Filed under: iPod Family
iPod dissection video
So what's really inside your iPod? This video gives you the answer. All you you need is a putty knife (or reasonable equivalent thereof) and a willingness to completely destroy your property if things go wrong. (Unless, of course, that guy who works at the desk next to yours leaves his iPod out again--you're probably completely justified in assuming that he's volunteering it for exploratory surgery.) Fortunately, the young woman in the video manages to restore her iPod to its previous working state (or so it would seem) without incident.
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cjmal said 5:19PM on 1-26-2007
I've actually done the same thing with my iPod to replace the front and back covers of it. Once you get the front cover off, it looks pretty interesting. I would not suggest using a plastic putty knife to open up your iPod. The iPod's front cover has clips on the sides that hold it onto the back cover, if pried apart wrong, they will break and your front cover will be loose.
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CajunLuke said 5:43PM on 1-26-2007
"Fortunately, the young woman in the video manages to restore her iPod to its previous working state (or so it would seem) without incident."
That's not hard - one time I dropped my 60GB video, it came apart. It still was working, so I popped it back together. Unfortunately, I didn't have time at the time top pop these little grey rubber thingies back in, or figure out where they went.
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spil said 6:11PM on 1-26-2007
That was kind of interesting. Was that blue stuff around the hard drive Padding?
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Adam said 7:49PM on 1-26-2007
Well that was kinda interesting, and please don't think I am not appreciative this little girl took her iPod apart, but if you are going to risk damaging £200+ worth of kit, at least know what the bits are.
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Stephen Macklin said 8:24PM on 1-26-2007
I dropped the 3rd Gen 20Gb iPod I was given as a gift and messed up the hard drive. I found a 10GB drive on Ebay for $40. It was fairly simple to open the case and replace the drive. It works just fine though I may have to replace the battery soon.
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Rubbinz said 8:26PM on 1-26-2007
I too caution against opening a perfectly working iPod. Even if you don't screw it up, you VOID your warranty. However, I've had to open my original 30GB 5th Gen iPod and replace the battery and LCD screen. I recommend using gloves though to avoid the corrosive oils from your fingers. It's not hard and there are better videos out there (OWC is one) that actually fully instruct you on how to do it. Dunno why those got passed up in order to post some girls video with zero useful info in it.
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dave said 6:07AM on 1-27-2007
the 'utensil' she used to open the iPod.... was that a ruler?....and she didnt know what it was?
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