Aqua-Soft ForumsWell yesterday i had a real weird experience. I grabbed my iPod and removed it from sleep, but instead of it returning to the normal screen, it made a loud beep and navigated to a white 8 bit resolution screen with options to check such as the CPU Temperature and the condition of the LCD, the Hard Disk RPM rate and such. It was really weird, and it never happened before. Has anyone else had this happen?
Booted into My iPod's BIOS?
This happened with my 5.5G. I called AppleCare out of curiousity....and I really didn't get an answer.
I think it might be a diagnostic page sorta thing. This happened to me only once, though.
What Generation is your iPod?
5.5g
Thats interesting. Mine was a 30GB...yours? Perhaps it is a model-specific flaw? Or is it even a flaw...
I really would like to recreate it but i didn't do anything special :confused:
Why do you always have problems. Nub.
There's no flaw...it's quite simple to boot into the Diagnostic Mode.
This guide hasn't been updated in a while, so I don't know if the methods will work for newer iPods, but I'm sure you can find something on Google.
-NC
There's no flaw...it's quite simple to boot into the Diagnostic Mode.This guide hasn't been updated in a while, so I don't know if the methods will work for newer iPods, but I'm sure you can find something on Google.
-NC
this sounds different tho... from memory, you can boot into a disk diagnostics mode, but i dont think that includes CPU temperature, LCD, RPM rate???
correct me if im wrong.
my 5th gen ipod died on me the other day, due to a power surge and a dodgy speaker dock. Made the beep of death, then displayed an unhappy ipod/exclamation mark.
outta warranty 
couldnt even force it into diagnostics. so .... who wants to buy me a new ipod? jk
Hm, I got something similar on my 5G ipod a little over a year ago. It booted to a black and white (I think, possibly blue and white though...) screen and went through system tests, testing colour, the click wheeel, etc. I started going through them, and then wondered if it would whipe my ipod. I reset it and it went into the ipod firmware... Never seen it since then!!
Edit: Just went to that diagnostics test page. That looks like what I got so probably, somehow that combination was being pushed down in my pocket somehow, then I look at it to see it in the diag test screen...
Not a bad trick to freak out a n0Ob!!!
this sounds different tho... from memory, you can boot into a disk diagnostics mode, but i dont think that includes CPU temperature, LCD, RPM rate???
its a little different for each ipod version i think. With my old 4G HP+iPod i had a disk check feature, with this one all i can see is size, temp, max and mins.
i get the lcd screen tests and when i try the accessories test i freeze because i can't be bothered to break out either teh fw or usb
and i'd love to buy you a new ipod, wanna pay me first?
it didn't scare me, i was just like "holy Sh1t what just happened."
well don't hold down centre and play/pause when restarting it then
lol it was an accident, first time seeing it 
well don't hold down centre and play/pause when restarting it then
Actually, it's centre and prev/rewind, 
Just thought I'd point that out.
I love putting my friends' iPods into diagnostic mode. It freaks them right out 
have you tried my way?
EDIT: for nicholasheer's benefit
because that will also freak you out
it didn't scare me, i was just like "holy Sh1t what just happened."
have you tried my way?
That puts me in disk mode, with just a checkmark icon and a message stating "OK to disconnect". The OP's issue appears to be diagnostic mode, which would be activated via my instructions.