[Landshark]

Originally Posted by shelfy

the 3rd gen iPods came with the firewire only. my former boss bought a 4th generation (click wheel) and it came with both firewire and usb 2.0 connectors. when i stopped using the laptop for ripping CDs and moved to the desktop, i borrowed boss man's usb cable, but it didn't charge my iPod while sync-ing. before i replaced teh battery, i was only getting about 5 minutes of play on a fully charged battery. thankfully, now they sell a cable that has two lines from the dock connector: a usb for teh computer and a firewire to power it up.

i went out and bought a firewire cable because all my USB ports were used up, plugged it in, and i got an error message saying it was not compatible with firewire.

i returned the cable and bought a USB2 card, and it charges with the USB2.