HELP! I think my Ipod is really messed up!

ok well my iPod does nothing.. and when i tried to set into disk mode.. it didn't do anything except go to the sad iPod icon .. and i have been tring to slove this for days and nothings has worked that i have tried.

Deraney
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Registered: May 14, 2005
Quick Question Regarding To Interesting Symbols Showing Up On My iPod
Posted: Jul 3, 2006 3:43 PM Reply Email
When I reset my iPod (40gb) the whole thing resets and I hear a lot of noise coming from it and when it hits the apple logo and immediately after that is a sad face. Shortly after that a small screen comes up with a battery charger bar that shows it about 25% completed, not charging and it usually stays like that unless i reset it again. The support page answers the deal with each one but not both. And I can't get my ipod into Disk Mode. Help?
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CasperGemini
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Re: Quick Question Regarding To Interesting Symbols Showing Up On My iPod
Posted: Jul 3, 2006 4:17 PM in response to: Daniel Deraney Helpful
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61771
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93936
Those should answer your questions.
CG
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Daniel Deraney
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Re: Quick Question Regarding To Interesting Symbols Showing Up On My iPod
Posted: Jul 3, 2006 6:21 PM in response to: Daniel Deraney Reply Email
This did not solve anything. It wont go to disk mode and it has been on the charger and has not charged. Did it crash? Do i need a new hard drive? Can I buy just the hard drive? I already looked on IpodresQ and couldnt find answers. HELP!?!?!
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CasperGemini
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Re: Quick Question Regarding To Interesting Symbols Showing Up On My iPod
Posted: Jul 3, 2006 9:03 PM in response to: Daniel Deraney Solved
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If you're getting the sad iPod and you can't put it in disk mode, and you can't restore it, then yes, it looks as though the iPod has crashed. You can send your iPod out to a company to do diagnostics/repair on it, or you could even try to do the repair yourself by finding and purchasing the HDD for your iPod, and then installing it yourself (try www.ebay.com or www.ipodmods.com for the parts and tools).
www.ipodresq.com and www.ipodmods.com will usually do the repair for you, and probably at a considerably lower price than what Apple would charge (since they just send out a replacement iPod rather than actually fixing the one that you sent in).
CG
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Daniel Deraney
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Re: Quick Question Regarding To Interesting Symbols Showing Up On My iPod
Posted: Jul 4, 2006 6:04 PM in response to: Daniel Deraney Reply Email
Thanks man. I took ur advice and the advice of others, went back to the Apple store, had them test the hard drive. It failed. So i recycled it and got a black 30gb flat screen iPod with video and color with 10% for recycling and $30 off for being a college student. and then throw in the apple care for 2 years at 60 bucks. it came to like $315. Man is it sweeeeet.
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