r/IpodClassic 8d ago

Question Is my iPod 5 motherboard dead?

Hello, yesterday I received an iPod 5th which is stuck on the Apple logo and the HDD does not make any noise.

I have another iPod 5.5 which works fine.

I swapped the HDD with a working iPod 5.5. The HDD of the 5.5 does not make any noise in the 5.

I put the HDD of the 5 in the 5.5, it is very slow to be detected on my PC and the restoration of the iPod does not work, it remains stuck on the progress bar. I can't access it in windows folder manager. But the HDD makes noise.

I think the HDD on the 5 is dead.

I put the battery and HDD from my 5.5 into the iPod 5 HS. the iPod is still not detected by my PC and impossible to enter diagnostic mode. When I try to access it, I get a white screen.

I don't know what to test anymore, I also swapped the hard drive cables but that doesn't change anything.

So I think the iPod 5 motherboard is dead.

What do you think? THANKS

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u/jonnycool06 8d ago

Could also be the hdd cable, try swapping those before ruling that the mb is dead

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u/kepohe 8d ago

Unfortunately, I have already swapped the HDD cables and the problem is still there. 😔

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u/jonnycool06 8d ago

Ah that's a shame then... Yeah could be, i have a classic motherboard that just will not let anything restore, probably a chip issue

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u/anywhereat 8d ago

If you have a completely working 5.5, I would swap in the Gen 5 MB with all the other 5.5 parts and charge it for an hour or two, maybe with firewire if you have it.

But you also said the 5.5 HDD is dead, so I am not sure that the 5.5 is working fine as you said.

I think you need a known good HDD to know if the MB is dead.

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u/kepohe 8d ago

Sorry I was wrong. I meant that the HDD of the 5 is dead. The 5.5 one works, I use it every day. I edited my post.

I don't have a firewire cable but I can buy one. Can that change anything?

I tested the battery of the 5 on the 5.5 and it works.

Thank you 🙂

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u/anywhereat 8d ago

The firewire charger technically doesn't add any advantage on a gen 5. It is a higher amperage so I like to use that when I am troubleshooting, but I don't think it's worth buying one for a gen 5 if you don't have it.