welcome to my lab I'm Gwendolyn I fix
its resin the heads I attend today I'm
taking this iPod which has until to
charge in eight years that I'm going to
make it a new kind of monster
this is a 4th gen iPod which came on the
market in 2004 12 years ago in
electronic years that's ancient the
thing is basically a mumming today we're
going to give it new life by replacing
the battery and changing out the hard
drive for an SSD why well a solid-state
drive is lighter and faster and won't
skip with vibration not to mention it's
gonna work really well with our new
battery by giving it extended life I
have my new heart and my beautiful brain
so let's get cracking
for this repair you're going to need and
I fix it opening pick a spudger a t6
Torx screwdriver a compact flash card or
a compact flash to SD adapter and a
small piece of foam or cardboard let's
start with the battery replacement first
we're going to crack open the body this
is not the easiest thing to do as there
are pretty substantial clips on the case
start by inserting your opening pic into
the seam between the plastic front and
the metal rear panel of the iPod near
the headphone jack once you have it
inserted slide it around the corner
inserting the wide side of the pic as
deep as you can and using a gentle
prying motion to release the tabs along
the side continue along the bottom and
up the other side until all the clips
have been released the iPod case is now
open but don't separate the two halves
just yet there's still an orange ribbon
cable connecting the headphone jack to
the logic board open the case like a
book and lay the rear panel next to the
front half of the iPod just to be sure
we don't give the iPod in unwanted shock
while we work we need to disconnect the
battery carefully disconnect the white
battery connector from the logic board
making sure to pull only the connector
itself and not the cables now to remove
the brain grasp the hard drive with one
hand and carefully disconnect the orange
ribbon cable from the hard drive using
your other hand now onto the heart
remove the two black t6 Torx screws from
the left side of the logic board
carefully thread the battery cable
around the end of the logic board be
careful not to pull up on the logic
board too much while freeing the battery
cable to remove the heart we need to
from the adhesive holding it in place I
suggest gentle prying with your spudger
but if it won't budge hit it with a
little heat from your eye opener once
you have the battery out go ahead and
put the new one in reroute the cable
underneath the logic board and screw the
logic board back down now we're ready to
install our flash storage plug in your
compact flash card or adapter into your
HD connector you may need to trim one of
the pegs off your adapter to get it to
fit and you'll notice four open pins at
the end of the cable you're connecting
it to place your small piece of foam or
cardboard in between the adapter and
logic board to keep everything stable
and prevent it from bouncing around once
you've closed it up plug the battery
back in and get ready to test it put the
body back together but don't snap it
closed now plug your iPod into your
computer iTunes should automatically
open but if it doesn't just open it
iTunes should recognize your iPod and
give you the option to restore your iPod
to its original settings depending on
which iPod you have you may only be able
to access 60 gigabytes of the 64
gigabyte card unfortunately the iPods
firmware prevents it from seeing
anything larger once the restore process
is complete your iPod will ask to be
plugged into its wall charger to
complete the process do this and check
to see if it works a few minutes later
it's a lot there you have it an upgraded
monster with new parts to make it
stronger and more user friendly happy
halloween fixers time to get back to my
tunes