[NTLK] OT: iPod hard drive blue foam, does one need it?

[Andrei Chichak]

Hey Andrew,

go to http://www.gadgetmenders.com/Replacement_Parts_For_iPod_3rd_Generation_gal.html

Did you find that the platters were scratched, or did they look okay?

Andrei


On 2013-July-19, at 9:19 AM, Andrew Beals <andrew.beals at gmail.com> wrote:

> As it turns out, the headphone jack connector & ribbon cable for the
> 3rd gen iPods appears to be unobtanium.
> 
> In good news, though, I disassembled a handful of HDDs recently and in
> addition to recovering the magnets for my fridge and platters for a
> mobile-to-come, I saved off some thin sticky and presumably insulating
> foam off of the bottom of their circuit boards, which will go into my
> iPod Photo when I tackle it next week.  (HDD cables *are* available
> for that)
>