iPod finally died

My 40gb click wheel B/W finally died today. Everytime i select a song it kicks me back to the main menu. If you listen to the iPod when this happens you hear the hard drive spin up then stop abruptly (thud).

I still have applecare which is good because they will send me a new one. here is my hesitation.



Here is my plan, buy a busted iPod on ebay, put the "white" front on my bad iPod. Send it in for service. When it comes back i can put my blue cover on. Would that work?

 

i used to work at an apple store and i believe i could take it apart without damaging it more.

The ipod itself was from Apple.com and then sent to ColorWarePC.com for painting.

AS-IS ipods go for abour 20-40 bucks on ebay.

Or i could just sell the brand new iPod they send me on ebay and put that towards whatever they announce tomarrow.

 

In other news, its working again....very very wierd.

 

So the hard drive finally died, CLIKC CLICK CLICK. Which worrries me a bit because i tooke really good care of it.

Anyway. i am doing the slef service apple repair and should have a new iPod in the next day or two. I have been reading lots of pages about how to take apart you iPod and am real tempted to use the parts from the one they send me in my blue iPod.

www.fawintosh.com/risorse/en/guides/hw/ipod/g4screen

Anyone ever do this before? I have seen it done by a mac genious when i worked at the Apple Store. I think i can do it without apple knowing and not voiding my warranty.

 

Since i am using a part from AppleCare service I have to make both look like they have NEVER been open so i do not void the warranties and get a nice fat bill from Apple. My friend is gonna lend me a guitar pick.

 

i think my iPod has a some wierd ESP about when its about to be fixed, because it just turned on and started working fine. SO WIERD. i don't trust it though.

BTW
i have gotten 2 guitar picks, but how do i seperate the sides?