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I’ve posted before about how my original 40GB ipod died, and lived, and died - and how I eventually excepted it’s death and moved on. Well I couldn’t just throw it out, ‘T’ had it engraved and gave it to me for our anniversary - and even non-functional that means something to me. So it sat on a shelf for 8 months, dead, but I guess I’m far too OCD to let it just sit there, so I made a snap judgement to try changing the battery - a quick visit to ipodjuice.com for a $30 battery and a bit or surprisingly simple fiddling (I would say that opening the ipod case and removing the old battery is no harder than putting RAM in a laptop) - my 40GB ipod is once again in fine working condition, as a matter of fact I’m listening to it right now.

Tagged: Ipod Battery, Ipod Repair, Ipod Repair Success Story

So I haven’t mentioned it but my Ipod died, it’s really been bugging me, because I really babied it and the darn thing lives in a waterproof ballistic acrylic case, so I would have though it was somewhat immune to the typical issues that plaque Ipods. Now I know that Ipods are essentially a consumable item that even under ideal conditions would probably only last 2 years or so, but I totally wasn’t done with mine yet, and it appeared to be fixable, and that generally turns my OCD on high - if it WAS fixable - I had to fix it: Read More »

Tagged: Ipod Battery, Ipod Repair, Ipod Repair Success Story