so pissed. first off, i got this Dell 5gb mp3 player for free to compensate for a problem i had with my dell laptop. and now this mp3 is broken, how ironic.

to make a long story short, ive been using the mp3 player for 6 days, and it froze up on me. i try to reset and do everything it suggests in the manual, but its permantely frozen. now i have to send it back to get a new one. im done with dell, this is pathetic. i dont here of ipods dying in one week.

has any one had a problem like this?

 

ha my friends DJ did the same thing to him once, and I kept on listening to my iPod, then 2day later it unfroze and he was lisiting to his DJ but my battery was dead. Yea but DJ's seem to do that some, good luck with it

 

This is why everyone else has an iPod....J\k, send it back.

 

wait, he unfroze it the next day and it worked fine?

i keep unfreezing (resetting) mine and it asks me to format it, but then when its formatting it just freezes on that screen. ive been fucking around with it for like 4 days now.

i guess im just going to send it back.

 

I like my iRiver H320. I like it better than the iPods and have had ZERO problems with it (other than finding a good car charger).

 

i had a minidisc player, that was stolen two years ago, then i had a 4gb muvo. that was stolen a few months ago. and now i have a broken dell mp3 player! so pumped...

 

I have an IPod never had a problem with it.

 

Same thing happened to my iRiver iHP-120

Never got time to send it back and now my warranty is over

I guess in the end quality products like iPod's are the way to go

 

how does that happen? from a corrupted song that contains a virus

 

my dell mp3 player broke too.

and my dell laptop broke.

 

^ same. fuck dell. and their service is HORRIBLE. they phones are always busy and even their customer service site is overloaded most of the time

 

I am using PSP for mp3 playback, no problems, but only have 1 gb memory card duo. Works fine.

 

I used to have problems with this certain MP3 File, it worked fine in my Computer, but not in the player, so It would get stuck on the screen with the backlight on and everything, than I started doing this reset thing, which worked fine, but when I got back on the song it would do the same thing, than I removed the song and it still happened with another corrupt file or something and this time reseeting didnt do shit, and it just stayed on with the backlight and than the battery died and never turned back on

 

My Rio Karma does the same. I found in a forum once to hit the corner of the unit (where the hard drive is) hard. It fix it.

 

O thanks man I will def give it a try with my iRiver, I really need to get that sucker working $400 + Insurance $50 Down the Drain

 

Have you tried going to a forum for your Iriver? There a lot of them for the Ipod and they always have answers for everyone. They even show you how to change the battery so you don't have to send it off to Apple.

Jaydef03 you should do they same. See if you can't find any help on forums so you don't have to send it back.

I used to not like the ipod too but after comparing it with all the others I think it is the easiest to use. Plus they have a tone of accessories for it.


Lung Fu Mo Shi I have a car charger for mine that’s also a FM transmitter. I can listen to it in my car and have it charge at the same time, best of both worlds.

 

Well, it worked for me. I can't guarantee that it won't smash your IRiver into peices.

 

I posted on the iRiver Forums but never got a answer, First time I found out how to reset it and thats the only suggestion I got, after that its never worked

 

I'll cross my fingers and give it a try tonight and let you know

 

my dell laptop stopped charging. when i sent it in for repairs, they had to change the name to my name (offically or something) because i recieved it from a friend. in any case, dell takes it for 2-3 weeks to change the name on the computer and returns it to me telling me they cant fix it because warranty expired. dell suxxors. oh and 3 of my other friends dells are having same symptoms and breaking...dell sucs

 

I like their monitors and desktops though.

 

I have 2 Dell Desktops, LCD's, Monitors and a Laptop thru them, I have had problems on my computers, but nothing special that other brands dont, and there Tech Support was great at helping me, but that was like a year ago, they probably have changed a lot, I hate there hold time, but I havent called them for almost more than a year so I cant say about there support, didnt they get a award for there great support?

 

i hate dell.

yes, i tried the dell DJ forums but didnt get much help. its just a bunch of middle school kids who told me that "if i show love to my DJ and pet it, it will love me back and start working"
honestly, i hate the fact that this little fuckers are even allowed to be on forums.

 

HAHA THAT WAS HILARIOUS!!!

Any new chops lately JayDef?

 

nah man, sorry. i have way too much work to do for school and i dont have that much free time anymore. being an architecture student is a similar to a full time job.

do most ppl on this forum recognize me as a chopper? i feel like a little fish on this board bc i dont have than many posts

 

everyone knows u are the famous JayDef, whose chops are remarkable and astonishing and very real looking

 

I went through three or four of the first gen Dell Dj's....had to keep sending them back every other week.....finally demanded my money back, sprung the few extra bucks for an ipod and have been trouble free for 8 or 9 months now

 

i have a creative jukebox zen xtra and ive had no problems with it (but probably will now that ive said something)

 

ive had 2 ipods go bad on me. always freezing up. they replaced them now this one is finally working good

 

wow i didnt know it was that common. i just spoke to Amet Gupta, Dell's fine outsourced rep. haha. and im getting a replacement sent within 3 to 5 days

 

Well, everything has it's problems man. I have a few friends who have had multiple ipods as well (one of my friends is on his 4th). So don't put Apple up on some high pedestal.

And let me tell you Apple will NOT send you a free ipod if your ibook goes FUBAR. While dell has it's problems they usually take care of ya.

Kinda like that Dell 2005FPW 20.1" widescreen panel some people complain about. The Apple 20" shares the same LCD screen. They both have just as many problems... yet, people trash the dell one and praise the Apple one... it's funny...

I hope your new one works good and you got whatever it was fixed on your notebook.