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Replace a cracked or faulty display.
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Before opening your iPod, ensure that the hold switch is in the locked position. The orange bar should be visible, indicating hold is active.
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Insert an opening pick as far as possible into the seam between the plastic front and the metal rear panel, on the right edge of the iPod.
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Use the opening pick to pry up against the plastic front panel and release five retaining tabs (seen in the third photo).
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Slide the pick along the edge of the iPod and continue prying to release the rest of the retaining tabs.
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After all five tabs along the right side are free, the case should open easily.
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Open the case like a book with the dock connector at the top, and lay the rear panel next to the front half of the iPod.
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Use a plastic tool or your fingernails to carefully disconnect the orange headphone jack cable. Be sure to pull straight up on the connector, not the cable itself.
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Lift up the hard drive with one hand and carefully disconnect the hard drive ribbon from the logic board.
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Lift the hard drive out of the iPod.
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Carefully disconnect the white battery connector from the logic board. Be sure to pull only on the connector itself and not on the cables.
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Use a spudger to carefully disconnect the orange touch wheel cable from the logic board.
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Remove the 6 black T6 Torx screws securing the logic board to the front panel.
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Lift the logic board out of the iPod.
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Use a spudger to carefully disconnect the orange display ribbon from the front panel.
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Lift the display panel out of the iPod.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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