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Rockbox General => Rockbox General Discussion => Topic started by: Giannis on September 04, 2008, 10:45:53 AM

Title: iPod Dissappears After Connection To PC
Post by: Giannis on September 04, 2008, 10:45:53 AM

My iPod doesn't want to pop up as it should under XP. I've got the 30 Gb 5th Generation iPod Video. It appears but then vanishes again after a couple of seconds.

Once or twice I've managed to transfer files to it but usually it just won't stay around long enough to perform any serious tasks.

Does anyone know what this could be?

Title: Re: iPod Dissappears After Connection To PC
Post by: MarcGuay on September 04, 2008, 10:54:19 AM

Try a USB port in the back.  Try a different cable.  Etc.

Title: Re: iPod Dissappears After Connection To PC
Post by: GodEater on September 04, 2008, 10:57:22 AM

Make sure you have "Enable use as a hard drive" ticked in iTunes - that's usually the culprit here.

Title: Re: iPod Dissappears After Connection To PC
Post by: MarcGuay on September 04, 2008, 10:58:46 AM

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodFAQ#My_iPod_doesn_t_show_up_as_a_USB

Edit:  err, it's a link not an image

Title: Re: iPod Dissappears After Connection To PC
Post by: Giannis on September 04, 2008, 12:10:36 PM

Hey, thanks!


Enabling disk usage in iTunes seems to have solved the problem. Thank you!