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Ngl I found out my old iPod Classic has a hard drive limit that killed it way too early
So I finally opened up my old iPod Classic 160GB last weekend after it stopped syncing with iTunes, figured the battery was dead. Turns out the real issue was the tiny hard drive inside had a head crash, and when I looked it up I found out these drives were only rated for around 5000 hours of spin time before they start failing. Mine had been running almost 7 years of daily use in a car mount so probably way past that. I was annoyed because I kept buying new cables thinking that was the problem, wasted like $40 on adapters at a Best Buy in Austin for nothing. The crazy part is the iPod still powers on and shows the menu, it just refuses to mount on my Mac, so I assumed software at first. I even did a factory restore twice before I cracked it open. Anyone else deal with these old Toshiba drives dying and just swap in a flash card instead? Wondering if the CF adapter mod is worth the hassle or if I should just let the thing rest.
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felixb252d ago
Seven years of daily spin time in a car mount is basically a death sentence for one of those little Toshiba drives. They were never made to survive heat and potholes that long, so honestly yours put up a decent fight before giving out. The funny part is you did a full factory restore twice, like the iPod was having a software crisis when it was really just a tiny mechanical heart attack. The menu still showing up is normal, the drive just can't talk to your Mac anymore, so the screen working means nothing. I'd say the flash card swap is worth it if you actually use the thing, otherwise it makes a nice paperweight with a click wheel.
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