Salvaged 8GB Harddrive

[mr.weathers]

i took apart my sisters old zen microphoto and i think the 8bg harddrive is still working, is there any use for it?

[soap]

Seeing as it is a MicroDrive, it could be used as a drop-in replacement for an iPod Mini.  Any other speculation would be off-topic for Rockbox.

[mr.weathers]

so i could dissasemble an ipod mni, and upgrade it to 8gb?

[soap]

yes

[mr.weathers]

score

[Mad Cow]

Does it have a CF connector or a ZIF connector? The ZIF connector is a flat cable while the CF connector is the same as a compactflash card.

[mr.weathers]

its got like ona those ribbons, where it connects into a peice of plastic i have to flip with a screwdriver, much like the one in an ipod video


i dont know the technical word for it

[Mad Cow]

its got like ona those ribbons, where it connects into a peice of plastic i have to flip with a screwdriver, much like the one in an ipod video


i dont know the technical word for it

That would be a ZIF connector. Could you take a picture of it?

[mr.weathers]

yea

[Mad Cow]

Looking at its specs, it seems that it has a CF connector. Have you tried taking the blue rubber off? There will probably be a CF to ZIF adaptor there.

[mr.weathers]

i took off the blue rubber and the ribbon popped right off

there is a flat surface with 50 holes that correspond to the 50 prongs on the ribbon connector

[LambdaCalculus]

there is a flat surface with 50 holes that correspond to the 50 prongs on the ribbon connector

That's the CF connector.

You can use this Microdrive with the iPod mini.

[mr.weathers]

so to connect it to the ipod mini, i plug in the ZIF connector from to native harddrive?

[LambdaCalculus]

Just remove the old Microdrive from the mini, and keep the connector ribbon that was attached to it.

This guide will guide you during the transplant operation:

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPod/iPod-Mini/Hard-Drive/96/6/

[mr.weathers]

ok thanks i hope i can put it to good use,

i already use the casing as a money box