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Please verify that it's bricked

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Febs:

--- Quote from: justSteve on August 30, 2007, 12:49:40 PM ---Nope...likely i'm mis-using the label. 'A' isn't the top edge button? That one has always worked as select, and 'hold' for power off.
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Let's make sure we're all using the same terminology.  Here's how we label the buttons:

soap:
This sounds like a power button that is either stuck or broken in the closed position.

Every symptom described from the self-powering to the USB mode still working to the hold-switch behavior confirms this diagnosis in my mind.

justSteve:
The button itself still has the same feel as always...still feels 'clicked' as all the other buttons. Given that, do I score this one as bricked or look for a guide to opening the case?

thx

soap:
Just because the button mechanically feels the same in no way comments on its electrical behavior.
I would wait for someone smarter than me to speak up, but assuming there is a short in either the power button, or where it interfaces with the motherboard, opening up the Gigabeat will easily allow you to test the theory.  I in no way, shape, or form would consider it bricked.
However – I will take it off your hands for $25 ;)

The real trick in disassembly is removing the top and bottom plastic end-caps without breaking the very fragile clips, which hold them in place.

Once you get that far it is only a matter of removing some very small Phillips screws with a teeny tiny screwdriver.

justSteve:
Any photos showing what's under the cover. It'd be most helpful so see  how those snaps engage.

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