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meelnica

Ipod Classic 80gb restore problems

Reply by meelnica

Dear Friends,

I recently got an used Ipod Classic 80GB and the first time I've turned on the screen showed a message:

"Connect to a your computer.

use iTunes to restore"

Then when I try to restore with iTunes, shows the screen with a blinking icon and a message saying:"Do not disconnect."

Also shows a blinking sync icon on the upper left of the screen, and the charge indicator icon on the upper left.

After some hours, the iTunes recognizes a connected iPod and shows the message to restore. I've clicked Restore and apparently it began the process, but nothing happens, it just stays as I described at the beggining and then the blinking icon on the center of the screen stops blinking and the sync also stops blinking too.

What can be causing this problem? can it be fixed?

I appreciate any help about it.

Thanks

Meelnica

Crisb

Reply reply by Crisb

Hi,

if iTunes needs hours to recognize a connected iPod, there's something pretty damaged.

I would check two possible reasons for the behavior of the iPod. First is that the hard drive is damaged, and the second is that the logic board is damaged. Because the logic board and the hard drive are the most expensive parts in a iPod, replace a part and wait what happens, is not an (cheap) option.

At first i would open the iPod and connect the hard drive via an adapter ( ZIF to IDE ) directly to my Computer. Then run diagnostics to see if the drive is damaged or not and depending on that see that the logic board is damaged or not.

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