iPod 3rd Gen Hard Drive
iPod 3rd Gen Hard Drive Replacement
Model A1040
From $24.95
Which hard drive?
More hard drive parts for the iPod 3rd Gen
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Hard Drive IDE Ribbon Cable
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Touch Wheel Ribbon Cable
Signs the hard drive is done on the iPod 3rd Gen
Sad face icon
Repeated clicking (the click of death: click, click, whir, or grinding) or the sad iPod face usually mean the hard drive is failing. A failed drive is the ideal time for a flash upgrade: flash storage has no heads, platters or motor, so the clicking, stalling and seizing that end an old hard drive can't happen. If your old drive still reads, add our music transfer ($129) and we copy everything on it onto the new flash storage.
Buy the hard drive with a free pry tool, or mail your iPod in and we fit it: most repairs are finished within 3 to 5 business days, with a 1-year limited warranty.
Hard drive help for the iPod 3rd Gen
Signs the hard drive is failing
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Sad face or folder icon at startup
The iPod boots to a sad face or a folder with an exclamation point (on the 6th/7th Gen, a red X) and goes no further.
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Clicking, freezing, skipping
A ticking or clicking from the back, songs that skip or stall, menus that freeze while the drive spins.
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Restore keeps failing
iTunes or Finder cannot complete a restore, or the iPod reports errors in disk mode.
Free diagnostic
Broken iPod? We can help.
Mail us your iPod and we will test it and send you a free repair quote. If you don't like our price, we will ship your iPod back at our expense.
How mail-in repair works
Order the free diagnostic
Choose your iPod. Add our shipping box and prepaid label if you need one.
Mail us your iPod
Pack it with your work order. No printer? Put a note in the box with your name, return address, email, order number and what is wrong.
Approve your quote
We test it and email your free repair quote. Most repairs are finished within 3 to 5 business days after you approve the quote.