My computer wont reconize my ipod ..

[Fel2]

Hi .. i think my ipod is screwed up , its a ipod video 5G 30g, my computer doesnt seem to see it even on disk mode but my battery is charging .. so its not my usb cable.




and on the normal ipod firmwire , my computer see it but when i click on the disk , it say there nothing in it , ( 0 bytes ) ... i mean i can open the folder but there nothing inside ...


and sorry for my bad english   



any idea ?



ps: now it give me the error :  F:/ is not accessible  , The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.

or sometime i get : please insert a disk into F ..

or sometime nothing happen i cant see the disk at all ..

but when i click on the icon remove safely hardware , i can see ;

; usb mass storage driver
 -generic volume F
 -Apple iPod USB device



PS2 : i hope someone can help me  thanks for any help !

[Chronon]

Charging only verifies that the wires that connect to V+ and ground are intact.  It doesn't necessarily tell you anything about whether or not the data lines are intact.  Try varying things one by one (different port, different cable, different computer, etc.).  You may also wish to boot Apple's diagnostic mode and run a check of the HD.

[Fel2]

i tried on a different computer and its the same


and i tried all port too ..

[Febs]

Charging only verifies that the wires that connect to V+ and ground are intact.  It doesn't necessarily tell you anything about whether or not the data lines are intact.  Try varying things one by one (different port, different cable, different computer, etc.).  You may also wish to boot Apple's diagnostic mode and run a check of the HD.

Do what Chronon said.  It sounds like your hard drive may have failed.

[Fel2]

i just did ipod diag , it say : no ipod found ....

[LambdaCalculus]

Diagnostic mode on the iPod is entered by rebooting (press and hold MENU+SELECT), and then immediately pressing and holding BACK+SELECT at the Apple logo. Your iPod's internal Diagnostic mode will start up; from here you can check your hard drive like Chronon suggested.

If your hard drive shows that it has problems, you can either consider replacing it, or just getting another iPod video.

[Fel2]

oh ok .. well i had a green screen and it was saying all test was completed then a white screen , it say ; flash checksum , checksum=0x665c


everythings look fine ..


oh it fail somewhere , it say accesory test LCD ID : 2
                                                                  FWPWR: 0

then it say ; please plug FW

but what is FW ?


what should i look for ?

[Chronon]

I assume that FWPWR refers to firewire power.  I think to test this you need to plug in a firewire charger.  This shouldn't have anything to do with your problem.  You're saying that the HD check returned fine?

It doesn't sound like you tried a different cable yet.  Over the course of a couple of years I had two (maybe three) iPod cables go bad on me.  Make sure you exclude this as a possibility.

[Fel2]

well my ipod is only 2 month old so i dont think its the cable ..

and i didnt see any test for hard drive ..

but if my HD were broken , why my ipod is still working ?


i tried to ipod restore and it dont work duh !!


here some more info

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)
System manufacturer System Product Name
iTunes 8.0.2.20
QuickTime 7.6
FairPlay 1.1.11
CD Driver 2.0.7.5
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 2.1.2.7
Bonjour 1.0.5.11 (118.5)

iTunes Serial Number 97F65F8726C2C389

Current user is an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2009-02-26 23:35:36.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.

Video Display Information

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT


**** External Plug-ins Information ****

No external plug-ins installed.

**** iPod/iPhone Connectivity Tests ****

iPodService 8.0.2.20 is currently running.
iTunesHelper 8.0.2.20 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 2.12.33.0 is currently running.

Universal Serial Bus Controllers:

Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller.  Device is working properly.
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller.  Device is working properly.

No FireWire (IEEE 1394) Host Controller found.

[Chronon]

Rolling over the cable with an office chair can be enough to ruin it.  You will increase your chances of finding the problem if you exclude possible factors one by one, instead of making assumptions. 

If you enter diagnostic mode on your iPod you should be able to manually run individual diagnostic tests.  The HD test is one of these.  If your iPod operates normally but simply won't connect via USB (either through the original firmware or the emergency disk mode) then this makes me suspect the cable. 

[LambdaCalculus]

If your iPod operates normally but simply won't connect via USB (either through the original firmware or the emergency disk mode) then this makes me suspect the cable. 

But at the same time, this may also be a problem with the dock connector itself. If that's the case, that'll be a hard job to fix, short of swapping the logic board out for a new one.

[Chronon]

Sure.  You can only go through and try to exclude factors one by one to try to isolate the problem.  There's no guarantee that any of the ideas here represent the correct answer.  An easy way to test the cable is to borrow a friend's iPod and see if it syncs properly with it.

[Fel2]

allright ill try to find a wire ..


another things,

when i enter in ipod diag , i chose manual , then there a menu ..

wich one i chose ?

NTF
Mem
IO
Power
Acessory
syscfg
reset

[Chronon]

Hmm... Honestly, I haven't had a working iPod in quite some time.  You could always google. 

I did and found this: http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/ipodsupport/diagnosticmode/index.shtml

[Fel2]

any more help would be apreciate

thanks .