Your iPod is dead if....

clipped from www.switched.com Your iPod is probably beyond repair when... It's fallen in the water: Salt water is worse than fresh water, but the real danger comes when you turn it on and it's still wet. "This is probably when you'd do the most damage," says Vronko. "You're better off taking it apart as soon as possible and removing any corrosive liquid with concentrated rubbing alcohol." You can also try sticking your iPod in a bowl of uncooked rice, but this doesn't always work. RapidRepair will try and fix these sorts of issues -- if you send the soiled device to them in a sealed plastic bag -- but it's likely your iPod is a goner. If it's been chewed by a dog: Dog's teeth are strong, and unfortunately they usually puncture an iPod's hard drive, the screen, and the battery. It's been run over by a car: Vronko says someone actually sent him an iPod that had been run over by a car. Vronko's rule of thumb is, if the hard drive, the battery, and the screen are all broken, it's time to replace the entire thing.