Sweet Fancy Moses
Well I wanted to get a post in before February is over. I cant believe (well actually I can) that I have not had any posts, or any interesting stories to share.
Come to think of it, how many of my stories are interesting ?
Tales of relaxing and good times sure are few and far between when you are in your 30’s.. even though you have a supposed source of disposable income. Fear of that dang Economy however keeps the fun in check.
Say.. how many of you out there have an iPod?
For the longest time I was anti iPod. I was anti Apple. I hated that with an Apple computer, you couldn’t right click with the mouse, and if you had some sort of graphic design MAC computer, and could right click, you got a QUACK QUACK sound effect. Annoying!
Through the magic of the Morbid Journal, I am now able to do a search through our archives for the word “iPod” and instead of rewriting all of my basic points about Apple and iPods, I can just post little snippets here!
In conclusion, if everyone says that Ipod is great, its probably because everyone else told them so.. or they are stupid.
ipods are gay
And.. a very special post that for some reason I locked down to the public (but have now re-opened!!)
My only real exposure to Ipod was the gay campaign in the media for this device.. I mean really.. what is the big deal? you have mp3s, you can play mp3s. yay.
So you can see how my tune has changed regarding iPods. I still do not think that Apple computers are anything special. They can not make you breakfast or tuck you in at night. My PC can not do these things either.. hence they are just computers. iPod however is a different story.
I was jamming with the AJ Band the other night and during a “New Order” song, my iPod froze. Freezing iPods are nothing new to me, but this time I was unable to “un-freeze” it. Yes I know about the different techniques.. the reset combination of the click wheel.. the plugging it into the computer via USB.. etc. One “technique” even suggested letting the battery drain over the next 24 hours, and then try recharging. F-no!
I must have been drinking, because I thought it would be a good idea to take my iPod apart. I have a long and unsuccessful history of taking apart my electronics to get them to work. Who could forget the time I took apart my NES Nintendo to fix the issue of glitchy cartridge loads. Needless to say, I could never really get it back together.. for shame.
A quick google history of iPod repair led to 2 methods of correcting an iPod issue like I was having.
1) Take it to douche central.. and bid farewell to at least $200
or
2) Take it apart!
I embraced my inner 11 year old, and grabbed my screwdrivers ready to perform surgery. It quickly became evident that I was Mangling/Mengele’ing my iPod (not funny? hmm)… but before you knew it I had the thing apart..
I must recommend to each iPod owner out there, that when fearing the worst, or accepting that it may never be 100%, to try and take it apart. It really is fun to look inside and see how it is all stuffed into such a small case. This is a 30gb 2007 model as well, who knows what the future may hold!
Inside is the teeeny hard drive, and the battery.. attached with thin ribbons that really do not seem very well attached. Keep in mind that at this point I had given up on it ever working again.. all search engine threads turned up the same symptoms that I was having.. with the same response (it is dead.. time to get a new one). I detached one ribbon from the battery and suddenly the display went black (which is good, as it had previously been stuck on my New Order folder… mocking me..)
I detached the hard drive ribbon and got a better look at the hard drive. Its so little! Filled with all my fun! The thought of being without my iPod for my morning commute was frightening. I really do need this stupid thing to entertain me.
Long story short.. Lauren came home from work, and it was time to have some dinner. Without regard for static electricity or anything safe regarding working with electronics, I shoved the battery ribbon back into the mother board.. flipped the lid back on, and turned it back on. Click click click.. BOOM! Success. It started working again.
The moral of the story.
If you have given up on your iPod and want to try to fix it yourself.. do it. Its not that hard. Use my images as reference. Worst case : The hard drive is dead. So what. Take it apart, find out the number and order a replacement on ebay.. Soon you will be back to having good times with your ipod just like me!
im a computer - stop all the downloading!, maxin' & relaxin', playing metal


