Just One Dead iPod...
Well, Mr Fiddler broke his iPod. Broke it real good. My audio jack was busted, it is a well known problem, and I was going to open it up to fix it. Did some searching about and found some instructions. And things went pretty well, until I had the cover all off. Great. Pulled it apart gently and noticed that I had poked a hole in the ribbon cable that goes from the harddrive to the circuitboard. There you go. A useless and dead 20 gig iPod. Moan.
I did some searching, and have found some damaged iPods for sale... shouldn't be a problem. And then I found a reference to someone in Michigan who says that he'll repair iPods cheap. Have emailed him to see if he'll sell me a cable. He's checking. And I'm holding my breath.
And yes, I checked with Apple. Repairing the plug would have cost more than a new iPod.
Posted by jason at November 5, 2003 05:50 PM | TrackBackmy ipod jack has been broken for 2 years, but it still works cause the little metal bit never broke. i took mine apart this year cause the wheel, its the spinny kind, was getting a bit crufty, but luckily had no problems. i dunno how long it will last, but i think any personal electronics that last more than 2 years with me is utterly amazing, and this one is going on 2.5. btw, the cheapest price for ipods used to be from audible.com, buy a membership get a cheap ipod. mine came with a dual giga server though.
Posted by: jeremy hunsinger at November 5, 2003 08:15 PM