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Model A1136 / 30, 60, or 80 GB hard drive / black or white plastic front

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No sound from headphone or dock

My iPod isn't outputting any sound from the headphone Jack or from the dock port. I've tried various docks and headphones and it's the same. Sometimes there's a loud electronic noise, but most of the time there is silence. The screen shows the song is playing and I can pause, skip and everything else like normal.

I took it to apple but obviously it's too old to be repaired or replaced by them.

Any help would be much appreciated!

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Ashley, this particular model has a problem with the audio IC on the logic board. You can try and see if you get sounds by applying some pressure to the right lower side of the ipod, almost between the click wheel and the bottom corner. If you should get sound by doing so, then you only have very few options. One is a new logic board for about $40 on eBay; the other one is to reflow your old logic board. Or you can try what warnergt did on http://forums.macnn.com/103/ipod-iphone-... By now I can verify that this works since I performed a reflow on three of the boards and it solved the problem. The logic board is of course available at ifixit as well." You could also try a quick diagnostics test and place the iPod in a freezer for a short while. The low temperature may close a broken solder connection which then causes the IC to work again. Remember that the temperature difference from freezer to room temperature can cause increased humidity inside your iPod, which can lead to corrosion on the hard drive etc. Hope this helps, good luck.

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Perhaps you should find someone locally who is able to replace the headphone jack, or if you are able to use one of the disassemble guides on this site to do it yourself. This should solve the problem if it is indeed a faulty headphone jack.

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Ashley will be eternally grateful.
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