Simple Fix To iPod Madness?

doce writes "After chunking my seemingly dead iPod off my balcony while reviewing a rubberized case, the darned thing started working again, though not quite perfectly. After taking it apart, I managed to fix it properly just by reseating the hard drive cable. Could this be the cause of all the click-of-death "sad iPod" failures users are seeing?"

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The one drawback to being sleek

[moe.ron]

Apple tries so hard to make their hardware look nice and seemless that when it comes to simple little fixes like checking to make sure you're hard drive is plugged in, most people end sending it away for 4 weeks for 5 minutes of labor.