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My son got this iPod Nano at an office party from his boss. He plugged it into his USB port. The computer would not recognize it. It would not charge, it wouldn’t even turn on. What is going on here? Just a bad iPod?
it’s maybe just a bad iPod - but it could also be a totally discharged iPod, if the battery is empty - the computer would not recognitze it and therefore, could not charge it. do you have the ac charger for the iPod ? try to charge the iPod with it. does the iPod look “normal” or has it signs of fluid damages (look inside the headphone jack - anything red on the bottom of it ?)