iPod Emotional Roller Coaster

[Sarien]

I have a 1st gen iPod. Today I went from really sad to really happy, and then ping ponged back and forth. This is what happened:

After being dropped, the poor machine displayed the hard drive fail signal for a while. Today while having it apart, I noticed that the hard drive ribbon seemed loose, and that while being a bitch, I might as well remove the mainboard and check it out. I did so. I disconnected the cable, and hooked it back up, and tried it again with the parts in hand. It worked perfectly. I was ecstatic.

I started to put it back together, and was putting the last screw in on the mainboard, when one slip ruins everything. A chip broke off from the mainboard. A couple of attempts to solder it back in place, that worked, then failed, then worked.. then failed, then worked, then got FUBAR later, I'm going to have to buy a new fucking mainboard to fix it.

I was so close. One slip, and WHAM. I got fucked.
Now I get to try and search for a reasonably priced mainboard for a 1st Gen iPod. Great eh? No, this isn't technical support, even though I wouldn't mind someone here saying they have access to a mainboard for sale cheap. It's just me blathering about what a shitty day one small slip up brings. Feel free to add your own.

[DoTheFandango]

Dude, in my 3rd Gen, I dropped it, open up it to reattach the HD ribbon like you said and I fuckin' broke the POS.

[Fit of Rage]

Jee, iPod? iBroke it, iBought it.

Cracks aside, that sucks. I've dropped my mp3 player (not an ipod) a fair share of times, on concrete nonetheless. Overall it does fine but the latest drop snapped the dc-power charger and that stimulated me to start looking for a new mp3 player because it's pretty much pointless if I can't charge the damn thing.

[RoDNeY]

ive dropped my ipod and it still works fine, Look at it go!

[Bioture]

Jee, iPod? iBroke it, iBought it.

hahaha

[Bawls]

who the fuck buys an iPod? everyone know you need to armor the mother fucker in case you drop it and shit...i mean come on, ive dropped my computer twice, bashed it with a miniature baseball bat 3 times and knocked it over while playing CS and it still works FINE!

[StarKitty]

The creative MP3 players are the best.. no battery problems after a good 2 years worth of heavy use and i've dropped it down my stairs while hoovering twice and it's fine.. (i have rock solid tiles at the bottom of my stairs)

Wooo me :stuart:

[Ephemeral]

I have a 1st gen iPod. Today I went from really sad to really happy, and then ping ponged back and forth. This is what happened:

After being dropped, the poor machine displayed the hard drive fail signal for a while. Today while having it apart, I noticed that the hard drive ribbon seemed loose, and that while being a bitch, I might as well remove the mainboard and check it out. I did so. I disconnected the cable, and hooked it back up, and tried it again with the parts in hand. It worked perfectly. I was ecstatic.

I started to put it back together, and was putting the last screw in on the mainboard, when one slip ruins everything. A chip broke off from the mainboard. A couple of attempts to solder it back in place, that worked, then failed, then worked.. then failed, then worked, then got FUBAR later, I'm going to have to buy a new fucking mainboard to fix it.

I was so close. One slip, and WHAM. I got fucked.
Now I get to try and search for a reasonably priced mainboard for a 1st Gen iPod. Great eh? No, this isn't technical support, even though I wouldn't mind someone here saying they have access to a mainboard for sale cheap. It's just me blathering about what a shitty day one small slip up brings. Feel free to add your own.

True, but it could be much, much worse. You could have been working in your back yard and with a chain saw when you made that one slip.

[za gophar]

dropped my iRiver plenty of times, but it has a case on it. it's always held up fine. everyone drops their mp3 players. you need a case. i have one on my cell phone as well.

[Sarien]

True, but it could be much, much worse. You could have been working in your back yard and with a chain saw when you made that one slip.

Yeah, I didn't lose a hand or leg or kidney or anything, which is a good thing. It's still a little hard to not think "If only I'd not went for one more turn.. If I'd just decided that was good enough.." you know?

As they say, hindsight is 20/20, which is great, but not exactly helpful to people in situations where "one more turn" is gonna screw something up.

Some inventor needs to get on that and make a machine or something, they'd make a fortune from me alone. A big bright red flashing warning sign that says "STOP RIGHT HERE." for various situations in your life.

[Edify]

Some inventor needs to get on that and make a machine or something, they'd make a fortune from me alone. A big bright red flashing warning sign that says "STOP RIGHT HERE." for various situations in your life.

that invention is like the guy in office space who made a jump to conclusions board game. =shit

[Mulkero]

A while ago I noticed my Creative muvo2 4gb has been with me for 1 year and 2 months and it's still fine, even the battery is working like new. Only thing that bothers my is the display which is quite small. It's also full of small scratches which make it look like it's foggy. Is there any way to 'polish' the screen to look like new if I'd want to sell it and buy a new one with better screen?

[ZeUs!!]

SAN FRANCISCO—MythBusters hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who dared challenge the sacred explanations of the order of the universe, were destroyed by Zeus Monday. "I soared ascending to the ethereal sky, and by merest nod massed a fearsome storm, and with mine lightnings struck down the naysayers Adam and Jamie," Zeus said in a press conference called to warn all doubters of his thunderous might. The MythBusters producers have issued a statement apologizing to the entire Olympian community and declared that, from now on, the program will focus only on myths unrelated to the Greek, Egyptian, or Norse pantheons.

[Money]

who the fuck buys an iPod? everyone know you need to armor the mother fucker in case you drop it and shit...i mean come on, ive dropped my computer twice, bashed it with a miniature baseball bat 3 times and knocked it over while playing CS and it still works FINE!

amen! although i go with the fist to the monitor, broke my pinky and ring finger knuckles once from that :/ still havent learned