ipod still appears corrupted after i restored it in itunes

[polietilen]

hi:

so i finally got the dreaded corruption notice. so i decided to restore it, and after itunes is done it gives me the same message again. now i got an empty corrupted ipod.

what am i to do now? why is it still giving me the corrupted notice?

[help_desk]

hi:

so i finally got the dreaded corruption notice. so i decided to restore it, and after itunes is done it gives me the same message again. now i got an empty corrupted ipod.

what am i to do now? why is it still giving me the corrupted notice?

How old is this ipod and what generation is it?

[polietilen]

i believe it's a 5th generation 30gb one. i bought it in sept. 2006, so i hope that helps too. your help or anyone's would be much appreciated.

[OldPower]

Drain out the battery completely and then restore the firmware. Let me know if that doesnt work. Ill try to find out something else

[polietilen]

well, completely drained the battery, plugged it in, but now itunes didn't even recognize the ipod.

[polietilen]

could anyone guess as to what the problem with the ipod is? still haven't been able to get it working.

[help_desk]

Do you have an external USB charger? Sometime, the computer is not able to provide enough power to ipod and thus it will never charge. Plug your ipod into a wall charger.

Also you can take the ipod to any near by Apple store, no matter how old your ipod is. Take your ipod to the nearest location and they should be able to tell you what is going on with your ipod.