Battery is in and all precautions taken . Yes I am paranoid and over cautious. But from what I've read on misticriver the H1** seems to be the best and I dont wan't to go through the pain and expence of getting another one. Cheers one and all. Whoops nearly fogot to put in details battery type 2200mAh from suplier in perth.W.A
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/IPOD-BATTERY-...QQcmdZViewItem didn't have enough brains to write down number on battery It's a new one .the wires where not shorted and I remved the big bit of rubber padding (between hard drive and battery) but I did use a soft foam rubber (from a unused old nokia 5110 cover) that had one sticky side..