# When good toys go bad...

<datetime class="hidden">2004-07-04T00:00</datetime>
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AARGGHHHHH! Man I hate it when you get a nice fun gadget and it doesn't work...So anyway, I decided to buy myself a nice new [iPod](http://www.apple.com/ipod/) (20Gb model in case you're interested), got it home, read the instructions (for a change), installed the software, rebooted and plugged it in to the Firewire port on my main PC...nothing...nada...zilch. So I thought - well that's probably just the [Audigy](http://www.soundblaster.com/products/audigy/) crappy Firewire version [SB-1394](http://www.soundblaster.com/firewire/)...so I tried it on one of my other machines which has bog standard Firewire - nothing...so I installed the previously uninstalled Firewire header card for my motherboard on my main machine...nothing...so I tried it on my laptop which has 4 pin Firewire..nothing. Anyway, after 4 hours of fustration (and looking lustfully at the lovely, lovely iPod)...I've given up. Thankfully I bought it at a local store, so I can just take it back and get a replacement (and a USB2 cable which I trust way more than new fangled Firewire) - which is a vast improvement over internet shopping in this instance - online it would take days to get a replacement...
Sorry, just had to let off a bit of steam...