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These are a few my recent iPod repair experiences.
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Andy Price called from Petaluma, California
(about 18 miles south of here). His son smashed the LCD on his Video iPod but it was so shortly before Christmas and had already elected to get his son a new iPod anyway.
So Andy saw this as an opportunity to get a good working iPod for himself.
He drove up and I made the replacement with him observing and we discussed iPod Theory and gave him some training for a while.
It cost him $73 for the LCD replacement and a tutorial on how to use an iPod and iTunes.
Fixed - Total cost..$73.
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Vera Gutierrez lives here in Santa Rosa.
She called and described her problem... she had dropped her digital camera in water and it stopped working shortly after. Two weeks went by until I heard from her again, she was saving up the money needed for me to take a look at it.
By co-incidence, her Aunt had the same camera but in Silver while Vera's is Red. Her Aunt's had a mechanical problem with it's auto-fuocusing lens.
I examined Vera's Casio Exilim camera. Everything seemed to work but the LCD screen would not floresce and show images or data so I held it in bright light to see if the data was being to the LCD. It was, you could make out text and images, the backlight wasn't working which meant the LCD voltage inverter or the backlights themselves had failed.
I took it apart to determine if thee was anything obvious in the LCD backlight I might be able to fix. It had no broken wires so I couldn't correct it there and it no sign of corrosion.
The LCD for this camera comes as two pieces. The backlight panel and the upper "transreflective" panel.
The ribbon connectors for the LCD panels are actually epoxied down to a metal baseplate so removing to replace the backlight panel is impossible.
So I needed another approach what if took the working lens mechanism from Vera's camera and replaced the broken lens assembly on her Aunt's camera? I dismantled the lens and moved it to her Aunt's broken camera, which had everything working *but* the lens.
Put it all back together without the outer case and tested it. Worked perfectly, so I continued and put it all back together again using Vera's Red camera case.
I told Vera what I had done and said , "You have a gift for repairing things like this."
Here she is holding her now working camera.
Fixed - Total cost $40.
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Holly Mc Carroli called me from Annapolis, California
(about 60 miles north of here). Her niece Julie's iPod had a cracked screen. It is the standard Video iPod with the smashed screen scenario and she brought it in.
Under an hour later I had it repaired and working with no loss of her songs. I noticed this was one of the first video iPods made and called Julie to ask about her battery life. It was as I thought she was getting less than 2 hours so I suggested a new battery since I was already in working on things and it would bring the battery life back to 12 hours per charge.
She paid $33 for the LCD, $26 for the battery and $40 labor. It works like new.
They came by later in the afternoon, to get it. Here she is.
Fixed - Total cost..$99.
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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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