Power surge killed ipod?

Well, I have a 30GB iPod classic, worked fine every since a friend gave it to me, battery was getting a bit old, but it worked fine. Well one day I plugged it into my dads computer and a little pop up told me there was a power surge in the USB port, and ever since then, It wont turn on. I plug it into the wall or my computer or anywhere and it wont turn on. I've tried resetting it with the Menu and Select button. I don't know what to do, is it dead, or fixable? I had a lot of stuff stored on there. Thanks in advance.

Did you use the iPod in an unsupported docking system say for a hifi ? If so, you may find that the connecting socket on your iPod is a little slack. Try holding your usb cable on to the iPod with a couple of elastic bands before you plug it into your computer. With iTunes up and running and your iPod connected this way, toggle the hold switch and restart your iPod - does it register now?
nevwebb

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Device is not recognized by computer, and I tried the listed support recommendations.
The problem originated when I plugged the IPOD shuffle directly into the computer USB ( not using a hub), and this caused a warning window to appear saying unknown device has caused a power surge to this port, and most be removed. Prior to this event, the IPOD shuffle has worked (with direct contact with computer usb or through a powered highspeed usb hub) without issue for nearly 1 year. Any taker's on this issue? Thanks.

Hi JBR,
Go to your control panel and click on Install/Uninstall programs. Scroll down and see if you have multiple versions of the ipod updater installed on your computer. If you do, then uninstall both versions. Reboot your computer.
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After that, open itunes and life should be good.
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I have an ipod touch 4 gen and i reg it on my desk top then a power surge blew it up so i put i tunes on my laptop but now it will not let me do anything to the ipod can any one help me

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I have had an iPod Touch 5th Generation for a few months now. I recently updated to iOS 7. Now, when I plug it into a computer it says "Power Surge in Power Hub". It haas never done this before and when I plug it into a different computer, the same message comes up. How can I fix this?

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- Inspect the dock connector on the iPod for bent or missing contacts, foreign material, corroded contacts, broken, missing or cracked plastic.
- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
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So about a year ago my Ipod had some sort of powe surge. I plogged it into an outlet and the whole thing lit up and then died. I could not reset it or get it to turn on at any cost, I ended up sending it in to be fixed. Now a year later it has done the same thing. I am just wondering if anyone knows what the problem is, do I have a faulty Ipod. I have the old 10gig one, with a touch wheel and all that. I got it 2 years ago. Let me know if I can fix it any other way then to send it back again. Thanks

Did you use the iPod in an unsupported docking system say for a hifi ? If so, you may find that the connecting socket on your iPod is a little slack. Try holding your usb cable on to the iPod with a couple of elastic bands before you plug it into your computer. With iTunes up and running and your iPod connected this way, toggle the hold switch and restart your iPod - does it register now?
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A user that I support fried his onboard USB hub on his laptop by plugging in his new iPod shuffle. Before doing this, everything else worked, but now, no USB devices will work.
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Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7 5.1.2600.2180
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USB Root Hub 5.1.2600.2180
USB Root Hub 5.1.2600.2180
USB Root Hub 5.1.2600.2180
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I called Applecare and they claim that an iPod Shuffle could not have done this because it never sends power over USB, but only charges. They said to contact the manufacturer of the computer.
I am not convinced of this claim, however. Possible defects in the product could still cause this, such as it creating a short circuit and having power channel from the USB hub back into itself.
This is just off the top of my head, but can any of you think of another explanation?
The timing of everything working before the iPod Shuffle was connected and nothing working after it was connected lays the blame squarely upon the iPod Shuffle. If there had been an issue with the motherboard or its USB hub, it would have shown up before; other USB devices that draw significant power never triggered such a hypothetical defect.
If anybody has another idea how the iPod Shuffle could have done this or knows of a way to convince Apple to take this seriously, please let me know.
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ok it is sounding like the surge maybe has killed the CPU or fried its memory controller!
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I have a 60GB Ipod colour and use it to save my photos. I have just come back from Athens - which supplies 260v/50Hz power. Now I am back in England (240V/50Hz), I get an error when I plug the Ipod into my Win XP Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop. The error is: Power surge on hub point. There is an instruction to click on the error notice, but the mouse is disabled while this notice is displayed. The Ipod is working fine and is showing all the pics I took in Athens and saved to it, as well as playing the music I downloaded to it before I left for Greece. The Ipod is using the latest V7.0.2 software. I have performed a reset by switching the Hold key, as well as a reboot using the Menu/centre switch. No result. Any ideas, please?

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Well, for the first time ever in my 2 years of having this IPOD plug for my 5th Gen...I wanted to upload some pics on my ipod, but i plugged the port into the computer and the other part into my ipod, and it said my port had a power surge of some sort. So i can't charge my ipod via computer, but it works in my ipod player (which is my deck that i have in my bedroom to play music through speakers) and it works...And other USB items (i.e webcam) work in any port...So its seems its just the plug.
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When you say "port" do you mean the iPod cable that has a dock connector on one end and a USB connector on the other end? When you have your iPod connected to your iPod player does the player have a dock connector on it such that the iPod plugs directly into the player? If the answer to both of these questions is yes then I would suspect that the iPod cable is bad or on its way out. Another test of the cable would be to connect it to an iPod power adapter that plugs into the wall and see if the iPod charges.
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