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Installing iPod Mini Hard Drive

  • Author: iRobot
  • Difficulty: Moderate

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Step 1 — Hard Drive  ¶ 

  • Use a spudger or the tip of your finger to carefully disconect the orange click wheel ribbon from the logic board.

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Step 2  ¶ 

  • Remove the two #00 Phillips screws securing the headphone jack to the casing.

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Step 3  ¶ 

  • Carefully slide the iPod out of its casing by pushing on the logic board near the bottom edge of the click wheel.

  • Do not pull on the headphone jack board at the top of the iPod, as the connector to the logic board is fragile.

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Step 4  ¶ 

  • After pushing the logic board out sufficiently, gently grasp the logic board on either side of the display, and continue to slide the iPod out of its casing.

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Step 5  ¶ 

  • Lift the battery off of the logic board and lay it to the side of the iPod.

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Step 6  ¶ 

  • Use a spudger or the tip of your finger to carefully disconect the orange hard drive ribbon from the logic board.

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Step 7  ¶ 

  • Lift the hard drive out of the iPod.