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IPod Trouble

May 24th, 2006

Hey everyone. I am having real trouble with my IPod. I have just purchased a 30gb video IPod and when i connect it up to my PC (i dont own a mac) the do not disconnect sign flashes up on my IPod and my PC freezes. After about five minutes my PC 'unfreezes' itself and i can use it as normal apart from ITunes and my computer which freeze when i open them. All the time my IPod is sayin 'do not disconnect'. I have tried installing all the latest itunes and ipod updater from the apple site and have tried reseting my IPod and still nothing works. I am using a 2.0 USB port which is reccomended. If anyone has any ideas of what i can try next please include a post on here.

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May 24th, 2006

I have had a bit of a development with this problem. When i plug my IPod in now the same happens but after 5mins when my PC begins to respond again i get a little box which is titled autoplay and a torch is in the box and it scans over a folder. then the autoplay goes away and everything is fine except itunes hasnt found my IPod.

any help would be appriciated

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Re: IPod Trouble

May 29th, 2006

I also just bought an Ipod for my daughter (yesterday). She asked me about the message. I explained she had to click on the icon with the arrow on the tray on the bottom right of the screen, and first stop the device. After she did that, the message went away.

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Re: IPod Trouble

May 31st, 2006

Hi,

I tried this method and it does make the message go away but it also disconects the ipod completely and therefore i need to reconect it to update songs. when i reconect it the same thing happens.

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Re: IPod Trouble

May 31st, 2006

Have you tried uninstalling itunes then reinstalling it?

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Re: IPod Trouble

Jun 2nd, 2006

yes i have tried that a few times. i even tried gettin rid of all my music which also didnt work. so now i have an IPod which doesnt work and no music. lol

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Sep 11th, 2006

Hey Phil,

I am pretty sure that I am having the exact same problem with my ipod. I have had mine for a few years 20GB from 2004...anyways, it has worked fine for ages, but I hadn't connected it to a computer for over 6 months and when I finally did and updated all ipod software and itunes and qicktime it no longer connects properly and ends up freezing my computer until I unplug it. I have done restore, tried disk mode, tried different usb ports....nothin...it's really bugging me...I don't want to throw it out just yet....but I'm just not getting anywhere...if anyone has any ideas....it'd be much appreciated!

Cheers

megs

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Originally Posted by kimiracer

Hey everyone. I am having real trouble with my IPod. I have just purchased a 30gb video IPod and when i connect it up to my PC (i dont own a mac) the do not disconnect sign flashes up on my IPod and my PC freezes. After about five minutes my PC 'unfreezes' itself and i can use it as normal apart from ITunes and my computer which freeze when i open them. All the time my IPod is sayin 'do not disconnect'. I have tried installing all the latest itunes and ipod updater from the apple site and have tried reseting my IPod and still nothing works. I am using a 2.0 USB port which is reccomended. If anyone has any ideas of what i can try next please include a post on here.

Cheers,
phil

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Re: IPod Trouble

Sep 21st, 2006

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Originally Posted by meegs

Hey Phil,

I am pretty sure that I am having the exact same problem with my ipod. I have had mine for a few years 20GB from 2004...anyways, it has worked fine for ages, but I hadn't connected it to a computer for over 6 months and when I finally did and updated all ipod software and itunes and qicktime it no longer connects properly and ends up freezing my computer until I unplug it. I have done restore, tried disk mode, tried different usb ports....nothin...it's really bugging me...I don't want to throw it out just yet....but I'm just not getting anywhere...if anyone has any ideas....it'd be much appreciated!

Cheers

megs

Hey megs,

I have finally sorted out my iPod trouble! :cheesy: It took a while but i worked it out eventually. I tried most things in the end but to get it working again i first inserted my original itunes disc which came with the iPod. i installed all of the stuff (even though i had more up to date versions) and then restarted my computer. when i tried my iPod it came up in iTunes and my computer but as usual it froze so i left it for a while and eventually it unfroze itself. an error message came up but for once i was able 2 use my iPod in iTunes. Seeing as i could use my iPod in iTunes i decided to restore it back 2 its original factory setings and once i had done that i made sure i had the latest version of iTunes insalled (version 7). once i had done all this it seemed to work and when i plugged it in to my PC it updated all of the songs and worked perfectly. It seemed as though i had to start again from scratch with my iPod and iTunes.

hope this helps,
Phil

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Re: IPod Trouble

Sep 21st, 2006

Hmmm ok, that sounds like something I haven't tried before....and my ipod is still stuffed....in fact, I have given up on it....BUT...I will try your fix....as soon as I find that darn original cd....I have a horrible feeling that I threw it out....

.....oh well I will find one somewhere and let ya know how I go!

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Re: IPod Trouble

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Sep 22nd, 2006

I have found that allthough this process works for me if i want to update my iPod i have to go through this process each time which can take a while. I just thought i would let you know that its not a proper solution to the problem so if i were you i would just get a new iPod and start again. As i only bought mine a few months ago then i will stick with mine and just have to put up with installing all the stuff each time i want to update.

Good luck!
Phil