Old iPod video died mid-flash mod, restore or keep it original?
Spent 3 weekends replacing the hard drive on a 5th gen and the click wheel stopped responding right after, so I'm torn between ordering a $15 parts board or just leaving it as a brick... anyone else break theirs worse trying to keep old tech alive, or do you stop at the first failure?
That "click wheel stopped responding right after" thing is super common and it's usually just the ribbon cable not seated right, not a dead board. Try reseating it before you drop money on parts, those connectors are way more fragile than the drives.