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Fix broken ipod by putting into a freezer! 26 September 2006, 22:18

Posted by Orhan in : Geeky Techy Stuff , 6 comments

After I recovered my data from a failed external hard disk, I told my story to people around me, enjoying the surprize effect it had on them. It has been almost a few months now, and I almost totally forgot about the fun fix until my advisor, Dr. Smtih, told me even a funnier freezer story.

Her son’s ipod recently decided not to start at all. He tried everything but could not bring the thing back to life. Then she says she told him to put it in the freezer, because she knows that it fixed my external hard disk. He had nothing to loose so he puts it in a sealed bag, into the freezer, and forgot the ipod in there for 2 days.

The end? NOW THE IPOD WORKS!! Hah haa. I have heard and personally experienced the phenomenon of hard disks being repaired by putting into the freezer but an IPOD??

If you are experiencing similar problems with your pod, try the freezer. You have nothing to loose (DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK though!).

I stopped using ZoneAlarm 22 September 2006, 14:55

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The last three updates of ZoneAlarm firewall software corrupted something on my cmoputer. It started to shut down in 10 minutes or so, and I was unable to update any drivers. To fix it, I had to reinstall service pack 2. I switched to using Comodo firewall and am very happy for now.

The problem seems to be with versioins 6.5.722.0, 6.5.731.0 and 6.5.737.0. I will check back with ZoneAlarm just to see if they recognize and fix the issue.

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How to convert a RadioShack soldering iron to a fine tip soldering iron 5 September 2006, 03:53

Posted by Orhan in : Geeky Techy Stuff , 1 comment so far

I needed to perform a repair procedure on a Dell Inspiron 5150 to fix the “Power cuttoff, shutdown, crash when laptop is moved or tilted…” problem, as described at http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/43678/

All I needed was a sodlering iron with an extremely fine tip to be able to resolder a 14 leg surface mount integrated circuit on the motherboard. (more…)

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