Need help on Sick ipod 5 gen

[pcyl]

i have done a number of ipod mod rewiring directly for DAC to LOD but lately i encounter this SAD face icon
i have tried removing the battery cable and reseat them it woks
now lately i tried on another ipod did not work

i have hard Reset center button and top most cannot
u have tried center button and left most arrow some test menu come on
did a reset from there nothing happen remove the battery cable and power it up again with center and left arrow , this time it say connect to ITunes
followed instruction connect to comp and itunes still nothing comes on , ipod went back to Sad face again?? i have check all connection , every thing is okay
could it be a main board problem ? or battery ? well i have another working ipod try swapping the parts .......... now end up 2 sick ipod

Any Clue to it?

 

[cupckae]

It sounds very much like a hard drive problem, which is usually caused by
reckless handling of the internal components of the ipod, particularly the
hard drive.

My ipod mini also sad faced ( was actually expecting for it to happen ),
so I replaced the microdrive with a compactflash card,
and it was as good as new!

Hope I've helped.

 

[pcyl]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cupckae /img/forum/go_quote.gif It sounds very much like a hard drive problem, which is usually caused by reckless handling of the internal components of the ipod, particularly the hard drive. My ipod mini also sad faced ( was actually expecting for it to happen ), so I replaced the microdrive with a compactflash card, and it was as good as new! Hope I've helped.

hard drive was well taken care of during removal and installation

 

[Good Times]

The CF conversion is dirt cheap (like $4 plus memory card) so could be worth a go anyway. Just try a 2gb card or something to test it, and if it works then get a 16 or 32.

 

[pcyl]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Good Times /img/forum/go_quote.gif The CF conversion is dirt cheap (like $4 plus memory card) so could be worth a go anyway. Just try a 2gb card or something to test it, and if it works then get a 16 or 32.

any site to recomend ? for this conversion ? so if can see if is the main board

 

[dumbears]

Hi pcyl!

I'm living in Hong Kong. Perhaps, I can send you a CF-1.8" ZIF conversion board.

Would you pls PM me a mailing address?

 

[AudioCats]

sounds like a logic board problem, maybe juice contemination (coffee, etc)? Or the board is just bad.

since you have two ipods and one is working, try swapping the HD to the problematic one and see what happens.