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iPod Anatomy

By Bill Detwiler September 27, 2005, 11:40 PM PDT Bill Detwiler on Twitter billdetwiler

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iPod Mini circuit board and screen
iPod Mini circuit board and screen
iPod Anatomy

iPod Mini circuit board and screen

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iPod Mini circuit board and screen

ntApple’s iPod revolutionized the mobile music scene. Audiophiles and ordinary listeners alike can carry entire music libraries in their pocket. Few iPod owners however, have seen beneath the device’s outer shell–until now. We’re peeling back the skin on the iPod Mini, iPod Suffle, and iPod Photo.

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iPod Mini circuit board

iPod Mini circuit board

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iPod Mini battery

iPod Mini battery

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iPod Mini click wheel

iPod Mini click wheel

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iPod Mini hard drive

iPod Mini hard drive

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iPod Mini shell

iPod Mini shell

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iPod Anatomy

iPod Shuffle case and circuit board

iPod Shuffle case and circuit board

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iPod Anatomy

iPod Shuffle circuit board

iPod Shuffle circuit board

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iPod Anatomy

iPod Shuffle USB connection

iPod Shuffle USB connection

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iPod Shuffle green LED

iPod Shuffle green LED

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iPod Shuffle orange LED

iPod Shuffle orange LED

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iPod Shuffle battery LED

iPod Shuffle battery LED

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iPod Shuffle clear case front

iPod Shuffle clear case front

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iPod Shuffle clear case back

iPod Shuffle clear case back

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iPod Photo broken screen

iPod Photo broken screen

So, lets say your roommate knocks your week-old iPod Photo off the sill and lands on it while climbing in the window.

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iPod Photo: Opening the case

iPod Photo: Opening the case

I slid an x-acto knife between the white and the metal at the top right corner and pried around. (I started on the side and I’m lucky I didn’t cut the cable to the hard drive).

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iPod Anatomy

iPod Photo circuit board

iPod Photo circuit board

There are a few really small black screws holding down the board that take about a T6 torx. In lieu of that, I used a REALLY small hex.

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iPod Photo: Removing the screen

iPod Photo: Removing the screen

I folded the screen out and unplugged it with the hard drive and battery still hooked up. You could probably take them out, but I’ve heard horror stories about removing the battery.

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iPod Anatomy

iPod Photo: Screen detached

iPod Photo: Screen detached

Ready for the replacement screen

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