Creative Nomad Zen Vulnerbility.
I have a nice Creative Nomad Zen Xtra MP3 player. 60GB Hard drive jobbie. Lovely thing, apart from the front. It rattles a bit, and comes off too easily to get to the battery. Real shame, it would be perfect if it weren't for that.
Or would it? I dropped it today! Shock horror, bouncing a hard disk over the floor. Problem was, it landed on where the headphones were plugged in on the end. It no longer makes noise.
So after struggling with these tiny screws everything has these days I find a loose 6v something another, looks like a diode. Which was smashed off the PCB by the headphone jack (which is in turn loose, but can be easily soldered back on). The problem comes with this diode.
It's just under the LCD display, which is soldered in place, it's not on any cunning clip, or socket. It's physically soldered in. Meaning any of the electronics under it is unaccessable.
This is going to be an annoying one. Will require a presision solder tip and a very steady hand... I think I'll get my old man to do it. Always a bit better at that sort of thing than me.
Now just to get my soldering iron back off my friend.
Or would it? I dropped it today! Shock horror, bouncing a hard disk over the floor. Problem was, it landed on where the headphones were plugged in on the end. It no longer makes noise.
So after struggling with these tiny screws everything has these days I find a loose 6v something another, looks like a diode. Which was smashed off the PCB by the headphone jack (which is in turn loose, but can be easily soldered back on). The problem comes with this diode.
It's just under the LCD display, which is soldered in place, it's not on any cunning clip, or socket. It's physically soldered in. Meaning any of the electronics under it is unaccessable.
This is going to be an annoying one. Will require a presision solder tip and a very steady hand... I think I'll get my old man to do it. Always a bit better at that sort of thing than me.
Now just to get my soldering iron back off my friend.