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billybob128 · Apr 4, 2003, 02:44 PM

hey ive decided finally to dissect my iPod and was wonderin does any one no if it just glue holding the two parts together? or is it clips as well?

icruise · Apr 4, 2003, 11:28 PM

As far as I know there is no glue or clips, just friction, basically.

COmie JOe · Apr 5, 2003, 06:42 PM

why are you takeing it apart? also I am intrested in dead ipods, e-mail me if you have them.

billybob128 · Apr 6, 2003, 04:00 PM

i wanna change the colour of it from white to another colour

icruise · Apr 7, 2003, 07:51 PM

Can't be done -- unlike the iBooks, the color is basically part of the plastic and not painted on.

CyberGreg · Apr 8, 2003, 09:18 AM

The May, 2003 Mac Addict has a tip for opening the iPod, it's on page 62.

Good luck...

COmie JOe · Apr 9, 2003, 11:48 PM

Good old mac addict, reprinting articles that have been on the net forever

GRAHAMUK · Apr 14, 2003, 03:15 AM

Originally posted by COmie JOe:
Good old mac addict, reprinting articles that have been on the net forever

If that's the case, how about the link?

Mohammed Al-Sabah · Apr 15, 2003, 11:50 AM

post pics of othe whole operation

COmie JOe · Apr 15, 2003, 12:50 PM

http://www.ipodbattery.com/ipodinstall.htm

I thought http://www.ipodlounge.com had more pictures

waffffffle · Apr 16, 2003, 12:25 AM

I have a broken iPod and I would like to get rid of it. It plays fine but it won't connect to a computer anymore so I have been stuck with the same mp3s since October. I am reluctant to sell it because it has all of my music and my contacts on there. If I could get someone else's iPod to put my iPod's HD into and wipe it clean (or load it up with whatever the customer wants) that would be good but my sister's iPod is still under warrantee and she wouldn't be too thrulled with my taking hers apart.

I've taken mine apart. No glue. Just some tiny torx screws that keep the board attached to the face. I've put it back together without those screws (they aren't necessary).

x user · Apr 16, 2003, 01:13 AM

Hmm, how much you looking to get for it? e-mail me if your willing to work on a honor system for erasing your data.

Mac Zealot · Apr 17, 2003, 01:25 AM

Originally posted by waffffffle:
I have a broken iPod and I would like to get rid of it. It plays fine but it won't connect to a computer anymore so I have been stuck with the same mp3s since October. I am reluctant to sell it because it has all of my music and my contacts on there. If I could get someone else's iPod to put my iPod's HD into and wipe it clean (or load it up with whatever the customer wants) that would be good but my sister's iPod is still under warrantee and she wouldn't be too thrulled with my taking hers apart.

I've taken mine apart. No glue. Just some tiny torx screws that keep the board attached to the face. I've put it back together without those screws (they aren't necessary).

Simple........

You need to resolder the firewire connector

Then it will be good as new

COmie JOe · Apr 17, 2003, 01:52 AM

Do e-mail me I would be intrested in buying it

beb · May 3, 2003, 12:13 PM

I have a dead 5Gb ipod. I took it to the Apple store and they said it has to do with the hard drive.

Does anybody know where can I puchase a new 1.8" toshiba drive?

Can I swap out the old 5gb for a 20gb toshiba drive?

iamnid · May 7, 2003, 12:28 AM

Originally posted by beb:
I have a dead 5Gb ipod. I took it to the Apple store and they said it has to do with the hard drive.

Does anybody know where can I puchase a new 1.8" toshiba drive?

Can I swap out the old 5gb for a 20gb toshiba drive?

good luck... I think apple is the only one who can get those drives and that's why no other mp3 player has them.

Mediaman_12 · May 7, 2003, 06:51 PM

Originally posted by beb:
I have a dead 5Gb ipod. I took it to the Apple store and they said it has to do with the hard drive.

Does anybody know where can I puchase a new 1.8" toshiba drive?

Can I swap out the old 5gb for a 20gb toshiba drive?

The drives retail for more than a new iPod (Apple buying in bulk can cut a deal) So there is no point.

rustyclockwork · May 7, 2003, 07:52 PM

you could keep an eye on eBay, I have seen those smaller notebook drives before.

Jason

Mac Zealot · May 19, 2003, 04:26 AM

ohh it's a lot smaller then that. it's a 1.5" not a 2.5"

The perfect device is a credit card

squeeze around your ipod and find a spot where the case slips a little, stick the card in, work your way around, and it'll break loose.

bstieritz · May 23, 2003, 12:21 AM

Billybob,

try and post pics of your "project." I'm sure there are many people around that would love to view the results!!

cheers,
brian

billybob128 · May 23, 2003, 04:45 AM

yeah that would require a good camera so ill wait till the summer to use by brothers

icruise · May 23, 2003, 09:29 AM

A Japanese guy I know tried taking the 30GB drive from the new iPods and putting it into the 5GB. The drive was too big to fit into the case properly. He tried forcing it into the case by trimming a few things inside, but then it stopped working. So I don't think it is such a great idea, even if you could find the drives.

See here (in Japanese).

vmarks · May 24, 2003, 12:07 PM

It appears his problem was really just one of space limitations.

After all, Keita put the 5gb into the new iPod case and it worked. If he had been able to machine a back case for the old iPod with greater depth to fit, the 30gb would also have worked, I imagine.

icruise · May 24, 2003, 12:49 PM

Certainly true, but if you can't physically fit the drive into the case, it doesn't seem like a great idea for a mod to me. I doubt most people want to have to make some sort of makeshift case to hold their ipod internals. That, and the cost of the drive itself, makes it kind of pointless.

billybob128 · May 24, 2003, 07:11 PM

so pray tell what can people do to the iPod to mod it decently and noticably instead of disc space which as we have all figuered out the only way to do it plausibly is toput a smaaler drive into a larger case (eg 5Gb into a 15Gb case) and wat is the point in that?

icruise · May 25, 2003, 05:22 AM

I'm not sure there is anything that you can really do -- I've never seen much of anything with regard to iPod mods. I think I did see one guy who changed the color of the LCD, though.