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edalzell

05-02-2005, 03:04 PM

When ever I plug in my iPod now, all I get is the Apple on the screen and all I hear is "whirrrr, click...whirrrr, click...." and then it shuts off.

Any ideas?

chutem

05-02-2005, 05:02 PM

Have you tried doing a restore on it? Will it even mount on your computer? Can you see it through disk utility? If you can see it on your computer try doing a software restore and see if that helps.

edalzell

05-02-2005, 05:03 PM

Have you tried doing a restore on it? Will it even mount on your computer? Can you see it through disk utility? If you can see it on your computer try doing a software restore and see if that helps.

Can't. Nope. Nope.

Getting an RMA from Apple as we speak.

Thanks

Sack

05-04-2005, 09:52 PM

edalzell

05-05-2005, 01:49 AM

I had a bit of a similar thing after the battery ran out while copying files on a PC....

It refused to boot up properly after recharging the battery. I just held down 'Menu' and 'Play' for about 10 seconds to reboot the Ipod and it was fine after that.

I have tried all the posted reset/restore methods. Still nothing.

Oh well, my RMA box came today...going to send it back tomorrow...who knows, maybe they'll replace it with a 60G one!!