Cooling an overheating iPod
Oct 30, '06 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
I have a 20 GB iPod that's on its last legs. Whenever it syncs a lot of songs (which it has to do often because half the time it freaks out when syncing and forgets the whole catalog) it tends to get about one third of the way and then hangs. Picking it up and noticing that it was super-hot, I realized it was probably overheating and hanging because of the temperature. So I borrowed an idea from overclockers and decided to artificially cool it. I took a cold pack that was in the fridge, wrapped it in a towel to absorb condensation, put the iPod on it and started syncing. Worked like a charm.
[kirkmc adds: I've noticed that my iPods get quite hot when syncing a lot, such as after a restore, when it takes a couple of hours to fill them. But I never had a problem with the syncing not completing. This is an interesting idea, but it's probably time to think about replacing the iPod.]
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