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1st Generation Nano iPod Problems, a horrid device with serious problems
The Nano 1st Gen model of iPod has 4 design problems that are reasonably well known by anyone that has personally spent time repairing them.
The problem is you never know which if any will affect you, so you never how to exactly proceed. Should I repair it or not? Will it be the last repair I have made to it... probably not! In many cases none of the four ever become and issue. Here they are
1) The plastic faceplate is a soft as room temperature butter and flexes a great deal. The stamped out chrome backplate was intended to add structural rigidity to the device but it never really gave it that strength. The faceplate was so susceptible to scratches that a class action suit was initiated and then killed off when Apple capitulated and agreed to allow anyone to get it replaced if anyone wanted within a 30 day period
2) The Nano first Gen also had the LCD break fairly easily, the steel backplate did not add enough rigidity to the device and merely sitting with it in your pocket sometimes lead to the screen breaking.
3) But another real reason is the hold/lock switch on it. The hold lock switch is soldered down to the logic board at 5 points. Just 2 of those points make the switch closed. These solder pad/contact points have a tendency to have their solder joint fail. When it's one of the two 'real' ones the iPod moves permanently into the locked position. Crappy design, especially when the thin logic board has a tendency to warp with the heat of the LCD. Anyone with half a brain would have "fail = un-locked" as the result.
4) The last problem this logic board has is the tendency for the scroll wheel data port to fail. On no notice, because of nothing the owner did, the scroll wheel will stop working. To the casual observer you would think it's a scroll wheel failure but it's not. The data reception port on the logic board won't accept signal from *any* scroll wheel. The iPod with no scroll capability can be used... well I use one of these in my car as a CD player replacement. The CD controls on my Alpine deck control the iPod instead, but that's about all you can do with it once the scroll data port failures.
Frank
Call 707-544-4400
or
email me at repair0121@isickbay.com
with questions or to set up a repair.
HOURS:
Monday through Friday from 10am to 7pm, and Saturday & Sunday noon to 6pm.
I'm in Sonoma County... Northern California wine country,
Frank Walburg
Service Court
Santa Rosa, Ca 95403-3139
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