[Ipodlinux-devel] dead ipod?

[Steven L. <sl...@uc...>]

hello everybody,

i've run into some serious trouble here, and i'm wondering if anyone can
help.  it appears that the third requirement on the build page, "No
reservations about the possibility of ruining your iPod. This would likely
invalidate your warranty as well. You have been warned!" is not joking.  my
ipod is now, effectively, a very shiny brick.

symptoms:  that of a brick, except shiny.  won't turn on, won't respond to
button pushes, firewire attaches, holding play/menu down, or anything else.
i have not busted it open to try unplugging/replugging battery, i'm hoping
someone here can suggest something a little less dangerous first.

what i can reconstruct:  i wasn't really paying much attention (as i didn't
expect this to happen), but as far as i can here is what steps preceded this
lock-up:  i booted the ipod into linux and forgot about it.  this caused the
battery to run down.  no problem -- hooked it up via firewire, forced reboot
with play/menu and then forced fw with ff/rew.  dded in apple's firmware
image, which, due to my flaky firewire hardware, crashed my computer.
rebooted my computer, tried dding it again, this time it worked.  rebooted
ipod into playing mode (by unplugging firewire).  i didn't actually play any
songs, but it booted into the menuing system just fine.  plugged fw back in,
and it rebooted into charging mode (with the check mark).  i now left it
alone for two days, and then when i went to unplug it to take on my trip it
was absolutely dead.  it's been this way for a week, and i'm still very
puzzled.  any help about reviving it would be appreciated.

thanks, and may this never happen to you,

Steven