[AudioPhilistine]

anyone have any advice re: an 80GB Video that's stuck on the faint Apple logo? i can get iTunes to recognize it and sync music in disk mode, but it keeps rebooting (won't complete reboot) into a faint, disappearing/reappearing Apple logo.

i got it cheap; seller said "no sound via headphones" and when i received it the UI worked but no sound through headphone jack or dock connector. i swapped in a working backplate (batt + headphone/hold) and working Tarkan adapter but now it's stuck in reboot cycle.

i'm thinking the logic board is toast. any ideas welcome.

 

[0rpheu]

anyone have any advice re: an 80GB Video that's stuck on the faint Apple logo? i can get iTunes to recognize it and sync music in disk mode, but it keeps rebooting (won't complete reboot) into a faint, disappearing/reappearing Apple logo.

i got it cheap; seller said "no sound via headphones" and when i received it the UI worked but no sound through headphone jack or dock connector. i swapped in a working backplate (batt + headphone/hold) and working Tarkan adapter but now it's stuck in reboot cycle.

i'm thinking the logic board is toast. any ideas welcome.

Strange, did you try rockboxing it?

 

[AudioPhilistine]

no, i prefer the OF.
 
what's really weird is it "works" with the original hard drive—but no sound from headphones or dock connector.
 
when i swap in the Tarkan (which works with another 30G Video of mine) it gets stuck in the reboot cycle.

 

[0rpheu]

It might  

 
no, i prefer the OF.
 
what's really weird is it "works" with the original hard drive—but no sound from headphones or dock connector.
 
when i swap in the Tarkan (which works with another 30G Video of mine) it gets stuck in the reboot cycle.

It might not be able to boot that firmware on a different Ipod, since the logic boards have differences 32mb vs 64mb, etc, did you try to restore it with itunes and so one?

 

[Jilted1951]

anyone have any advice re: an 80GB Video that's stuck on the faint Apple logo? i can get iTunes to recognize it and sync music in disk mode, but it keeps rebooting (won't complete reboot) into a faint, disappearing/reappearing Apple logo.

i got it cheap; seller said "no sound via headphones" and when i received it the UI worked but no sound through headphone jack or dock connector. i swapped in a working backplate (batt + headphone/hold) and working Tarkan adapter but now it's stuck in reboot cycle.

i'm thinking the logic board is toast. any ideas welcome.

Most of the antics point to dodgy logic board.....I'm pretty certain no sound through dock is the board

 

[jlramirez]

anyone have any advice re: an 80GB Video that's stuck on the faint Apple logo? i can get iTunes to recognize it and sync music in disk mode, but it keeps rebooting (won't complete reboot) into a faint, disappearing/reappearing Apple logo.

i got it cheap; seller said "no sound via headphones" and when i received it the UI worked but no sound through headphone jack or dock connector. i swapped in a working backplate (batt + headphone/hold) and working Tarkan adapter but now it's stuck in reboot cycle.

i'm thinking the logic board is toast. any ideas welcome.

Bad battery for sure, this cause the reboot cycle

 

[ThinWalls]

  Most of the antics point to dodgy logic board.....I'm pretty certain no sound through dock is the board

 
Isn't "no sound through dock on a video" a sign of a solder failure on one particular chip?  Am sure I've read discussions of this particular fault somewhere.

 

[zedhed]

   
Isn't "no sound through dock on a video" a sign of a solder failure on one particular chip?  Am sure I've read discussions of this particular fault somewhere.

Check out this fella's webpage on the subject :
http://www.isickbay.com/call--1-877-IPOD-PRO/ipod_opinion/logic_delamination.shtml
 
The 5th gens logic board can be damaged through heat exposure e.g. left in direct sunlight in a car, which can lead to loss of audio.
 
If an iPod has no sound through the headphones, I always ask the seller if sound still comes through the usb port. If it doesn't, it's a dud.

 

[0rpheu]

  Check out this fella's webpage on the subject :
http://www.isickbay.com/call--1-877-IPOD-PRO/ipod_opinion/logic_delamination.shtml
 
The 5th gens logic board can be damaged through heat exposure e.g. left in direct sunlight in a car, which can lead to loss of audio.
 
If an iPod has no sound through the headphones, I always ask the seller if sound still comes through the usb port. If it doesn't, it's a dud.

interesting didn't know about this,it can be fixed by running a wire between the dac and the amp but that takes some soldering skills 

 

[maber]

anyone have any advice re: an 80GB Video that's stuck on the faint Apple logo? i can get iTunes to recognize it and sync music in disk mode, but it keeps rebooting (won't complete reboot) into a faint, disappearing/reappearing Apple logo.

i got it cheap; seller said "no sound via headphones" and when i received it the UI worked but no sound through headphone jack or dock connector. i swapped in a working backplate (batt + headphone/hold) and working Tarkan adapter but now it's stuck in reboot cycle.

i'm thinking the logic board is toast. any ideas welcome.

I had the same problem, and in my case, it was a faulty sd card.

 

[AudioPhilistine]

you guys are awesome. thanks for all your input.

It might  
It might not be able to boot that firmware on a different Ipod, since the logic boards have differences 32mb vs 64mb, etc, did you try to restore it with itunes and so one?

i've been able to get iTunes to recognize it, restore its firmware (1.3), and sync some music several times, but only when in disk mode. as soon as i eject he iPod, and restart it (menu+center button) it goes into the faint Apple logo appear/disappear loop.

Most of the antics point to dodgy logic board.....I'm pretty certain no sound through dock is the board

that's my thought also. hoping i can use this for more than parts, though — all i really wanted was the 64MB logic board!

Bad battery for sure, this cause the reboot cycle

hmmm, this battery was working fine with the 30GB Video whose backplate i switched over (along with the working Tarkan+256GB PNY SDXC). i also tried swapping out the hard drive ribbon from my working 30GB Video, but still no luck.

Isn't "no sound through dock on a video" a sign of a solder failure on one particular chip?  Am sure I've read discussions of this particular fault somewhere.

Check out this fella's webpage on the subject :
http://www.isickbay.com/call--1-877-IPOD-PRO/ipod_opinion/logic_delamination.shtml

The 5th gens logic board can be damaged through heat exposure e.g. left in direct sunlight in a car, which can lead to loss of audio.

If an iPod has no sound through the headphones, I always ask the seller if sound still comes through the usb port. If it doesn't, it's a dud.

yeah, i should've asked about sound through the dock connector. my bad. i've never soldered before, so if that's the only cure for this it'll relegate this to spare parts.

thanks very much for your responses, guys. sorry for my late reply. i should be able to do some more fiddling with this again this afternoon.

 

[AudioPhilistine]

I had the same problem, and in my case, it was a faulty sd card.

hmmm, the SD card, however, was working perfectly with my 30GB Video...

 

[Jilted1951]

If an iPod has no sound through the headphones, I always ask the seller if sound still comes through the usb port. If it doesn't, it's a dud.


Totally agree

 

[AudioPhilistine]

If an iPod has no sound through the headphones, I always ask the seller if sound still comes through the usb port. If it doesn't, it's a dud.


Totally agree

if it's a dud, i'm only out $20, so it's just cheap spare parts. i can always just swap the brighter 5.5G LCD into my 5G Video.

 

[Jilted1951]

Originally Posted by AudioPhilistine

hoping i can use this for more than parts, though — all i really wanted was the 64MB logic board!


If that's all you really want, sometimes it can be more economical to just buy a brand new board.
I'm sure you know about...... "onehttps://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20160909042204&SearchText=logic+boards+ipod"
They have a choice of two currently for around $60 ea. There's the three week wait of course but e-bay's like a mine field - you may strike lucky first time
but then you may buy three or four cheapos all with dud boards.
You acquire a ton of spare parts but let's face it, everyone wants the 64MB logic board ! - it's like the 'holy grail' of spare parts !

PS...Anyone like me thought this modding lark would be a one-off ? I did my first conversion 3 years ago & I can't stop ! I think I'm addicted.