Big uh-oh..water damage and possible burning?

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Big uh-oh..water damage and possible burning?

Somehow water got on my iPod at the gym the other day. I don't know if I put it in a puddle in the holder on the machine or I dripped on it or what, but it got wet. It started skipping and the buttons wouldn't work so I brought it home and dried it with the hair dryer a bit. Then for some reason it seemed intelligent to plug it into the charger so I did and left it. A little while later I smelled burning and the iPod was extremely hot so I unplugged it. Now I have no response from it at all and there are small burn marks on the adaptor port thing. Did I totally fry this thing or is there any hope?

Windows XP

Posted on Dec 7, 2007 9:15 AM

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Answer 1

Jeff Bryan

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Dec 7, 2007 11:11 AM in response to xblueyes313x

Using a hair drier and then plugging into a charger were probably two of the worst things you could have done!

The hair drier probably blew water further into the iPod innards, and not letting the iPod dry out thoroughly (for at least a week)before connecting to the charger is probably the cause of the burning smell as water and live electrical circuits are not a good combination.

Sorry to say, I think you almost certainly killed it. 😟

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Randy Fast

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Dec 7, 2007 11:19 AM in response to Jeff Bryan

It sound like your ipod is dead. You probably killed it, the hair dryer was not a good idea nor was plugging it while still possibly moist. I've seen cell phones and ipods get drenched and if left at room temp. for just a couple of days I have seen them come back to life and work fine.

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