Deep scratches make me want to cry

I dropped my iPod shuffle on asphalt yesterday. The
scratches are not just superficial. It got severely
scratched, it looks like somebody would make strikes
with a key. Though it got scratched only on the clip
part and the clip got also slightly moved. I really
dislike the idea that I would have to just live with
a scratched shuffle So what are my options before
I do that?
Sounds to me like you not only dropped it but stepped on it...
Could I get just the clip part replaced if I send the
iPod in for repair? And if that's not an option: I
don't think I could remove the scratches with a
scratch removal polish because they're too deep but
still, I could try. What kind of heavy-duty product
do you suggest?
Thank you for your answer.
Getting the clip "repaired" would probably cost more than the $49 price of a refurbished shuffle from the online Apple Store (assuming you can buy online from Slovenia...).
Repair option:
http://depot.info.apple.com/ipodshuffle/

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Here shall be told the story of one of my most frustrating experiences in my dealings with computers. I apologize for the length, but this has been a problem which has plagued me for some time and I’m hoping that the more detailed my account of the tale is, the better chance there is of someone recognizing a potential solution. Without further ado, I present:
My Computer Is Broken and It’s Making Me Sad:
The story of a boy who needs his iBook working.
So I bought an iBook G4 a little over three years ago for college and have had very few problems until this summer. Seemingly out of the blue, whenever I would reboot the computer I would get the Question Mark Folder, however if I would shut down the computer and then boot it up, it would boot fine. For some reason there was an issue with restarting. One day in July however, I was browsing the web using Firefox and I got a weird error message. Unfortunately I don’t recall what it was, but it shut down Firefox, would now allow it to open again, so I decided to reboot the computer. After that I was unable to boot, constantly getting the ? Folder regardless of whether I rebooted or did a “hard boot.” My warranty had expired so there was very little help I could seek professionally, so I did my best to research the issue. I learned a lot about single-user mode and fsck, however I was never able to do a scan because of an “invalid sibling link” error. I did not have my original disks with me, and wouldn’t get them back until I could get my stuff out of storage in August, so I couldn’t boot from them and run disk utility. With the fsck check not working, I decided to set the laptop aside for a while and worry about fixing it later (I still had my desktop computer for use at home).
Last month, I had some more free time and decided I wanted to get the computer working. Assuming the hard drive was dead, I ordered a new 120GB hard drive (to replace the original 60GB). I got the new hard drive, installed OS X 10.4 with no issues, booted for the first time, ran Updates, was forced to restart because of the updates, and got the Question Mark Folder. I had assumed that the new hard drive would solve all my issues, but obviously that wasn’t the case. Having put nothing on the hard drive, I reinstalled OS X again, decided not to install any updates, tried to reboot the computer and went to a Question Mark Folder. I was stumped.
I decided to see what would happen if I put my old hard drive back into the system. I did more research and learned about fsck_hfs to do a rebuild, and when I did that on the old hard drive, it booted fine and allowed me to boot and reboot the computer. I thought if I could get the old hard drive working, I should be able to work out the issues on the new one as well (which I really wanted in the laptop as it was double the space).
With the new hard drive back in the system, I figured out that I can not reboot the machine (because I get the Question Mark Folder) but I can shut down the computer and do a “hard boot.” Based on advice I reset the PMU and ensured the Hard Drive was the startup disk, restarting still gives the ? Folder. I then tried running Disk Utility from my OS X install disk, I verified the hdd and everything was fine. Then I ran the disk permissions repair, and that was completed successfully. I ran verify disk one more time for good measure and then I got the “Invalid B-tree node size, Volume Check Failed” message. I ran two verifications about two minutes apart, the first one went fine, the second one failed.
With a few hard boots I was able to get back into OS X, ran disk utility inside OS X with no errors, rebooted into single user mode and forced an fsck with no errors. I gave the reboot command and got the ? Folder. I held the power button to shut off the system, pushed it again to start it up and the system booted fine.
Once inside I ran “Rember” to test the memory, and also rebooted to run the Apple Hardware Test, with no errors reported. I ran DiskWarrior which found no errors either. I’m not sure if this is random or not, but I’ve discovered that one of the best ways to ensure the system boots is to make sure the battery is removed and that the system is unplugged, so there is no power running to the system. Then by plugging in the system and booting up, it seems to work more often than not. I figured if removing all power ensures booting, perhaps there is an issue with the memory which is reset when the power is removed? These problems are past my area of knowledge now and this problem is so frustrating.
As I said, I’m a college student, so the loss of a laptop right now during the school year is a pretty big problem. I’m also getting ready to do a bit of traveling and not having a working laptop would be problematic. I’ve exhausted almost all my options as far as what I’m limited to based on my knowledge and research but I’m not ready to give up yet. Right now it seems my only option might be to try to use the old hard drive, and perhaps send the new one back. I know there is a chance the new hard drive is shot, but it just seems like an unlikely scenario to me. I think that’s pretty much the whole story, hopefully there’s a happy ending yet to be written. If anyone can offer anything, I would greatly appreciate it.
Sincerely,
me

Hi,
Welcome to the Discussions.
This thread, Could it be the Logic Board?, is about the same problem. You may want to try the drive in an external firewire enclosure.
John

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I was a young lad growing up in the 80's and seen this video on top Of The Pops in the year 1985 were it reached number 12 in the music charts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxtPRF6NG7I&feature=PlayList&p=5CDB4FC377B7C1B2&playnext=1& playnext_from=PL&index=11
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P.S
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Deep Scratches in iPad screen

I have had my iPad since December and have always been careful with it, cleaned it regularly etc.
But just recently 3 deep scratches have appeared on my screen and they distort the image below them. I have been looking for a protector screen for it but apple doesn't sell them and no computer type stores near me do either.
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Amazon sell iPad screen protectors, just use Google.

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I have checked the serial number and found that you have sufficient activation count left to install it on 2 computers.
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Chat Support email:
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/service1.html
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Deep scratches

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Hi all,
OK... so about a week ago my hard drive finally packed up. I ordered a new one (Seagate 120 gig, 5400 RPM...), got the instructions from PBFixit (Which are very good I must say), and proceeded to replace my hard drive. After meticulously following the instructions and being uber sensitive to all parts, screws, etc I finally turned on my PB to a black screen!
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I want to cry... I miss my Power Book!
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The authorised Mac reseller quoted me a total 2577 bucks NZD to replace it I nearly choked on my tea.
Thats an equivalent of 1600 US or 1300 Euro/___sbsstatic___/migration-images/migration-img-not-avail.png Does that seem right?
If it does I'm screwed as I don't have that kinda money. I heard people mention a logic board replacement program Apple run, but the only info I can find is on the threads and I'm not even sure it applies to PB's.
Any advice appreciated/___sbsstatic___/migration-images/migration-img-not-avail.png
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