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Table of Contents Top Case Removal Headphone Jack Board Removal Hard Drive Removal Hard Drive Cable Removal Headphone Connector Cable Removal Logic Board Removal LCD Removal Battery Remova Top Case Removal Begin by using a flat tool to separate the white plastic front case from the silver back case. You will need to stick your flat tool into the crevice, work it down into the crevice, and then pry up so that the casing separates. Apply enough pressure so that your flat tool does not slip and scratch your iPod! Continue separating the casing by gently prying up all the way around the unit. It should be much easier to pry the casing apart after you get the initial corner started. With the casing separated, grasp the top half (the part with the front bezel) and flip it over as shown.

Note that there is an orange cable in the top left corner that connects the iPod logic board to the headphone ports. If you gently grasp the cable and pull, it will slide out of its connector on the headphone port module board. Headphone Jack Board Removal Before proceeding, you must remove the top case. There are two t6 screws holding the headphone port in place at the locations shown in the picture. Remove both of these screws. You can now remove the headphone module as shown in the next picture. Hard Drive Removal Before proceeding, you must remove the top case. Hold the hard drive up as shown, and remove the black tape on the hard drive connector as shown in the second picture. This will reveal the hard drive cable’s connector to the logic board. To remove the hard drive, grasp the cable as shown (thumb on top index finger on bottom) and gently pull the cable out (away from you and the connector) The hard drive will now be free of the iPod logic board. Hard Drive Cable Removal Before proceeding, remove the hard drive. To remove the hard drive cable, hold the drive as shown, and gently pull up on the cable. It should come out easily.

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