jough
El Guapo
Hi,
Whenever I use iTunes my computer will completely freeze - mouse immobile, no hard drive motion, etc. It doesn't matter if I have my iPod connected or not. Sometimes it'll work for an hour, and other times I only get to run iTunes for about 30 seconds before it freezes. It also seems to freeze more often whenever it's doing anything with the iPod - synching tracks, playing music from it, etc.
I've been through tech support with my PC, with HP for the iPod hardware, with Apple for the iTunes software, while each blames the other (HP: There may be a compatibility problem with something on your system and iTunes. Contact Apple. Apple: There's probably a hardware problem. Contact HP).
I know I'm not alone in this, vis-a-vis these threads:
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=54887&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53334&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53181&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45804&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32745&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47919&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49193&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49691&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39467&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43706&highlight=itunes+freeze
(and those are just the more recent posts)
I'd like to know if anyone had this problem and found a solution.
BTW: I'm running Windows XP SP1 with all of the latest patches. No viruses. Spyware removed. Etc. I have an HP laptop and have tried four of the Recommended PC Card adapters from Apple's support site (those that are supposed to work with the iPod) but even on my PC's built-in USB or through a powered hub iTunes still freezes - of course, iTunes will freeze even if I'm just editing ID3 tags and have no external devices attached, too, so Apple blaming the USB or a cable problem is just absurd.
I'm using XPlay 2 and have not had one problem filling my 40Gb iPod. No freezes, no crashes, no problems whatsoever. So Apple blaming my hardware is a friggin' joke.
But I'd like to be able to manage my library from a single program - XPlay is great for dragging individual files to the iPod but I have a 200Gb load of mp3s - so I can't even do folder-level synching because I don't want to synch my entire library into the iPod - just a select 30Gb or so at a time.
Whenever I use iTunes my computer will completely freeze - mouse immobile, no hard drive motion, etc. It doesn't matter if I have my iPod connected or not. Sometimes it'll work for an hour, and other times I only get to run iTunes for about 30 seconds before it freezes. It also seems to freeze more often whenever it's doing anything with the iPod - synching tracks, playing music from it, etc.
I've been through tech support with my PC, with HP for the iPod hardware, with Apple for the iTunes software, while each blames the other (HP: There may be a compatibility problem with something on your system and iTunes. Contact Apple. Apple: There's probably a hardware problem. Contact HP).
I know I'm not alone in this, vis-a-vis these threads:
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=54887&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53334&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53181&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45804&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32745&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47919&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49193&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49691&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39467&highlight=itunes+freeze
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43706&highlight=itunes+freeze
(and those are just the more recent posts)
I'd like to know if anyone had this problem and found a solution.
BTW: I'm running Windows XP SP1 with all of the latest patches. No viruses. Spyware removed. Etc. I have an HP laptop and have tried four of the Recommended PC Card adapters from Apple's support site (those that are supposed to work with the iPod) but even on my PC's built-in USB or through a powered hub iTunes still freezes - of course, iTunes will freeze even if I'm just editing ID3 tags and have no external devices attached, too, so Apple blaming the USB or a cable problem is just absurd.
I'm using XPlay 2 and have not had one problem filling my 40Gb iPod. No freezes, no crashes, no problems whatsoever. So Apple blaming my hardware is a friggin' joke.
But I'd like to be able to manage my library from a single program - XPlay is great for dragging individual files to the iPod but I have a 200Gb load of mp3s - so I can't even do folder-level synching because I don't want to synch my entire library into the iPod - just a select 30Gb or so at a time.