Please don't laugh - my ipod has been washed.
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Heard the one about the radio studio and the mixing desk in it that had an entire pint of coffee poured into it? (it wasn't me BTW) It took the entire studio out of action for a week whilst the engineers replaced parts and tested all the fader channels in the desk very carefully after first drying it out.
Sugary water is nasty stuff with electronics so be careful out there, I was intorduced to someone who had dried out his phone which had been in orange juice (for sometime I'm told). He expected it to work fine after this despite not washing the orange juice off, and needless to say was wondering why when he reconnected the battery it didn't spring into life. I explained that a morning soaking wasn't good for it (yes that's a whole morning) and that yes they would know he had done it if he tried to take it back saying it didn't work.
Sugary water is nasty stuff with electronics so be careful out there, I was intorduced to someone who had dried out his phone which had been in orange juice (for sometime I'm told). He expected it to work fine after this despite not washing the orange juice off, and needless to say was wondering why when he reconnected the battery it didn't spring into life. I explained that a morning soaking wasn't good for it (yes that's a whole morning) and that yes they would know he had done it if he tried to take it back saying it didn't work.
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Heard the one about the radio studio and the mixing desk in it that had an entire pint of coffee poured into it? (it wasn't me BTW) It took the entire studio out of action for a week whilst the engineers replaced parts and tested all the fader channels in the desk very carefully after first drying it out.
Sugary water is nasty stuff with electronics so be careful out there, I was intorduced to someone who had dried out his phone which had been in orange juice (for sometime I'm told). He expected it to work fine after this despite not washing the orange juice off, and needless to say was wondering why when he reconnected the battery it didn't spring into life. I explained that a morning soaking wasn't good for it (yes that's a whole morning) and that yes they would know he had done it if he tried to take it back saying it didn't work.
Sugary water is nasty stuff with electronics so be careful out there, I was intorduced to someone who had dried out his phone which had been in orange juice (for sometime I'm told). He expected it to work fine after this despite not washing the orange juice off, and needless to say was wondering why when he reconnected the battery it didn't spring into life. I explained that a morning soaking wasn't good for it (yes that's a whole morning) and that yes they would know he had done it if he tried to take it back saying it didn't work.
Good luck.
Last edited by CessnaJock; Nov 8, 2007 at 8:09 pm Reason: Afterthought: denaturated alcohol would probably also work. Easier to get than carcinogens.
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Placing under a halogen desk lamp or another heat source for a day or two might dry it out. I salvaged a friends cell phone this way. It did not help that she completely dismantled it before handing me a ziploc bag of parts and broken wires. A little soldering and it was OK. Battery was shot though.
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if you have opened it, just leave it on a small towel or facecloth to get the 'sloshing' water out of it for a few minutes.... then put it in a zipper bag with a silica gel pouch or capsule (in vitamins, shoes, etc ~ there always seems to be some available).
If it is saveable - this method should work.
I have done this with supposedly waterproof watches and (blushing) my cell phone ~ I think it's the unassembling, dabbing and scrubbing that does most damage.
Let us know what happens --- this is 'good to know' material!
If it is saveable - this method should work.
I have done this with supposedly waterproof watches and (blushing) my cell phone ~ I think it's the unassembling, dabbing and scrubbing that does most damage.
Let us know what happens --- this is 'good to know' material!
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A quick update:
The ipod is yet again taken apart and is with a friend of mine in Germany. If he can repair it - great! My sister then have an ipod video. If he can't repair it - no major loss. I'm picking up a "new" of the same capacity when I return home from my german trip. I am currently running my entertainment on an old ipod mini that I resurrected by changing the battery. Blooming spare part cost a fortune but well worth it. My mom is inheriting it on my return.
On a diffrent note: I was given a Lacie mobile HDD of 250GB. We've done a wee-bit of surgery down here. Basically swapped the 120gb internal drive in the macbook pro with the 250GB WD Scorpio that was in the Lacie drive. Bliss!!! It will be a while before I need to travel with spare drives.
The ipod is yet again taken apart and is with a friend of mine in Germany. If he can repair it - great! My sister then have an ipod video. If he can't repair it - no major loss. I'm picking up a "new" of the same capacity when I return home from my german trip. I am currently running my entertainment on an old ipod mini that I resurrected by changing the battery. Blooming spare part cost a fortune but well worth it. My mom is inheriting it on my return.
On a diffrent note: I was given a Lacie mobile HDD of 250GB. We've done a wee-bit of surgery down here. Basically swapped the 120gb internal drive in the macbook pro with the 250GB WD Scorpio that was in the Lacie drive. Bliss!!! It will be a while before I need to travel with spare drives.
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A quick update:
The ipod is yet again taken apart and is with a friend of mine in Germany. If he can repair it - great! My sister then have an ipod video. If he can't repair it - no major loss. I'm picking up a "new" of the same capacity when I return home from my german trip. I am currently running my entertainment on an old ipod mini that I resurrected by changing the battery. Blooming spare part cost a fortune but well worth it. My mom is inheriting it on my return.
On a diffrent note: I was given a Lacie mobile HDD of 250GB. We've done a wee-bit of surgery down here. Basically swapped the 120gb internal drive in the macbook pro with the 250GB WD Scorpio that was in the Lacie drive. Bliss!!! It will be a while before I need to travel with spare drives.
The ipod is yet again taken apart and is with a friend of mine in Germany. If he can repair it - great! My sister then have an ipod video. If he can't repair it - no major loss. I'm picking up a "new" of the same capacity when I return home from my german trip. I am currently running my entertainment on an old ipod mini that I resurrected by changing the battery. Blooming spare part cost a fortune but well worth it. My mom is inheriting it on my return.
On a diffrent note: I was given a Lacie mobile HDD of 250GB. We've done a wee-bit of surgery down here. Basically swapped the 120gb internal drive in the macbook pro with the 250GB WD Scorpio that was in the Lacie drive. Bliss!!! It will be a while before I need to travel with spare drives.
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HTTP://www.ifixit.com is great... I note that the replacement mini battery is $14.95. You should shoot whomever sold you the battery.
$14.95 for the battery is a great deal. With current devaluation of the US$ I paid almost $50 for the one I got in a shop in Sweden (authorized Apple reseller - you pay through the nose).
The iPod video will be tested with spares from Ebay.
The iPod I'm picking up when I get home is bought on ebay for the equal amount of the excess on the insurance. No point in claiming and losing the bonus.
Think we have it all covered now but are thinking of getting a different back to fit a larger drive in the ipod video.
Right, I need some food.