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Ipod won't go past Apple screen and reboots in disk mode after changing battery

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HigherGround:

--- Quote from: torne on May 07, 2010, 11:48:58 AM ---Er, doesn't that prove it *is* the battery, just not for the reason I guessed? Can you get to emergency disk mode without the battery connected, and then restore with itunes? i.e. get it back to a functional state without the battery, and then see what happens if you reconnect the battery after that?

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It doesn't prove that it's the battery, because otherwise the ipod would have booted normally without the battery. If I put it in disk mode without the battery the ipod still reboots itself about 15 to 20 seconds afterwards. My disks shouldn't even need restoring anyway.

torne:
Sorry; I misunderstood what was happening. If it can't mount the disk successfully with the battery out, and doesn't boot at all with the battery *in*, then I can only assume you broke the logic board somehow? It's very hard to say :)

kvnknrd:
unplugging the battery and plugging in the ipod does nothing, I am stuck at the please wait very low battery screen with a revolving wheel... does this imply that my problem isnt the battery and possibly not even the hard drive?? note: the ipod wasn't spinning at all when i plugged it in via usb but sans battery..

edit: I took a closer look at my logic board. I bought this board as a REPLACEMENT listed as "100% functioning" or my money back.. well it worked for a couple months..

is this the culprit of my problems?? there is a little black pool of something around what appears to be a "heatsink" of some type (sorry I have no idea what it actually is)
http://imgur.com/khMa6&am...8htA7&LKxBY&Qdarg

please take a look and chime in... if this did happen, is it possible that Software could have in fact caused this?? Did something over heat?

edit 2: took it apart, reseated the HD cable FIRMLY disk mode entered very fast, restore option came up.. success... I want to kill someone with a smile on my face

HigherGround:

--- Quote from: kvnknrd on May 07, 2010, 09:01:04 PM ---unplugging the battery and plugging in the ipod does nothing, I am stuck at the please wait very low battery screen with a revolving wheel... does this imply that my problem isnt the battery and possibly not even the hard drive?? note: the ipod wasn't spinning at all when i plugged it in via usb but sans battery..

edit: I took a closer look at my logic board. I bought this board as a REPLACEMENT listed as "100% functioning" or my money back.. well it worked for a couple months..

is this the culprit of my problems?? there is a little black pool of something around what appears to be a "heatsink" of some type (sorry I have no idea what it actually is)
http://imgur.com/khMa6&8htA7&LKxBY&Qdarg

please take a look and chime in... if this did happen, is it possible that Software could have in fact caused this?? Did something over heat?

edit 2: took it apart, reseated the HD cable FIRMLY disk mode entered very fast, restore option came up.. success... I want to kill someone with a smile on my face

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Congratulations! You must feel so relieved lol. I am yet to have any luck, and I've taken mine apart countless times! I've ordered a new connector, it was quite cheap. If that doesn't work I'll buy a new board, and if that doesn't work I'll probably give up and sell it on ebay as faulty... :(

kvnknrd:
well the ipod seems to be functioning normally but that doesn't mean it can withstand prolonged periods of time... we'll see and i'll definitely report back. did my ipods symptoms match those of yours for the most part though?? I think it's odd both of our ipods had similar problems while in disk mode.. have u ever gotten itunes open long enough for yours to restore even partially yet???

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