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These are a few my recent iPod repair experiences.
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Mark Janowsky sent in two iPods from Perrysburg, Ohio
that had been damaged by water immersion many months earlier. One was a 5th Generation Video iPod that was just trashed. The corrosion had built up and destroyed every useful part, the hard drive, logic board, LCD... all the traces and contacts had been eaten away.
The other device was a Nano 1st Generation he uses for running. I was able to process the corrosion and get it to work again but it needed a new battery.
The Nano 1st Gen battery was $15 and the labor was $40.
Notice that Mark like me is a runner that uses the Nike + iPod
running/training device.
Fixed - Total cost..$55.
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Craig Barranti sent in his daughter Mellissa's iPod from San Mateo, California.
It is 5th Generation video iPod and it seemed the battery wasn't holding a charge.
I thought it was a matter of overcharging and killing the battery and contacted Craig to
tell him we needed to replace the battery. But with a new battery in it, I was able to
recharge the battery only using the Firewire charge connections.
(Remember the iPod docking port has two sets of power connections, the USB +5v and the
Firewire power connections. The Firewire connections are a legacy connections from iPod
made before 2006. The firewire connection is much better at delivering a full charge.
It allows more current to the iPod immediately.)
The "full charge symbol" was on permanently while the iPod was plugged into the USB
charge/data cable indicating the iPod was not getting power through the USB +5 volt
connections.
I explained it this way.
"Mel's Ipod will not charge a battery through the USB power connections. Those electrical
connections don't operate.
The USB port has 4 contacts, Data send, Data receive/acknowledge, +5 volt and Neutral to
work with the +5 volts.
Her USB +5 and neutral have been knocked out by using her iPod one of those types of
device s I've mentioned, a bad wall adapter, a bad 'iHome', a bad car adapter.
When these things fail they trow full voltage into the device and kill the power
connections.
The USB data ports still work.
The is also a set of Firewire power connections in the docking port that do work. To use
those to recharge it would mean finding an old Apple Firewire wall adapter. These have not
been made since 2005.
Or it means replacing the logic board"
Craig decided not to get the logic board replaced, the iPod was sent back with a $20
refund
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Maxwell Everett called from San Francisco, California
to discuss his wife iPod. She has the famous "most popular Christmas gift of 2005" a 20GB 4th Gen iPod.
The drive in it had failed and needed replacing. Only because he said she leaves the device stationary in a music amplifier do I consent to replace the drive. Hard drives of this vintage are reaching their natural end of life... and for good reason.. there are better ways to solve this type of problem these days.
I replaced the drive and sent it back. The drive was $25 in this case and the
labor/return shipping was $40.
Fixed - Total cost..$65.
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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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