I have a 30GB 5th gen Video Ipod, I have used it so much that the battery life was down to about 30 minutes on a full charge, I dropped by Bestbuy (Geek Squad) to see what they would charge for a replacement battery and was quoted $79 !!!. I bought a 760mhz (or what it is called) battery online which is about twice the strenght of the original one for $14.95, It came yesterday morning.

Replacing the battery yourself is not recommended unless you have a sense of what you are doing. it took me about 10 minutes to replace (how 2's can be found online) where after I charged the battery for 5 hours.

It has now been playing for 11 hours ELEVEN FRIGGIN HOURS!!! and still shows 1/4 juice left. I am a happy camper

Nice, thanks for the heads up

How about some links to where you got the battery and direction, eh? Thanks!

If it's as easy and cheap to do it, why wouldn't everyone do it? What's the downside to this? Does it void warranty or something?

I think the fear factor prevents most people from doing the repair themselves. Better to pay $79 as opposed to a new iPod!!!!

Tim

Found this on Ebay-
LINK
Pretty cheap, too cheap.

In a heartbeat.

Yes it does void the warrant. In my case the warranty had expired and I was looking at a doorstop if I did not do something. as I said if you do not know what you are doing it can be a bit tricky:

Instructions can be found here:

Battery Replacement

It is not brain surgery, and it saved me $65 hence I thought I would share it.

In the video they offer replacement for $29.95 I recon it is with shipping, which would run me close to the amount above from Canaduh...