OT: RIP lp's iPod 2005-2007

[lazypadawan]

My poor iPod Photo is in a coma and unlikely to recover. I should've known it was sick when I tried to sync it with my iTunes last week and it didn't pick up everything I'd just downloaded onto iTunes. But I thought maybe it was something wrong with the way I loaded the CD onto iTunes and shrugged it off. Then on Saturday I tried syncing the iPod again. The iPod didn't show up on my desktop or on iTunes. I kept seeing the "do not disconnect" symbol on the iPod but nothing was happening. Sadly, I had to disconnect it from the computer. I figured I would probably have to wipe the memory on the iPod and reload everything anyway, but when I tried to follow the troubleshooting instructions online, it didn't work. I knew when I saw the sad iPod icon on the player's screen that it was a harddrive problem. The prognosis wasn't going to be good.

I took it today to the Apple store and the Genius Bar guy basically told me the harddrive was totally jacked. I had three options: pay $200 to have it fixed through Apple, pay at least $100 in parts alone to have a third party repair it, or get a new one and use the old iPod to trade in for recycling purposes. If I did the latter, I'll get 10% off.

So I've decided that for the time being I'll go back to using my 2001 model, which I still have, and save up some money to buy a new one. I'll recycle the broken iPod AND use my county employee discount. I could get the Nano but that new iPod Touch looks really sweet...

Comments

[celosia.livejournal.com]

RIP
IPod Photo.

My ol'U2 pod is almost ready to die as well. Every once in a while it will stall and emit a horrible screeching noise. It sounds like demonic garbling. Weird.

[leia-naberrie.livejournal.com]

I observed a moment of silence and all. It sucks when a beloved gadget fails on you. I was heartbroken for months when my old Dell Inspiron died.