iPod Crashes :(

[ado]

I have an iPod Video 80gb, and I just installed Rockbox. Everything seems to work fine, until I begin to play a song. It plays for about 3 seconds and then a static noise plays for like 1/2 a second and my iPods screen turns black.

For me to turn the iPod back on, I have to reset the iPod.

Any ideas? I was really looking forward to playing .flac files.
 

[Chronon]

Try reinstalling.  It sounds like you got a bad download.  What version/revision are you using?

[ado]

I just went to the download page and picked the one for iPod Video.
Should I reinstall that same version or try something else?

[GodEater]

Although the page you download from never really changes - the file it points to changes sometimes on an hourly basis - so yes, download it again, and try with that.

[ado]

Alrighty, will do.
Thank you!

--edit--

I used the RockBox Utility to uninstall all of the RockBox files I had on my iPod, and then reinstalled just the bootloader and RockBox itself (excluding all the extras) onto the iPod. I still have the same problem of a song playing for a couple seconds and then I hear static and the ipod turns off.

[Chronon]

Does this happen for all file types?  If not what kind of files are they?

[cool_walking_]

Do you mean that the screen is black, or blank?

Are you sure the screen is completely blank/black?  Even if the backlight is off, the LCD may still be on and displaying something, which should be visible under a light.

Even though your iPod is 80GB, could you try installing a 30GB iPod Video build?

[ado]

Nah, it's blacked out. I've put the screen into a light to check if anything at all is on, but it's not.
Also, when it first started crashing, it'd say like 'Data Error At ######' and then some numbers and letters. Now, I think, it just crashes.

And I don't know how I'd install a 30GB iPod Video build, the RockBox Utility only has one option for both 30/80GB.

And Chronon, it happens for .flac and .mp3 files. Not sure about others, those are the only kinds of files i have on my iPod.

[GodEater]

The options are for a 30GB iPod Video, or a 60/80GB iPod Video.

Choose the 30GB one.

[bluebrother]

Use the autodetection button, that will never detect the 80GB one but use the 30GB instead (due to the similarities of those players it's impossible to distinguish them upon detection as of now).

[ado]

So should i use the RockBox Utility also to delete the current configuration I have on my iPod, or is there a better way to get rid of everything?

[LambdaCalculus]

You can easily reset your settings by deleting .rockbox/config.cfg from your iPod.

[ado]

Ah, switching to 30gb iPod seems to be working perfectly now.
(yay, .flac files on iPod!!)

Thanks a lot guys, I appreciate it
and props to the coders

[LambdaCalculus]

Have fun!