need urgent help please(will pay $$)

[U2_IPOD_Owner]

okay hello everybody i own a u2 apple ipod 30GB
(i am so desperate to get my ipod working agian im prepared to pay $15 via paypal to anyone who finds my solution)
i installed rockbox and was running it for about 2 weeks
i decided to go back to the normal apple firmware so i plugged it into my computer and used the rockbox utility to do a complete uninstall
it said it was finished, so i detached it from my computer and now when i try to turn it on this is the error i get

Rockbox boot loader
Version: 2.0
IPOD version: 0xFFFFFFFF
TOSHIBA MK30008GAL
Partion 1: 0x0B 28537 MB
Loading Rockbox...
Error!
Can't load rockbox.ipod:
File not found
Hold MENU+SELECT to reboot
then SELECT+PLAY for disk mode

i have tried probably a total of 300 times to do that method and nothing happens! i cannot find any way for my computer to detect my ipod for me to correct the error.

if anybody has a solution and it works, as i mentioned above ill pay you $15 via paypal, thats how desperate i am..
thanks everbody

[Llorean]

Hold Menu+Select. The INSTANT the screen clears, turn on the hold switch, and leave it on.

[U2_IPOD_Owner]

thats my main problem, whenever i hold MENU+SELECT nothing happens ive tried over 300 times and i cant get anything to happen, is it because i have a U2 ipod?

[Llorean]

You should be holding it for about 20 seconds. This means that you've spent two hours, or so, holding menu and select over and over. You're simply doing it wrong if it's not working.

[U2_IPOD_Owner]

no what i ment is over the past 2 weeks ive tried it over 300 times, not all at once.
mk... i guess ill just keep on trying..  

[Llorean]

What, EXACTLY, are you doing?

[U2_IPOD_Owner]

okay exactly what i do is..
i turn the hold switch on and off for about five seconds and i make sure its turned to OFF
then i put one finger on the MENU button then one finger on the SELECT button at the same time then i press pretty hard, to the point my fingers hurt, and wait... ive waited up to 2 minutes out of curiosity

[Llorean]

You don't need to push nearly that hard. In fact, it's possible you've damaged your player by being abusive, and that's why it's not working.

[U2_IPOD_Owner]

that be strange story to tell people that i abbused my ipod.
well okay then i guess ill just send in for a new one

[AlexP]

You just need to press the buttons normally for upwards of 30 seconds sometimes, having first flicked the hold switch on then off.  This is a hardware reset, that Rockbox cannot affect.  If it is not working, either you are not doing it correctly, or there is a hardware problem.

[U2_IPOD_Owner]

its all good i took Llorean's advice to not press so hard and it worked! but she didnt want the 15 dollars so if you do, BigBambi , pm me

[AlexP]

its all good i took Llorean's advice to not press so hard and it worked! but she didnt want the 15 dollars so if you do, BigBambi , pm me

Glad it is working  If you like it would be good to donate it to the Rockbox fund - the link is on the front page of www.rockbox.org

P.S.  Llorean is a he

[U2_IPOD_Owner]

ya im going to donate
thanks for all the help! i cant believe my problem was i was pressing to hard lol
sorry Llorean didnt know