Figure 6-7: Unplug the battery.
Cable
Brown clip
6 86 iPod Repair QuickSteps Storing Tunes and Such: Sorting Out Your Hard Drive
PC QuickSteps Getting to Know Your PC 87
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
3. Rotate the hard drive to unplug the audio jack??™s ribbon cable from the
logic board (see Figure 6-8).
4. Locate the hard drive.
5. Find the small connector that holds the hard drive to the logic board
(see Figure 6-9).
6. Pull up the black clip to release the hard drive from its connector.
Figure 6-9: Find the hard
drive connector.
TIP
Remember, if you??™re putting a larger hard drive in
a 30-GB iPod video, you need to use the rear casing
from the 60-GB or 80-GB model.
Figure 6-8: Unplug the audio jack.
Connector
6
iPod Repair QuickSteps Storing Tunes and Such: Sorting Out Your Hard Drive 87
88 PC QuickSteps Getting to Know Your PC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Replace Your iPod Mini??™s Hard Drive
Table 6-4 shows the required tools and the difficulty level of replacing the hard
drive in an iPod mini.
Table 6-4:Tools Needed and Dif?¬? culty Level for Replacing the Hard Drive in an iPod Mini
iPOD MINI MODEL TOOLS NEEDED DIFFICULTY LEVEL
First-generation iPod mini iPod-opening tools or
flat-headed screwdriver
Moderate
Second-generation iPod mini iPod-opening tools or
flat-headed screwdriver
Moderate
Figure 6-10: Release the hard drive from its connector.
Pages:
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132