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Solution for iPod Battery Dilemma
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Smalldog Electronics, in a response to a post in the Apple forums, has started a new service offering a hardware reset for your iPod. This procedure will void your Apple warranty. You might consider doing this if your iPod is out of warranty. iPodlounge emailed SmallDog and got a reply from Troy Kingsbury, Customer Service and Tech Support, describing the program.
"Yes it is true, we discovered on the Apple Discussions that a customer had taken apart his "out of warranty" iPod and had reset a capacitator that does not discharge and will limit your battery life. I have a 5GB iPod that after 1 year would only stay on about 20 minutes. After taking my iPod apart and going through the reset. I once again enjoy numerous hours of music on the iPod."
SmallDog will perform the iPod restoration for $50 and requires you to get an RMA number before sending in your iPod. iPodlounger "patricko" posted a copy of the email distributed to SmallDog Newsletter subscribers detailing the iPod Restoration Program in our forums. The iPodlounge forums were down at the time of this posting, click here to view the iPod Restoration information.

You can also try opening and resetting your iPod yourself. The hardware reset instructions requires you to open your iPod case, disconnect and reconnect your battery cable. Remember, if your iPod is still under warranty, it will be voided by opening it.

There is also an article written by Robin Grant of SmallDog describing the hardware reset with links.

This may just be the answer to the infamous iPod battery drain. Email us if you chose to send in your iPod to SmallDog or tried the hardware reset yourself. We'd like to know how well it's working.

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