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Mad Cow:
To disable ATA poweroff I think, because hard drives can be powered off to save battery time, and powering off a flash drive doesn't work or something. I'm not completely sure, check out the ipod mini compactflash thread for further information.

EDIT: It's ATA sleep that needs to be disabled, so I wasn't that far off. :P

vexecuter:
Ah ok... well firstly a 32gb flash drive on ebay is a mere £400 ($800) and secondly, I have no clue how to apply a patch...

Another question, do you reckon that once the SSDs come down in price and they are a decent size (i.e. 64gb+) will the type of connector that the gigabeat uses still be in use? Or will it involve searching around for an older SSD?

Mad Cow:
It should still be in use. After all, it's been the standard for such an long time, and it'll be a while before it's eventually phased out for a serial connector like what's happened with PCs.

Also, 16GB SSDs cost around $300 on ebay, that's not too bad for right now.

vexecuter:
cool thanks madcow.

what about applying this patch?

Mad Cow:
I have no idea how it disables ATA sleep because I haven't researched it, so I can't help you out there. Just go to the thread I mentions earlier.

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