Replace a broken display on your own

It is possible to do it at home, also because Apple does not preview the replacement of the only display.
First of all we need a new display (you can buy it from MacResQ, fast and affordable).

Opening the shell

By using a cutter we will start operating in the middle of the long side of the iPod, an will start separating the two iPod half-shells.
When it is opened on one side, other sides will open with a gentle pressure.

Be carefull

When opening be very carefull: we don't want to break shell hooks, because we want to be able to close it again, after all :-)

The iPod is opened

Once the iPod is opened here is what we will see.
Now gently unplug the flat wires (upper side of the picture) than joints front and back half-shells.
Look carefully at these steps, becuse you have to repeat them in the reverse order when will close again the iPod.

The unplugged flat

Here there is the flat wire we have right unplugged, in order to work easily with the iPod.

Detach the Hard Drive

Here is the hard drive, we have to remove it

Unplug the Hard Drive

The hard drive can be unplugged easily, just like on a notebook.

Remove motherboard screws

Remove the torx screws holding the motherboad on the lower part of the iPod.
The motherboard is now unplugged, but at the bottom we can see two small connectors impeding a comfortable workplace. We will remove the battery one, as per the next picture.

Access display rear side

As you can see, the battery and the entire click-wheel mechanism (below) remain untouched.
Now we can see the rear of the iPod display.

Replace the display

Inspect now the display: how to unplug it?

Replace the display

In order to unplug the display we have to operate on the lemb placed onthe side of its flat and in the same way we will proceed when connecting the new display.

Go backward step by step...

Follow backward the previous steps and will get back the iPod, just like in the picture.

© and credits

Source material:

⌘ Andrea Cacciari (operator)

⌘ Davide Stagni (author)

⌘ originally published on blogmac.it

Courtesy of Davide Stagni.