old ipod

TheRecluse · 02-10-2006, 02:09 AM

i got a 10 gig ipod from a friend. he gave me the ipod and a regular firewire cable for it. my laptop doesn't have a port for the big 1394 cable, only for the tiny one. so i went to staples and got a usb cable for the ipod.

i get home, connect the ipod and everything is great... windows recognizes it and installs it's drivers and whatever.. then itunes pops up and says there is a new ipod software version. i install that and now windows can't recognize the ipod and what not.

i can't turn the ipod on.. it just comes up with a screen telling me to plug in the dock. is there a way i can reset it or something?

homerj14 · 02-10-2006, 02:53 AM

yes you need to flash the firmware with the AC adapter

TheRecluse · 02-10-2006, 03:33 AM

¿que?

TheRecluse · 02-11-2006, 01:08 AM

well all i did was charge it with the wall plug i have. it works just fine now. but for some reason pluging it into my computer completely drains the battery... isn't it supposed to charge when it's in the computer?

02-10-2006, 02:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheRecluse Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 467	old ipod i got a 10 gig ipod from a friend. he gave me the ipod and a regular firewire cable for it. my laptop doesn't have a port for the big 1394 cable, only for the tiny one. so i went to staples and got a usb cable for the ipod. i get home, connect the ipod and everything is great... windows recognizes it and installs it's drivers and whatever.. then itunes pops up and says there is a new ipod software version. i install that and now windows can't recognize the ipod and what not. i can't turn the ipod on.. it just comes up with a screen telling me to plug in the dock. is there a way i can reset it or something? __________________

02-10-2006, 02:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
homerj14 Super Techie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 449	yes you need to flash the firmware with the AC adapter __________________ My BF2 account Homerj14 Support our troops... AIM-House300zx

02-10-2006, 03:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
TheRecluse Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 467	¿que? __________________

02-11-2006, 01:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
TheRecluse Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 467	well all i did was charge it with the wall plug i have. it works just fine now. but for some reason pluging it into my computer completely drains the battery... isn't it supposed to charge when it's in the computer? __________________

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