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Dark Eternity
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Posted: 15th Sep 2006 18:16
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Hey everyone,

Does anybody know how to open an iPod? it is the first make of them (the normal size) and it complains about a hardware problem when i try to turn it on.

any help would be appreciated,
DarkEternity

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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 15th Sep 2006 19:31
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You get a very thin knife (or the special tool) and open it from the seams on the side. It should pop off. (if its a different ipod than I think, then it opens from top and bottem.

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Hawkeye
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Posted: 15th Sep 2006 19:34 Edited at: 15th Sep 2006 19:34
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optical r
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Posted: 15th Sep 2006 19:37
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I think i had the same problem, the model i posess is the 40gb, one of the earlier models 2 years old iirc.
I had the 'complaint' delivered to me in the form of the sad looking ipod icon and then it just cut out. After much deliberation with forking out £70 to get it fixed i just abondoned all prospects and left it to collect dust.
However, my sister managed to revive it some months afterward by simply pressing the 'play' button on the fly wheel and then sharply hitting the top righ-hand corner of it with the palm of her right hand. Somehow this 'jogged' the HD into life (as previously whirred a little then cut out repeatedly for about 1 minute). Problem solved! my iPod has work relentlessly to this day! I would, however exercise caution when doing this, even if it does work, the inevitable long term damage is yet to prevail.

Kind of a candid approach but it worked for me


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Dark Eternity
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Posted: 15th Sep 2006 21:26
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i like the idea of the hammer, my sister might not like me doing that to her iPod though...

I got the same compiant as you optical r i will go try your advice now (if worst comes to worst then i could have some fun with the hammer )

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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 15th Sep 2006 23:15
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Sometimes when I leave my iPod in a very cold place, or just drain it to nothing, and try to turn it on, I get something like the battery symbol with a lightning bolt on the top right of the battery image, anly without color.. It does nothing when I plug it in. I plug it in anyway, then unplug it right away, press play, and plug it in again, an it works! See if that works.

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indi
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Posted: 16th Sep 2006 02:03
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hold wheel north and wheel button for 15 seconds to reset it.

let it drain for 24 hours, everytime you walk past turn it on etc..

recharge it via the wall socket and not via usb or firewire off the computer.

use the ipod updater via an application download or on your CD installer or within itunes 7

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