From: Rob Powell <rob_at_rinty.plus.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:34:09 +0100

Hi Matthew, to answer the other point, I'm using a USB port on the
computer, however it appears from look in the system area that there
are 2 USB controllers on my machine, I've got 2 USB ports on the side
of my laptop and 4 on the back, so I'll try one of the others on the
back, is could be a problem with that controller, though that's where
I used the Archos before.

Rob At 23:44 26/07/2006, you wrote:
>This is a bit of a circular logic, but it might help you isolate the
>fault. It assumes your XP install is using NTFS
>
>(1) Grab a recent linux LiveCD, preferably one that reads NTFS.
>Something like http://www.knoppix.org/ might work.
>(2) Boot it
>(3) Try to copy files from your XP partition to the iPod.
>(4) See what happens.
>
>Possible conclusions:
>
>- If it works, then it's Windows.
>- If it doesn't work, then it could be your USB controller or the iPod
>firmware.
>
>You could also try a separate USB controller, if you have one.
>
>Also, is the iPod connected directly or via a hub? Back in my firmware
>days, I found a great deal in variation as to how well hubs worked. Most
>of the chips on motherboards seem to work fine, so plugging it directly
>into the computer usually solved most issues.
>
>Which brings up a question for the rockbox folks: What's the deal with
>USB on iPods? Is all you need is for someone to write a mass storage
>device driver for it? If so, maybe I could help. I'm getting married
>this weekend, but after I come back from my honeymoon, my schedule is
>pretty free.
>
>Rob Powell wrote:
> > Hi all, I really could use some help with this one, as I'm a bit stuck.
> >
> > I'm running XP, and have my Ipod connected to a USB port. I've used the
> > same port for an Archos player and so on before with no problems. I'm
> > copying music to my ipod, and some of the time, I get "unable to perform
> > request because of an IO device error". It's not predictable, in that
> > sometimes it'll copy about 10 albums before it crashes, sometimes 1
> > track. the files that it crashes on can usually be copied individually.
> >
> > I've tried both copy and paste and send to, I use my computer rather
> > than windows explorer (only from habit), I just wondered if anyone had
> > any bright ideas?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Rob
> >
>
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Received on 2006-07-27