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iPod appears on iTunes for 1 second and then disappears

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased an iPod Mini 2nd generation off of ebay. The iPod itself works good. However, when I plug it into my computer, it is recognized for a few seconds and then disappears. I don’t believe this is an iTunes issue either, because it disappears in Finder as well.

This also isn’t an issue with my Mac either, as I connected it to my PC and the same exact problem happened. It appeared in iTunes and Windows explorer for a few seconds and then disappeared.

The “Do Not Disconnect” message appears on the screen for a few seconds as well before it disappears and reverts back to the main menu.

I opened it up and disconnected and reconnected the battery and hard drive, to no avail.

Thanks!

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I have five of those cables, same result as listed above with all of them.

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I believe the issue with this specific iPod is that the 30-pin connector on the Logic Board is damaged. While yes, it may charge, it probably doesn’t have the ability to sync data. I would suggest finding a cheap one on eBay and then replacing it yourself. (It’s actually quite a fun process!).

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