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These are a few my recent iPod repair experiences.
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Craig Barranti lives in San Mateo (about 90 miles away) California (94401)
In yet another water immersion case, Craig dropped his video iPod in... well... the toilet. He tells
me it was a 'clean bowl'.
He brought it to me to see if I could get it back working. Four hours later I had it running again.
I was able to get the hard drive working, the LCD and all the other parts except the battery which
needed to be replaced.
The battery was $23 and labor was $40, a cheap price to get his iPod back and working perfectly.
Fixed - Total cost $63.
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James Baraja from Seymour, Connecticut (06478)
sent in 3 iPods. Two were fourth Generation Mini's that he thought I had a good chance of repairing and
the third was a Nano 2nd generation
Each of the Mini's I was able to analyze and get working perfectly. The remaining Nano 2nd Gen he brought
to a place on 7th Ave in New York City called "Computer Overhauls" to get the battery replaced. The 2nd
Generation iPod Nano has a battery that is actually soldered to the logic board. This is a tricky repair
and there is really just one effective way to do it, which is to clip the leads on the old battery leaving
those 'soldered to the logic board leads' in place and then soldering the wire leads from the new battery
to them.
Computer Overhauls chose the wrong way by attempting to safely desolder the leads from the logic board with
a Sold-a-Vac and soldering pencil. By the time the new battery was in place the logic board had been damaged.
With power turned on the ARM processor on the logic board became super hot indicating it's failure.
James was told by the Computer Overhauls "The mainboard might be shot since the iPod got very hot after
they replaced the battery and left it to charge." so James knew getting the Nano to me for effective
repair was a 'Hail Mary" pass. That one I wasn't able to make work again.
James sent five $20 bills in payment. $40 each for the Mini's and $20 to autopsy and do a post mortem
on the Nano. The other photo here is the processor that failed on the board of his nano.
Fixed - Total cost $100.
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Tammy Howell lives in Mansfield, Ohio (44901)
and needed her LCD replaced. About two weeks earlier one of her son's accidentally sent it flying out
of his hand on the school bus and it hit the floor really hard. Her hard drive was still in good shape
so all I needed to do was replace the LCD to make it work perfectly again.
The LCD was $33 and labor (which included return shipping) was $40 so she got it back working with all
of her music and videos on it for $73.
Fixed - Total cost $73.
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I'm in Sonoma County... Northern California wine country.
If you live nearby, are traveling through or live in the San Francisco Bay Area bring your iPod to me and I can do the work while you wait or go wine tasting for a while. Send me an
email just to make sure I have on hand whatever parts your repair will require.
Call or email me
with questions or to set up a repair. You can also call, I am here most days from 8am to 8pm
Toll Free 1-877-IPOD-PRO (1 - 877 - 476-3776)
Send the device to:
Frank Walburg
2145 Service Court
Santa Rosa, Ca 95403-3139
Methods of payment
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