Broken iPod

    The original comments leading to the heroic restoration are preserved below.

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    1. aaronpropst (69 months ago | reply)

      You going to fix it? it shouldn't be too hard, really.

      hehe.. did you open up the case with a guitar pick? cuz that's a freaking excellent idea.. plastic, thin, no scarring.

    2. Aaron Olaf (69 months ago | reply)

      Evidently it's hard to find the hard drives for them. And I couldn't get it open with just the picks. I used a jeweler's screwdriver to open the seams, then held them open with the picks.

      I thought it was amusing how it kept trying to boot even though it had no hard disk.

      I'd love to fix it if it didn't cost much. I don't like the idea of being without one for the next 2-3 months...

    3. aaronpropst (69 months ago | reply)

      http://www.notpopular.com/blog/comments.php?b logID=63

      google the model number on the drive (if you haven't already) and don't mention the term 'ipod' i bet you could find one. that person says they found one for a hundred bucks.

      toshiba europe will let you browse the models by number that they make

      It looks like most people refer to it just as a 1.8 inch HD.

    4. Aaron Olaf (69 months ago | reply)

      Yeah, but there are different sizes. I can only put ones ending in 4GAL or 6GAL in there, being 5mm high and 78.5mm long. BUT, the 3006GAL drive is 30GB and has lower power consumption than my 2004GAL!

      Now if I can only find one...

    5. Aaron Olaf (69 months ago | reply)

      Ahah! These guys supposedly sell the 3006, and are right on the main drag in Akihabara. They also have a web shop, but I have found time and again that unless it's Amazon.co.jp, buying shit online in Japan is not worth the hassle, especially when I live so close to Tokyo and can just take the train in and do it my damned self.

      I think I'll give 'em a call today and see if they have any in stock.

    6. Aaron Olaf (69 months ago | reply)

      Ordered this just now. Doubling my storage capacity for $170ish is even better than buying a new one.

      ...Provided it works.

    7. aaronpropst (69 months ago | reply)

      nice! keep googling around.. but i'm pretty sure a lot of people have done it.

    8. Aaron Olaf (69 months ago | reply)

      It's so weird. The first thing I looked for was info on upgrading an iPod hard drive, and all I found was people saying it was impossible to find the part. But then you googled the part and voila we have a whole bunch of options. Tom's Hardware even did a review of the part (but not for iPod repair). It seems like this should be easier info to find.

      Maybe I'll take a bunch of pics and annotate them here and submit it somwhere. This info should be widely available.

      ...Provided it works.

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