The Apple diyMod: My Take on the Famous iMod [56k killer] Featuring 3G, 4G, 5G and nano 1G! - Page 134

Have anybody compared diyMod Mini to iMod (or diyMod) 5G / 5.5G?

Stock Mini sounds slightly better to me comparing to stock 5.5G. I am curious whether it has better DAC or just better coupling caps.

If only my little brother let my diyMod his 60GB 5G.. But perhaps I can make arrangements to get a 30GB iPod 5G soon

i diymodded my mini 1G (i think) I still get audio from it, so I think it didn't not work, but bonthouse told me I can't use a regular LOD as it will destroy my amp. I have been searching for some sort of tutorial to make a lod for use with the diymod but I can't find anything.

do I just connect one capacitor on the right channel and one on the left channel between the dock and the plug.

i diymodded my mini 1G (i think) I still get audio from it, so I think it didn't not work, but bonthouse told me I can't use a regular LOD as it will destroy my amp. I have been searching for some sort of tutorial to make a lod for use with the diymod but I can't find anything.



do I just connect one capacitor on the right channel and one on the left channel between the dock and the plug.

This is how it should look like in the dock:

Left pin > + lead of the cap > cap itself > - side of the cap > wire

Same goes for the right pin.

What do you mean with this?

You mean it still works via headphone out? If so, that's normal.
The purpose of the mod here is that it removes the junk from the DAC to the dock. Not to connect the DAC to the headphone out like in the 4G.

i meant i didn't mess my logic board up.

what caps are suggested? I can't find the black gate ones anywhere

Well.. that's because they're out of production since ..2002(?)
Go with Silmic II's or Cerafine's.

Btw, why do you use 2 accounts? That's against the rules..

i meant i didn't mess my logic board up.

what caps are suggested? I can't find the black gate ones anywhere

what is this nonsense?? double posting in duplicate accounts. blackgates are available in a number of places. try partsconnexion.com also percyaudio.com

also; it should not damage your amp if you use it with a regular LOD; but it will ruin your headphones or speakers that are attached to it. also you might try only stripping a small amount of the wire and tinning it; what you have done in the pics is far too much; making a greater chance of bridging or shorting the connection. certainly made a little mess there, but you'll get the hang of it. try getting a set of helping hands with a magnifier

I just did the DIYmod to my 1G nano last saturday.

And to my surprise, the clickwheel didn't function at all afterwards.

I have double checked everything under a magnifying glass, nothing was shorted and/or accidentally removed.

Clickwheel and LCD ribbon cables were also snugly connected. At first I thought it was the clickwheel ribbon cable, but a close-up examination showed that the traces on the ribbon cable were okay.

If I connect the nano to my laptop, it would properly boot -- apple logo showing, followed by rockbox logo, then the usual "do not disconnect" text. My Computer also detected my nano; I can browse through my files in the nano w/ no probs at all.

I wonder what could've caused this?

Pictures will follow soon; I don't have a camera in hand ATM.

Many thanks in advance for any insights provided.

Order a new ribbon cable. They are cheap and are usually the part that fails.

I once melted the mating connection for the ribbon cable. I accidentally touched it with the tip I guess. Its plastic melted over the contact pins, making contact very hard, and eventually impossible. I worked on it for a while, and cleaned it up, but it didn't last. old news though, I moved on to modding mini's which worked, and eventually got an ipod touch. though I've been too busy studying lately to really enjoy it anyway ;(

Have you compared diyMod Mini to iMod (or diyMod) 5G / 5.5G? Which is better in terms of SQ?