metaphyzx
08-02-2006, 11:28 AM
Hey guys.
It's been a long time. And yes, I'll update the Wireless Adapter List soon :)
I'm having this... interesting problem with my ipod 5G. To give a bit of background, about two months or so ago I thought I was getting the click of doom. The iPod was also VERY warm to the touch. I made a visit to the Apple Store which wasn't any help (it wasn't friendly. For a minute I considered never buying Apple hardware again, and I've been an apple guy for 20+ years...). I go to return it to Apple, they tell me that Ihave to pay a 29 dollar fee because it was warrantied for longer than six months. I didn't know this, because I bought the iPod as an open box sale at walmart in Feb.
After parking it for awhile (I listen to NPR more than anything in the car), I revisited it just this week. I'd bought a new hard drive (30 Gig), but before I went through the process of voiding the shedded remainder of my warranty I decided to see what was up with the iPod as is.
The existing hard drive was fine. Ran Diagnostics; took a LONG time, but everything was fine. I plug it in, it's recognized by my Mac. It mounts in iTunes , runs the updater and begins sucking down music. At this point, I'm wondering what I'm gonna do with a 1.8 30 Gig HD, that I paid virtually nothing for(actually, the same price as the Apple fee).
I come back to the machine, disconnect it, and I get the little warning folder icon. Now, mind you the battery was out on this thing; it hadn't been connected since late May. I didn't think anything of it.
I run the updater again and pay attention this time. It states that my firmware is at 1.1.1 (it is) and proceeds to update. At the completion of the update, the ipod reboots, and immediately I get the folder icon. Re-ran the updater, no dice. After doing this a trillion times I got medieval and went command line.
Once again, the hard disk is fine. I delete the partitions, repartition, reformat and try again. No Dice. I even tried my lone PC downstairs. No dice.
I run diagnostics again. Once again, it takes forever to complete, with several minutes for the RAM option. But I notice that it only does a checksum on the flash; there is no option to inspect it.
It functions in disk mode. It is recognized on my Mac and mounted in iTunes. It will accept music. It will do EVERYTHING save boot the OS and it will not accept an firmware update and write it to flash. I suspect my issue lies on the mainboard, between the flash that holds the firmware, and the RAM.
It's somewhat incredulous that there is no utility easy to find that will test RAM and Flash integrity on an ipod. Hell, I can do this on my Cisco router.
1. Is there any known utility out there for iPods that will test the flash integrity?
2. Like most flash chipsets, will shorting a particular two bridges on the flash chip blank it and force a check of the chip itself, and does anyone know what two pins, ala the WRT54G Linksys router? Yes, I'm technically capable of doing this.
3. Has anyone else had this issue?
4. Am I gonna end up caving and sending to apple?
It's been a long time. And yes, I'll update the Wireless Adapter List soon :)
I'm having this... interesting problem with my ipod 5G. To give a bit of background, about two months or so ago I thought I was getting the click of doom. The iPod was also VERY warm to the touch. I made a visit to the Apple Store which wasn't any help (it wasn't friendly. For a minute I considered never buying Apple hardware again, and I've been an apple guy for 20+ years...). I go to return it to Apple, they tell me that Ihave to pay a 29 dollar fee because it was warrantied for longer than six months. I didn't know this, because I bought the iPod as an open box sale at walmart in Feb.
After parking it for awhile (I listen to NPR more than anything in the car), I revisited it just this week. I'd bought a new hard drive (30 Gig), but before I went through the process of voiding the shedded remainder of my warranty I decided to see what was up with the iPod as is.
The existing hard drive was fine. Ran Diagnostics; took a LONG time, but everything was fine. I plug it in, it's recognized by my Mac. It mounts in iTunes , runs the updater and begins sucking down music. At this point, I'm wondering what I'm gonna do with a 1.8 30 Gig HD, that I paid virtually nothing for(actually, the same price as the Apple fee).
I come back to the machine, disconnect it, and I get the little warning folder icon. Now, mind you the battery was out on this thing; it hadn't been connected since late May. I didn't think anything of it.
I run the updater again and pay attention this time. It states that my firmware is at 1.1.1 (it is) and proceeds to update. At the completion of the update, the ipod reboots, and immediately I get the folder icon. Re-ran the updater, no dice. After doing this a trillion times I got medieval and went command line.
Once again, the hard disk is fine. I delete the partitions, repartition, reformat and try again. No Dice. I even tried my lone PC downstairs. No dice.
I run diagnostics again. Once again, it takes forever to complete, with several minutes for the RAM option. But I notice that it only does a checksum on the flash; there is no option to inspect it.
It functions in disk mode. It is recognized on my Mac and mounted in iTunes. It will accept music. It will do EVERYTHING save boot the OS and it will not accept an firmware update and write it to flash. I suspect my issue lies on the mainboard, between the flash that holds the firmware, and the RAM.
It's somewhat incredulous that there is no utility easy to find that will test RAM and Flash integrity on an ipod. Hell, I can do this on my Cisco router.
1. Is there any known utility out there for iPods that will test the flash integrity?
2. Like most flash chipsets, will shorting a particular two bridges on the flash chip blank it and force a check of the chip itself, and does anyone know what two pins, ala the WRT54G Linksys router? Yes, I'm technically capable of doing this.
3. Has anyone else had this issue?
4. Am I gonna end up caving and sending to apple?