melted jukebox..........anyone?

[Tip Dealer]

well ive been using rockbox and jukebox for a pretty long time.
I know my Jukebox Studio 10 is def out of warrenty.
but i left my mp3 player charging and i went out and when i came back i found my jukebox to be partially melted and really freakin hot.

i dont really mind that its totally [please don't use gratuitous profanity]. but i had some very important pictures from my holidays here in europe. does anyone know if there is the chance of getting pictures off a harddrive that has been freakishly over charged.

[Hexxagon]

Well, just open it and hook up the Hard Drive directly to your PC. There are "IDE to USB" Adapter Cables available, should be around 5 Bucks at eBay.

[travishayes89]

about that, what about the iPod harddrive, it has a completely different connection, i saw a site that said that a iPod HDD to IDE cable did exist, and for extra money, you could get a USB enclosure.

[scorche]

Well, just open it and hook up the Hard Drive directly to your PC. There are "IDE to USB" Adapter Cables available, should be around 5 Bucks at eBay.

Keep in mind that the Jukeboxes use a 2.5 hard drive.  This requires a slightly different connection than a typical IDE connector.

But, yes, assuming that your hard drive is still functioning (and this method is cheap enough that you should care *too* much about wasted money), this would be the best way of getting the info off of it.