Chosen Solution
I have (originally) an MB562 iPod 120GB, with 2.0.1 firmware. I converted it to 256GB iFlash SSD and 820-2347-A logic board with 2.0.4 firmware and new battery. When I first connected it to iTunes, it appeared to restore immediately and normally. Then I began to sync it, with a starting playlist of 2400 tracks. Obviously that took a while, so I walked away. When I looked later, there was an error that one track had failed to sync. I accepted the message and it appeared to continue, showing “Finishing Sync. Then iTunes appeared to lock up and would not respond to key commands. I used Task Mgr to close iTunes and was going about ejecting the iPod. I may have disconnected it before it displayed OK to Disconnect. Since then, as soon as I turn it on it immediately goes from Apple icon to the red X screen. I cannot get it into Disk Mode, and the computer (WIN10) does not see it. It will display the diagnostics menu. Have I “killed” the board is there still some way to get iTunes to see it again?
Remove the SD card from the iFlash adapter, put it into your computer, and re-format it. FAT32 should work. Then put the SD card back into the iFlash adapter. A bad HDD caused my 3rd gen iPod to not be recognized by iTunes, so the software on the SD card might be causing you problem. Of course, it could be a dead board, but try this first.
