ipod repair

psalliss · 15 Mar 2007 at 15:11

hi does anyone know of anywere that repairs an ipod. mine has just stopped working and is displaying the sad hard drive icon. everywere website ive looked at so far is over a £100 to repair.

cheers

paradigm · 15 Mar 2007 at 15:13

sad hard drive icon?

It will either be displaying the unhappy ipod icon, or the folder with the exclamation mark over it. Sounds likely that your drive is dead or dying though, in which case a £100 repair isn't too bad for warranted new parts.

You could grab yourself a disk off the auction site and fit it yourself however, its not hard to do.

gjrc · 15 Mar 2007 at 15:17

i just replaced my ipod battery was easy to do.

slothmeister · 15 Mar 2007 at 15:18

You could grab yourself a disk off the auction site and fit it yourself however, its not hard to do.

Have you tried taking a ipod apart?!?

To get it apart without damaging the screen, or screen is nye on impossible, why do you think Apple provide replacements when yours is faulty instead of repairing, it takes so long to do a repair to a good job.

You might want to look at apple's website, they can sell you refurbished units for a mighty discount

psalliss · 15 Mar 2007 at 15:59

its the unhappy drive icon thats being displayed and it just clicks. id rather buy a new one than pay over a £100 to get it repaired.

has anyone ever replaced the hard drive, if so how much did it cost and was it easyish to do

paradigm · 15 Mar 2007 at 16:00

slothmeister said:
Have you tried taking a ipod apart?!?

To get it apart without damaging the screen, or screen is nye on impossible, why do you think Apple provide replacements when yours is faulty instead of repairing, it takes so long to do a repair to a good job.

You might want to look at apple's website, they can sell you refurbished units for a mighty discount

Yes, i've taken apart 3 so far, its simple. Infact, i'm probably doing an iPod photo next week sometime, drive replacement.

psalliss · 15 Mar 2007 at 16:02

cool, where do you get the drives from. how much do they cost ect ect

paradigm · 15 Mar 2007 at 16:05

psalliss said:
cool, where do you get the drives from. how much do they cost ect ect

As I said in my other post, I generally get parts from "the auction site". They are between £25-35 for a 20GB drive usually

platypus · 15 Mar 2007 at 16:07

slothmeister said:
You might want to look at apple's website, they can sell you refurbished units for a mighty discount

Bah no Ipods on the cheap, was wondering if I could pick one up.

psalliss · 15 Mar 2007 at 16:07

sorry missed that bit, ok will any apple drive do then. is it just a case of getting the back plate off then just replacing it

paradigm · 15 Mar 2007 at 16:18

psalliss said:
sorry missed that bit, ok will any apple drive do then. is it just a case of getting the back plate off then just replacing it

Yeah, they are all much of a muchness, just 1.8" drives, although i'd only go for the same capacity or lower, not higher. Getting the case off is the trickiest part, but you can slide a thin scalple blade or similar inbetween the back plate and the front to help you ease it off.

platypus said:
Bah no Ipods on the cheap, was wondering if I could pick one up.

My last two ipods have been < £60 in total each (20GB 3rd gen, and a 30gb photo). I usually get a "faulty" one and repair it.

platypus · 15 Mar 2007 at 16:45

How good are the 30gb ones for jogging..I know they use Hard Drives but just wondering if they skip a lot, and if jogging would damage the internals? Or am I best off getting the Nano, even if its only 4gb?

(Just found the refurbished lot

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