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New Battery for Ipod...

  • 07-08-2005 11:14pm
    #1
    JackKelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭


    Fairly boring thread i'm afraid.
    I've been Mp3less since my 3g 10gb Ipod's battery died on me (ages ago) so i want to bring it back to life. I'm not shelling out on a new one so i'm going to fit a battery myself. Just want to ask if anyone has bought one of these type batteries of ebay. Want to make sure im not buying a bogey.

    Any help/advice is appreciated.

    Edit: Seems that this is another type that can be bought. Is one better than the other?

    What difference is there between 600mAh and 850 mAh?


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  • #2
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    If the batteries used in iPods are of the Li-ion then as far as i know, they can be reconditioned. This type of battery has a nasty habit of seeming to go dead, but is really only 'sleeping' Reconditioning is usually done by discharging a high capacity capacitor through them. I'm not very good at electronics myself, so i wouldn't be able to tell you exactly how to do it, but i would suggest trying the electronics forum.

    Hope this helps


  • #3
    bambam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 597 ✭✭✭bambam


    I got a couple of ipod batteries from theses guys with zero hassle http://www.eurobatteries.com/sitepages/stereo.asp


  • #4
    JackKelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭JackKelly


    thanks guys. I couldn't find much on reconditioning so i went ahead and ordered a new one of eurobatteries. Worked out at 24€, as opposed to 37€ on the american one. So thats sorted.

    One more problem, cheapest place to get a USB cable for it? I broke/cut up my other one. Can't be firewire as i don't have firewire on the old PC.

    EDIT:got one from ebay, everything is okeydoke now. THanks for the info


  • #5
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,575 Mod ✭✭✭✭dory


    Do you mean you take apart your ipod to fit in a new battery?
    Cause I don't see any place to open it.


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