The case of the crashing iPod
Posted by Michael Dale on Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:19 PMI’ve got a Generation 4 20gb iPod that I’ve had since late last year. It is a pretty cool device and is built well. But I always had the problem of it crashing on me once or twice a week. Worse than my Windows box!
Now I also used to charge it via Firewire on either the PC or the Mac laptop. But anyway a few months ago I decided to setup my dock for it properly. I didn’t want to have to turn the computer on to listen to music. So I decided to play everything through my iPod.
The dock is connect via the lineout to my amplifier and also connected to the 240v AC to Firewire power converter.
Since I’ve been charging my iPod through the mains power it hasn’t crashed since. It’s the same Firewire cable as I used to charge with on the computer. I also charged the thing on two different computers.
So for some very odd reason, the iPod crashes every now and then if you don’t charge it at least once a week through mains power.
So now my iPod is as stable as my Mac. Cool.
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 at 7:26 AM, Maximilian Blue wrote:
Yeah i think the power does do something funky. Phoebe's ipod had some massive heart failure, showing that it had a critical file error.
We put it on the dock (connected to the computer)to try and fix it but it did NOTHING... we then put it onto the power thingy and now it works fine :)
On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 at 11:19 AM, Matthom wrote:
So, you're saying if I charge it through the dock, it should not crash?
I don't have a dock - I'd have to buy one.
On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 at 11:26 AM, Michael Dale wrote:
No No, you need to charge it with mains power. Firewire cable plugged into the power adapter. Not through a computer. That worked for me. You don't need a dock.
On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 at 11:28 AM, Matthom wrote:
Oh. OK. That sounds cool. I can do that. Only... I'd have to first plug it into my Mac, so it can update recently played songs, and then plug it into the wall.
Hmmm.. It's worth a shot. I really hate that crashing. :)
Thanks...
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 at 7:42 PM, John wrote:
Mine is crashing all the time
Will give this a try.
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Couldn't say i've ever had that problem, didn't even realise this.
Great information though.