Fix one thing and break another-- Zune Battery

Jedijoe9

Just about a year ago, I purchased an Original 30 gig zune and my zune and I had a great friendship. Unfortunately, about a month later, the LCD did that crazy looks-like-it's-broken-on-the-inside-and-I-swear-I-didn't-do-it-but-I-probably-did thing and my zune and I quickly lost interest in each other. But don't worry, this isn't a bitch about broken LCD post.

A couple months later, I realized I could still use it as sort of a hefty Ipod Shuffle and I again enjoyed music on the go with my device.

This summer, finding myself with some extra funds, I decided I was going to restore my zune to it's original greatness. So I ordered a new LCD and I followed the guide from zunemods to replace it. The battery had died a day earlier, so I plugged it in and was greeted with a properly working LCD. I let it charge for a couple hours and tried to pull it off of the external charger. It shut off. As long as it was plugged in, it was fine, but it seemed that I either messed up the battery connection or somehow broke the battery.

Just to be sure, I ordered a new battery and tried to install it (actually, only a couple hours ago) Unfortunately, the same thing is happening, which leads me to believe the connection between the battery and the rest of the zune is somehow damaged, broken, or destroyed.

Has anyone ever heard of this happening or experienced it themselves? Is it possible to fix or have I ruined it completely. Any ideas would be helpful.

Thanks!

ninjay07 · Posted: Jul Thu 31, 2008 11:47 pm Post subject:

look at this pic, it shows 2 ribbon cables at the bottom of the zune that you have to plugged in. and make sure they are all the way in. and check if there is no broken cable ( i did damaged mine, but its still works)

Jedijoe9 · Posted: Aug Fri 01, 2008 10:41 am Post subject:

I'm fairly sure it's not that ribbon connection because it's happened with both batteries and I took care to replace it exactly how it was when I took it apart.

Any other ideas?

Jedijoe9 · Posted: Aug Sat 02, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject:

Today I took everything back apart, and tried everything I could think of. I tried different combination of the new and old LCD screens, the new and old batteries, and ensuring that there were no twisted ribbons, cables, or what have you.

Unfortunately, the problem persists.

Should I sign it's death certificate?

ninjay07 · Posted: Aug Sun 03, 2008 12:20 am Post subject:

no, i wouldnt. works on details ...

Jedijoe9 · Posted: Aug Sun 03, 2008 2:08 am Post subject:

Outragexl10 · Posted: Aug Sun 03, 2008 3:20 am Post subject:

sometimes if a cable is to tight or to loose it wont work... is something pinching the cable when its closed or something
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Jedijoe9 · Posted: Aug Thu 07, 2008 2:48 am Post subject:

Something I just thought of:

Do the internal screws on the motherboard, etc, ground the zune? I am missing one of them, and I'm wondering if perhaps that is my issue.

Hopefully it's something that simple...

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