How To: Fix That Broken Gadget Yourself

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I am all about the DIY. In fact, between hours spent watching home improvement TV and looking up home renovation how to's online, it almost fells like I could build a house from scratch....well almost. What I haven't done, because frankly I have been to scared to, is ripped open my iPod to replace a now faulty battery. Maybe if I wasn't flying blind and had step by step instructions with high quality photography to hold my hand through the process I would give it a shot. It looks like that time has come.

ifixit.com is looking to help the DIY Mac crowd with detailed repair guides, replacement parts and all the necessary replacement tools. Now, instead of sending your gadget away or tossing it, you can fix it and squeeze more life out of it. Good for your pocket and for the planet.

Check out more of the repair guides and product breakdowns here.

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i did this on my 30gb ipod video. unfortunately replacing parts would be more of a hassle since the hard drive was corrupted, the auxillary jack was broken. i ended up buying the ipod classic 120gb after dealing with the broken ipod video for 2yrs

posted by Mr. Programmer on March 27th 2009 at 11:56am
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I tried to DIF it with my 1st gen iPod nano when the screen was broken. I bought a screen and got a set of detailed instructions and tools-- I know my way around a computer, and figured it would take 5 minutes. However I realized that the great thing about building a PC is that the parts are larger and there's more room to work. I ended up deciding that I wasn't patient enough to do the job properly, so I did send it off in the end (though the same company I'd bought the screen from). I'm sure a battery would be much easier than any other part to replace.

posted by nessie1013 on March 27th 2009 at 5:17pm
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