He was probably going to tell you to perform an Archive & Install anyway...so glad you didn't waste more of your time on him and did that yourself...

Did you happen to catch the guy's name? I ask cause I know a few people that work in AppleCare...

I always find that repeatedly interrupting people who are pissing me off somewhat satisfying. It becomes a bit of a game; you patiently wait for the person to start speaking before…

Quote: Originally posted by OptimusG4: Did you happen to catch the guy's name? I ask cause I know a few people that work in AppleCare... No, unfortunately I didn't…

Quote: Originally posted by Rev-O: I always find that repeatedly interrupting people who are pissing me off somewhat satisfying. It becomes a bit of a game; you patientl…

Did he have an accent from India?

Quote: Originally posted by Buckaroo: Did he have an accent from India? haha no, though i thought that would come up. Definitely not, if he did I'd have accepted th…

You get good and bad. I've just (finally!) got a new battery for my laptop. I had to call about eight times - they tried to send out a total of five batteries. It was UPS that was …

Hmm.. I guess the outsourcing to india is noticible...

thats funny because the google text in that page is all old and not aquaish.. Zach

That's what shocked me the most.

kinky

I blame Google's server. Oh, and you for timing it right while the Google server was out to lunch.

Hey AmericanPsych0 I'm using a Belkin F5D7010(its a ""G"" card)PCMCIA card in my Pismo. Hooks up with everything I connect too. StarBucks, University Wi-Fi some with AirPort Expre…

Speaking of PCMCIA cards, we do have a Linksys one for our PC laptop, and that works fine enough. I'm hesitant to say that the issue is hardware incompatability since the issue is …

Quote: Originally posted by AmericanPsych0: We (my family and I) have an AirPort Extreme set up and it works like a charm... with my Mac. For our desktops we originally …

See my recommendation in THIS THREAD

IIRC, the soldering points for that jack are on the side of the motherboard the display is on, so you'd have to remove that first. I have yet to hear of anyone successfully removi…

hmm, thanks for the reply. here's a pic of a 1G iPod's innards thanks to Tom's Hardware: link to pic -- hit reload and it should appear it looks like soldering could be a pain, y…

Well, *nothing* is "impossible". But those jacks on the right are either SMD, in which case they need a very precise and experienced hand to be replaced, or regular soldered, in w…

To get to the area behind the screen is very easy, it will only take a few minutes to get to. The hard part is actually soldering it back on. It would prob be easier just to buy a …

My original 20Gb G2 ipod got a crack in the 'inner circle' of the headphone jack - this caused the unit to short circuit when you used the in-line remote cable, and it would flash …

Quote: Originally posted by LeeG: My original 20Gb G2 ipod got a crack in the 'inner circle' of the headphone jack - this caused the unit to short circuit when you used …

Yeah mine was August 2002, I found using just the headphones (no in-line remote) worked, but I got it fixed in March 2003 (less than 1 yr) so warranty prevailed. I wonder what the …

an update: my ipod is still hanging in there, barely. the new sennheiser cans that i bought for my home stereo also work with the ipod, and don't cause it to spontaneously shut off…