The Apple diyMod: My Take on the Famous iMod [56k killer] Featuring 3G, 4G, 5G and nano 1G! - Page 132

Thanks, But I have in detail read your post. I do not understand what you mean by "NB: +ve terminal of capacitor (longer leg) soldered to ipod output pin of the dock, -ve leg (striped side of capacitor) soldered to your wire."

Please just tell me what way it goes around as stated in above question.
Nice soldering for a second job

THANK YOU! <3 :P

Im about 90% completed. I will upload photos tomorrow

Just another quick one, I have finished it and am testing it (with one good foot of wire, to make things easier [please tell if this would greatly affect results]) and the sound from the right headphone is about 100% louder. Anyone know what the cause for this could be?

I am not using a LOD, im having the capacitors internal/external (until CF card comes, the caps attached to the foot of wire runs out the headphone hole in the ipod case). So I assume that the left line somewhere has been bridged or something... Ill check it out tomorrow... Its almost 2am here, and I just played a game of soccer, so im pretty tired. Like I said before, ill document my whole experience, photos and all tomorrow
Thanks Mate - your a true legend! everyone is really helpful! thanks guys!

OooOoO... Just a quick solder-point check and the left line had become disconnected due to my low concentration the night before. I have fixed that, checked all other points, and now I am happy to say SHE LIVES!
Im going to make her look snazzy, then upload the pics, with my epic adventure

DiyMod Post:
About two weeks ago, I first read this forum by chance, and I was excited by the idea, so I decided to buy myself some iPods and give the mod a go.
$550 AUD later and 6 iPods coming in the mail I got my first two victims, iPod Video 80gb (WOA. Those puppies are fatter than my ****s ) and 30gb. The 30awg came in the mail, and so did $65AUD worth of BlackGate’s. Yesterday I went to our local Dicksmiths and collected myself some suitable solder, a $40 Butane Soldering iron, and heat shrink.
All the way on the bus home I made people very uneasy by playing with the little flame torch the soldering iron doubles as
I got home, pulled the iPod apart tweaked farted and fiddled around for a bit, and had to go play a game of soccer, (Our team is so crap! Like 6-0. We got flogged!). After coming back I took the plunge.
The photos will tell the story
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And now I have it with the capacitors on the outside of the iPod, purely until I get the CF card I ordered in the mail. For some stupid reason the dock connector of the iPod is broken and It can’t connect to any computers. So I have to put music on other ipod the put the HD back in the iPod. At the moment I’m stuck with a crapload of CT’s. But eh, they will do to burn it in
Thanks Guys, your all a great help! I am so glad I managed to pull this off so easily! I have NEVER soldiered before, and I found it to be really easy to do. My advice- Do it folks, it’s pretty piss-easy. Just don’t desolder the caps if you are not confident.
Thanks Folks! I have a bit of a ... big weekend planned, and I got a few litres of liquid-joy to get through , so have a great one folks- And ill update yas on Monday!

Thanks Mate!
Ill post my updates once the CF card comes in the mail. I'm waiting on that, and two 4g iPods

Hey, A little help... The iPod I modded, I did not like the music on the HD, as it would not connect to the computer through the dock-connector (somehow it is broken) I decided to put the HD in my 80gb iPod video and transfer the songs across, then swap the HD's back again. However, When I put the HD in the (broken) iPod, it comes up with the restore screen. Can anyone come up with a solution to this?
Also, how could I troubleshoot fixing the dock connector?

Are you connecting a 80G HD to iPod 5G? You won't succeed, since iPod 5G only support 30G and 60G HD. You need a iPod 5.5G to work with a 80G HD.

I'm very certain, since I've tried this scenario before. Hope it helps.

80gb Samsung HD works ok on my 5g iPod (formely) 30gb. (bought in Hong Kong too haha). Plays perfectly, transfer rate is about 1mb/sec. No crashes in 2 weeks since install.

I just successfully Diymodded my 80gb iPod Video (with 30gb HD instead) with internal Capacitors. If anyone shows interest I might upload pics :P