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Ipod Mini not recognized anymore by laptop

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h.finn:
Hi,
I installed recently R. at work on my Mini (to try it out before installing on my 80gb video 5.5 gen).
Everything's fine except the Mini won't be recognized anymore by my laptop at home.
Not even after deleting rockbox and restarting with itunes.
When connecting through usb the laptop will say :"usb has malfunctioned, or something like that", and does not read the Mini anymore, no matter what I do!!!

Any suggestion, please  :'( :'( :'(

Many thanks,
H. Finn

Chronon:
Try to figure out if cables, ports or your PC are the problem.

gevaerts:
Is the screen on the mini showing anything?

(I'm assuming that "R." means "rockbox" here)

h.finn:
Hi,
And thanks for your answers.
Was on holiday for a few days.......

Now: Concerning the cables, they are the same I use succesfully with other laptops/Pcs, and the usb ports on the laptop work perfectly fine with other usb items.

The screen on the Mini just shows I am on the standard iTunes software, that's all and, yes - sorry  :-[, R. meant Rockbox.

I just know it is strictly related to the Rockbox installation 'cause I had the Mini for quite a few years now and it is the very first time this happens.
Which is unfortunate because I'm really looking forwad to install Rockbox on my 5.5gen Video but.....now I'm holding back because of this problem
(scratch, scratch....)
H.

Chronon:
Are you saying you tested the cable since this problem occurred and you still have this problem?  I have seen cables go bad rather abruptly and lead to no end of head scratching.

Have you also tried Apple's Emergency Disk Mode?  This code is stored in flash, which doesn't get touched when installing Rockbox.  I do think it's rather unlikely that corruption of Apple's firmware explains what you're seeing, but it's something to rule out, anyway.

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