iPod Itunes 6.0 killing old ipods - BIG problem!

[mannix87]

Maybe its a problem with Itunes 6.0 and Firewire?

I just upgraded to a Video Ipod and I was actually surprised to find out that the Firewire doesn't work with it. Good thing I had an availalbe USB 2.0 port to use. My guess is that the iTunes 6 was really designed for the Video iPod ergo: for the USB and not Firewire. Although I don't understand Apple's decision on dropping Firewire, which I found to be very reliable; it must be some cost cutting measure.

 

[PCMacUser]

and also i wouldn't really consider 2 iPods too much of a coincidence, remember someone was hit by lightning 6 or 7 times in his life.

Hmm, seems unlikely that anyone could survive being struck by lightning that many times... probably an urban legend...

 

[Chundles]

I've used iTunes 6 with my 3G, 3x2G minis and a shuffle. Worked a treat.

You can transfer data to a 3G via USB 2 but I had to get a USB 2 + Firewire cable. You plug the firewire end into the wallcharger and the USB 2 end into the PC.

Then I got my Mac and it's firewire all the way (except of course the shuffle....and my new 5G, sometime mid-next year....)

 

[mkrishnan]

Some of those poor little iPods have had hard lives, pressed into service as Mac boot drives and worse!

I know...mine held my hand through all 26 miles of a marathon!

That target disk mode will really bring down an iPod's life though. It sees a *lot* of disk activity that way. But all in all, I don't really buy electronics so that I can sell them to a museum later. I buy them and enjoy them, and when their time passes, I'm pleased to let them go.

Today, my iPod is almost two, and everything is great except that the battery does not deliver that many hours anymore. I don't have a particular desire for a new iPod (it isn't even the top Apple product on my list )... if I can replace the battery in a few months, and get about another year or two out of it, I would be very, very happy.

 

[weldon]

My guess is that the original poster has a problem with their firewire port or the cable. Since firewire carries power, it is entirely possible to fry the iPod if the pins get crossed and power is sent to the wrong pins on the iPod. I've heard of people pluggin in the firewire cable backwards and frying iPods. I know that the computer end of the cable is keyed to go in only one way, but the plug can get deformed and fit in backwards. That will definitely kill an iPod.

 

[~Shard~]

My guess is that the original poster has a problem with their firewire port or the cable. Since firewire carries power, it is entirely possible to fry the iPod if the pins get crossed and power is sent to the wrong pins on the iPod. I've heard of people pluggin in the firewire cable backwards and frying iPods. I know that the computer end of the cable is keyed to go in only one way, but the plug can get deformed and fit in backwards. That will definitely kill an iPod.

Yeah, that's what I was eluding to in my above post. Problem with both iPods? Possibly. Problem with the FW controller/port? Quite possibly. Problem with the cable? Yep, could be as well. Problem with iTunes? No way.