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extremely strange problem

hi all
ive had a good look thru the forum and cant find a problme like mine! which is bad! Ive noticed some very unusual activity with my ipod! its a 3g 20gb and it will connect and then show up in itunes.. but the ipod symbol in itunes is red and the songs are greyed out. then when i try add music it freezes and this message comes up..."The Drive is not ready for use; its door may be open. Please check drive\device\harddisk1\dr32 and make sure a disc is inserted and that the drive door is closed" :S Also tried formatting and it stops formatting sayin it cant do it! please help!
[589 byte] By [ipodscrewed] at [2007-11-10 4:43:41]
# 1 Re: extremely strange problem
Wait, is it new?

3G's are relatively old, and it doesn't look like you've used it before.

If you bought it off of the auction site, see if the buyer knows anything,
Aria at 2007-11-15 13:46:01 >
# 2 Re: extremely strange problem
no ive had it since may this year, it used to run fine, but now windows says its malfucntioned and restoring it doesnt help :S
ipodscrewed at 2007-11-15 13:47:02 >
# 3 Re: extremely strange problem
If you bought it from apple, the warranty is still valid. Ask them about it.
Aria at 2007-11-15 13:48:11 >
# 4 Re: extremely strange problem
on a different computer, the ipod is recognised using firewire
it doesnt work on my usb pc tho and the usb ports all work fine with other stuff?
ipodscrewed at 2007-11-15 13:49:06 >
# 5 Re: extremely strange problem
Sounds like its the USB cable. I bought a cheapo one off ebay last week and Win XP said i had a mafunctioning device. As soon as the cable was replaced unit ran smoothly.
PeterPumpkin at 2007-11-15 13:50:05 >
# 6 Re: extremely strange problem
ahh usb & windows & iPods & iTunes...!?

there are numerous threads over at apple about how issues can sometimes occur with this combination...

http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?13@10.S1Oxav5JDAl.3@.68a11f95/0

http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?128@10.S1Oxav5JDAl.6@.68a107d6

but i would definitely try another cable first - much cheaper!!

btw welcome to the lounge :)
yinyang at 2007-11-15 13:51:15 >
# 7 Re: extremely strange problem
thanks for the welcome! the quick replies are much appreciated. Ok, ill try a new cable.. even though the one I have is an apple one!
ipodscrewed at 2007-11-15 13:52:08 >
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