Crunch Gear has posted an extensive guide for fixing an iPod that won’t boot.

An iPod, no matter which version you have, is basically a self-contained, battery-operated, pocket-sized computer. All the components that a regular laptop has are represented: display, battery, storage, RAM, and logic board. This is what makes the iPod something easily fixable: the pieces are just scaled-down versions of their PC analogues, and are put together in the same basic way. This means if you can isolate your iPod’s problem, you can fix it.

If you have a bad drive, replacement drives are readily found on several web sites. But I would shy away from those found on eBay as often they’re used/non-functional drives stripped from dead iPods. Insure what you buy is new and includes a warranty.

[How-To Fix an iPod that Won’t Boot]

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