On Feb 3, 2009, at 6:24 AM, D Stubbs wrote:

>>
>>>>> ( I have a 4th Gen  iPod with the 'no card inserted' error  
>>>>> problem,
>>>>> it came after an iTunes upgrade, defies any pattern and no  
>>>>> internal
>>>>> diagnostics, reinstalling etc has helped)
>>>>
>>>> What does it say in system.log when you hook up the iPod?
>>>
>>> I am new to Tiger, so I put  [system.log] into Spotlight to see if I
>>> could learn where it is , but no luck.....where do I look?
>>
>> Launch /Applications/Utilities/Console.app
>> View > Show Log List
>>
>> system.log contains system-related messages.
>> console.log contains messages related to your current login session.
>>
>> You can open the folders there and peruse - it's all read-only.
>> There's some interesting stuff there!
>
>
> Well...if you can read Chinese!

I can't read chinese, but this is plain english. Well, plain for a  
rather large set of "Plain English" :-)

>
> here's what I found that relates to itunes or ipod
>
> 2008-12-04 08:35:22 -0600 STATUS
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 2008-12-04 08:35:22 -0600 STATUS Updater started 7.7.1 7.7 7702010  
> (7.7d16)
> Jun  9 2008
> 2008-12-04 08:35:25 -0600 STATUS Found an iPod - 64519
> 2008-12-04 08:35:37 -0600 STATUS Starting restore bsdName:disk2s3
> podName:(null) serialNumber:JQ535RXPTDS devName:disk2 state:7  
> updaterID:11
> curVers:1.2.1 diskFormat:HFS service:64519
> 2008-12-04 08:35:37 -0600 STATUS Updating to 1.2.1
> 2008-12-04 08:35:47 -0600 STATUS UpdaterLibFormat:1191 starting format
> 2008-12-04 08:36:26 -0600 STATUS UpdaterLibFormat:1193 format  
> finished: 0
> 2008-12-04 08:36:26 -0600 ERROR UpdaterLibFindQ98:761 Could not find  
> iPod
> 2008-12-04 08:36:26 -0600 STATUS Restore complete
> 2008-12-04 08:39:41 -0600 STATUS Removed pod: bsdName:disk2s3  
> podName:(null)
> serialNumber:JQ535RXPTDS devName:disk2 state:3 updaterID:11 curVers: 
> 1.2.1
> diskFormat:HFS service:64519

SNIP

>
> I wrote this description last year:
>
> iPod worked perfectly for a year, now (coincidentally at about the  
> time I
> have upgraded to Tiger and also updated iTunes )
> at completely unpredictable intervals it will stop music and show
>  'no card inserted'   which is under its photo menu - something I have
> never used
> I have done many re-sets and several complete restore sessions, no  
> change.


Sadly form the log above, and your description of the problem you have  
a failing drive or flash in the iPod, or a dying iPod entirely.

The logs indicate that it finds the iPod, trys to format it, then the  
iPod doesn't come back afterwards:

> 2008-12-04 08:36:26 -0600 ERROR UpdaterLibFindQ98:761 Could not find  
> iPod

This is typical behavior with failing drives.

What model iPod is it?



-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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