the more reason to upgrade.
Then I bought a Nano but got bored only carrying a few hundred songs so I erased with disk utility again and restored. Amazingly, it worked! It was sitting on my desk for a good few weeks with no power.
I think I'm going to get a 5th gen soon. I'd sell you my 60gig for cheap but it has the piano note distortion thing/static when accessing the drive. All the more reason to upgrade.
Ohhh sorry to hear about your iPod. I've got the same one and mine broke 5 months after I bought it. I had it replaced with a brand new one under warranty... which is why I then took out the extended Apple Care.
I got mine from Cancom on Kensington High Street - they're an authorised Apple reseller - it might be worth giving them a call to find out if they do out-of-warranty repairs and/or spare parts, or they might be able to point you in the right direction.
sorry to hear about your iPod. I've got the same one and mine broke 5 months after I bought it. I had it replaced with a brand new one under warranty... which is why I then took out the extended Apple Care.I got mine from Cancom on Kensington High Street - they're an authorised Apple reseller - it might be worth giving them a call to find out if they do out-of-warranty repairs and/or spare parts, or they might be able to point you in the right direction.
dietcokevanilla said:
Know it well, on my way up to High St. Ken in an hour or so.
But they're on my boycott list along with Micro Anvika.
No, I'll try the Windows-formatting thang and then if that doesn't work, I'll buy a new Toshiba 1.8" drive for it and install it myself. Lau assures me it's easy-peasy.
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Blue Velvet said:I'll try the Windows-formatting thang and then if that doesn't work, I'll buy a new Toshiba 1.8" drive for it and install it myself. Lau assures me it's easy-peasy.
It is! I promise. Though I accept no responsibility if it all goes Pete Tong....
Put it in the Freezer.
My 40Gig 4G ipod had the same problem in August of this year. The real sad thing is it first exhibited HD problems just a week out of warranty!!
I read elsewhere that freezing a HD can bring them back to life (google search it) and it really did work up until today. Albeit I had to do about 3-4 system restores in the past four months and it has been frozen on 3 occasions to get it up and running again. I know it sounds silly but it worked for the past 4 months.
Today though my ipod is dead for good. Freezing doesn't work anymore and i can't even get it to mount all I get is the Apple Logo and Constant clicking and whirring if I'm lucky I can get to the exclamation folder.
I have sent an email to ipodresq.com to see how much they will give me for it (they buy broken ipods) since I don't feel like spending almost $200 for a new 40Gig drive. I'll be happy if they give me at least $50 if not ebay will be my next bet.
edit: oh yeah don't forget to put it in a Ziplock bag and let condensation evaporate before pluging it in.
My 40Gig 4G ipod had the same problem in August of this year. The real sad thing is it first exhibited HD problems just a week out of warranty!!
I read elsewhere that freezing a HD can bring them back to life (google search it) and it really did work up until today. Albeit I had to do about 3-4 system restores in the past four months and it has been frozen on 3 occasions to get it up and running again. I know it sounds silly but it worked for the past 4 months.
Today though my ipod is dead for good. Freezing doesn't work anymore and i can't even get it to mount all I get is the Apple Logo and Constant clicking and whirring if I'm lucky I can get to the exclamation folder.
I have sent an email to ipodresq.com to see how much they will give me for it (they buy broken ipods) since I don't feel like spending almost $200 for a new 40Gig drive. I'll be happy if they give me at least $50 if not ebay will be my next bet.
edit: oh yeah don't forget to put it in a Ziplock bag and let condensation evaporate before pluging it in.