Fixing a dead iPod - don't read if you have warranty

iPods are a popular music player and over 80 million people worldwide have one (or two or six). But what if yours has suddenly started acting up? Well, I have published some solutions (some violent, some safe) which will help you fix yours if it happens to be, in the words of the death of Elvis 'has left the building'...


SUGGESTED BY APPLE

• Reset: Restarts the iPod so that it will go back to the main menu.
• Retry: Try the iPod in a different computer's USB or Firewire port.
• Restart: Restart your computer
• Reinstall: Re-flash your firmware (iPod operating system).
• Restore: Restores your iPod to factory defaults.

See the page here.




SUGGESTED BY ME...

I was told to drop it which worked for some, not me from about six foot which is around my height or maybe a little shorter. Who cares about my height?

But I got angry because I paid a good $499 for this thing eight months ago. So I whacked it so hard that my palm hurts two weeks later. Voila! It was on - the Apple logo lit up and no clicking evident. Of course, you may want to restore it with the iTunes Update software (free from Apple). And to this day, still no clicking!




KEEPING THE IPOD LITHIUM-ION BATTERY WORKING...

• iPods have a buffer size of around 9 megabytes. Try to keep your songs within this limit. At 128Kbps four minutes should go to about 5MB.
• Don't discharge your iPod until it is almost empty. Charge it when half-full.
• Never store the battery in under -40 degrees temperature. This is the maximum Lithium-Ion batteries can handle.

Hope this pos helps you and feel free to share the love.