February 11, 2005
As The Serial Bus Turns
Apparently, it's not supposed to take fifteen hours to format an iPod. It should take maybe two minutes. If it does take fifteen hours, try the following:
1. Your iPod display will be showing a blinking "Do Not Disconnect We Really Mean It" message. Ignore it, it's gone insane. Unplug that sucker.
2. Remember how you plugged it into the USB port because the Firewire port was acting up? Well, the reason the Firewire port was acting up was that the cable that runs from the little USB/Firewire panel to the motherboard has come loose. Plug it in properly. And for good measure, reinstall that video capture card you removed before Christmas. And see if you can get rid of some of the dust bunnies that are multiplying down there.
3. All done?
4. Good.
5. Plug the iPod into the Firewire port. The computer will recognise the iPod, but it will not work, because you do not have the drivers installed.
6. Put the CD back in the drive, and install the drivers. This will prompt you to format your iPod. This time it will actually work.
7. After this, the installation program will die because you already have iTunes installed. Ignore it; this doesn't matter.
8. Reboot.
9. Waiting for the computer to come back... Waaaaiting....
10. Right, it's back. Now fire up iTunes. Click on the Synchronise iPod option or whatever it is. Realise that you're already late for work and you're trying to dump 4500 songs on your iPod. It's fast, but it's not that fast.
11. Leave iPod sitting on your desk at home, and head off to work, where you will spend your entire day moving computers from one end of the office to the other.
12. Your iPod is now ready. Enjoy.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 02:11 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
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They should really put that stuff in the owner's manual. Or at least on a FAQ.
Posted by: Jim at February 11, 2005 09:33 PM (MDLz3)
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I was wondering what on earth was going on, and then I noticed Item Number Two. Let me do a rewrite for you:
2. Remember how you plugged it into the USB port because the Firewire port was acting up? You silly goose, you're using a PC.
3. Go to the store and buy some sort of Macintosh. They're between the Pippins and the Fujis.
4. Plug your iPod into the FireWire port.
5. It's formatted now, so start loading tunes on to that little white bundle of technojoy!
2. Remember how you plugged it into the USB port because the Firewire port was acting up? You silly goose, you're using a PC.
3. Go to the store and buy some sort of Macintosh. They're between the Pippins and the Fujis.
4. Plug your iPod into the FireWire port.
5. It's formatted now, so start loading tunes on to that little white bundle of technojoy!
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