Simple Fix To iPod Madness? 120
doce writes "After chunking my seemingly dead iPod off my balcony while reviewing a rubberized case, the darned thing started working again, though not quite perfectly. After taking it apart, I managed to fix it properly just by reseating the hard drive cable. Could this be the cause of all the click-of-death "sad iPod" failures users are seeing?"
Re:Ummmm... (Score:4, Informative)
This seems highly likely, at least in some cases. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:The one drawback to being sleek (Score:2, Informative)
Hot Glue (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Since when did Apple hardware start to suck? (Score:2, Informative)
Apple users just perceive their products as premium items, and thus complain louder when they break. And Apple's general newsworthiness magnifies those complaints until random snafus like some people getting stuck in Apple's newest elevator for 45 minutes make it onto Slashdot as articles, and random greedy lawyers start class action suits against Apple without bothering to sign up any actual clients on whose behalf to file those suits.
Re:Similar iBook Problem (Score:3, Informative)
You can't blame the tech for not simply accepting your diagnosis. Also, you can't blame him that he's quoting the highest number he can come up with - better than surprising you with it later.
finally, its quite well known that applecare is a good idea on those machines. if you machine was a lemon and it took more than two replacements to fix it, you'd be staring at a macbook right now.
Stiction (Score:3, Informative)