Tristan, your VERY FIRST course of action is to just [guide|603|replace the battery]. Just the battery. This is an easy repair. You can get the parts here for $15 ([product|195018|battery for 30 GB Video]or [product|195028|battery for 60/80 GB Video]).
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Tristan, your VERY FIRST course of action is to just [guide|603|replace the battery]. Just the battery. This is an easy repair. You can get the parts [product|195018|here] for $15, and it comes with the opening tools.
Once you have replaced the battery, if it does not fix the problem, we can go from there. Knock out the tangibles first.
It's pretty clear from your description that there's an electrical short. A bad hard drive would be less likely to magically lose its information.
Tristan, your VERY FIRST course of action is to just [guide|603|replace the battery]. That's it. Just the battery. This is an easy repair. You can get the parts here for $15 ([product|195018|battery for 30 GB Video] or [product|195028|battery for 60/80 GB Video]).
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Tristan, your VERY FIRST course of action is to just [guide|603|replace the battery]. Just the battery. This is an easy repair. You can get the parts here for $15 ([product|195018|battery for 30 GB Video] or [product|195028|battery for 60/80 GB Video]).
Once you have replaced the battery, if it does not fix the problem, we can go from there. Knock out the tangibles first.
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It's pretty clear from your description that there's an electrical short. A bad hard drive would be less likely to magically lose its information.
The symptoms are a short battery life and a inability to charge or connect, and you are advising a HARD DRIVE CHANGE???
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Please, when it comes to helping people repair their products, please don't assume or guess. If you don't know, don't answer!
Tristan, your VERY FIRST course of action is to just [guide|603|replace the battery]. That's it. Just the battery. This is an easy repair. You can get the parts here for $15 ([product|195018|battery for 30 GB Video] or [product|195028|battery for 60/80 GB Video]).
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There is NOTHING in your symptoms that suggests a hard drive repair.
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Once you have replaced the battery, if it does not fix the problem, we can go from there.
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Once you have replaced the battery, if it does not fix the problem, we can go from there. Knock out the tangibles first.
The symptoms are a short battery life and a inability to charge or connect, and you are advising a HARD DRIVE CHANGE???
Please, when it comes to helping people repair their products, please don't assume or guess. If you don't know, don't answer!
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Tristan, your VERY FIRST course of action is to just [guide|603|replace the battery]. That's it. Just the battery. This is an easy repair.
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Tristan, your VERY FIRST course of action is to just [guide|603|replace the battery]. That's it. Just the battery. This is an easy repair. You can get the parts here for $15 ([product|195018|battery for 30 GB Video] or [product|195028|battery for 60/80 GB Video]).
There is NOTHING in your symptoms that suggests a hard drive repair.
Once you have replaced the battery, if it does not fix the problem, we can go from there.
Whoa whoa whoa!
The symptoms are a short battery life and a inability to charge or connect, and you are advising a HARD DRIVE CHANGE???
Please, when it comes to helping people repair their products, please don't assume or guess. If you don't know, don't answer!
Tristan, your VERY FIRST course of action is to just [guide|603|replace the battery]. That's it. Just the battery. This is an easy repair.
There is NOTHING in your symptoms that suggests a hard drive repair.
Once you have replaced the battery, if it does not fix the problem, we can go from there.
Whoa whoa whoa!
The symptoms are a short battery life and a inability to charge or connect, and you are advising a HARD DRIVE CHANGE???
Please, when it comes to helping people repair their products, please don't assume or guess. If you don't know, don't answer!
Tristan, your VERY FIRST course of action is to just [guide|603|replace the battery]. That's it. Just the battery. This is an easy repair.
There is NOTHING in your symptoms that suggests a hard drive repair.
Once you have replaced the battery, if it does not fix the problem, we can go from there.
Whoa whoa whoa!
The symptoms are a short battery life and a inability to charge or connect, and you are advising a HARD DRIVE CHANGE???
Please, when it comes to helping people repair their products, please don't assume or guess. If you don't know, don't answer!
Tristan, your VERY FIRST course of action is to just [guide|603|replace the battery]. That's it. Just the battery. This is an easy repair.
There is NOTHING in your symptoms that suggests a hard drive repair.
Once you have replaced the battery, if it does not fix the problem, we can go from there.