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I did the same sort of thing with a broken iPod hard drive. If it was squeezed, it would work; the fix was to put a folded business card in-between the exterior
by placesalt 3y ago
I did the same sort of thing with a broken iPod hard drive. If it was squeezed, it would work; the fix was to put a folded business card in-between the exterior back plate and the drive. That would squeeze it enough that it'd work. Never heated up enough to start a fire, either, so it was safe!
- dendrite9 3y agoOh man I remember doing that to eke out a little more life from several mp3 players, one or two Creatives and an Sansa e200. There was also one with a sliding door over an SD card with 32MB that I had to pop open and try to fix. I think that was around 2003? I'm pretty sure I upgraded to a 64MB card at some point. Shims were plastic cards, subway tickets, and occasionally toothpicks as an adjustable clamp while I was trying to figure out where the failure was.
- toast0 3y agoI've had to do that to make batteries stay connected in various devices; I've also made shims out of folded aluminum foil when battery contacts are just too far apart; and used a penny (with the edges coated) to shim a light socket where the end of the fixture made it impossible to screw the proper bulb in all the way. Good times :D