bought a knackered ipod off ebay because I thought it would be an easy fix, but it looks as if the hard drive is well and truly knackered because I keep getting the "sad" ipod icon and whatever i try, it keeps coming back to it.
What i've tried so far ..
Popped the back cover off and unplugged and reconnected the hard drive at both ends - a few times.
Shaken and tapped the hard drive.
Banged the ipod, connector point down, hard on a desk.
Dropped it on the floor.
I can force it into disk mode if i keep "menu" and "select" pressed for about 40 seconds but as soon as windows detects it, it effectively disconnects it and the ipod spins back to the sad ipod icon.
I can get into diagnostic mode and did a HDD test, and after about 40 minutes it came back with "19 GB".
I do think the hard drive is beyond saving, but if anyone knows of any weird tricks that might do something then i'd me really grateful .. cheers
What i've tried so far ..
Popped the back cover off and unplugged and reconnected the hard drive at both ends - a few times.
Shaken and tapped the hard drive.
Banged the ipod, connector point down, hard on a desk.
Dropped it on the floor.
I can force it into disk mode if i keep "menu" and "select" pressed for about 40 seconds but as soon as windows detects it, it effectively disconnects it and the ipod spins back to the sad ipod icon.
I can get into diagnostic mode and did a HDD test, and after about 40 minutes it came back with "19 GB".
I do think the hard drive is beyond saving, but if anyone knows of any weird tricks that might do something then i'd me really grateful .. cheers