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Upgrading Gigabeat S (and/or F/X) HDD?

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JasonOT:
I've read a little bit about upgrading the iPod and Zune hard drives. There are a whole slew of places offering replacement and upgraded HDDs that will work in either device. Given the Zune is heavily based on the S-series, I'm thinking it should be similarly easy to upgrade the HDD in my Gigabeat.

I saw a thread on upgrading the battery in the F series, and read some suggestions at mygigabeat.com that the same upgrade may be possible for my S60, but I haven't seen anything about an HDD upgrade.

I've seen 100GB and 120GB 1.8" drives for sale for around $200-$250. I figure rather than waiting around for a Zune 160 or paying  $350 for a 160GB Classic with an interface I can't stand, I can upgrade my own Gigabeat, and hope the Rockbox port for the S-series continues to come along.

So is it possible to just swap out the HDD like with the iPod and Zune, or is there some reason a replacement 1.8" drive won't work with the Gigabeat S?

Mad Cow:
This has nothing to do with rockbox, the gigabeat s isn't even supported. You should ask in the anythingbutipod forums.

JasonOT:

--- Quote from: Mad Cow on October 24, 2007, 11:44:55 PM ---This has nothing to do with rockbox, the gigabeat s isn't even supported. You should ask in the anythingbutipod forums.

--- End quote ---

OK. From the Gigabeat battery thread, I was under the impression this was a general hardware forum for devices supported by Rockbox.

edit: There also isn't much of anything for information at ABI, and I'd like to know if it's possible with the Gigabeat F as well.

rosco_pc:
Have a look at this wiki page: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/HarddiskInfo

[2007-10-27] Actually this was the page I was looking for (the wiki can be confusing sometimes):
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/HardDriveReplacement

In general it is possible, you just have to find a HDD with the same connector AND same or smaller height as what is currently used in the Gigabeat.

AlexP:
I swapped the 40 Gb drive in my F40 for a 60 Gb drive, so it is certainly possible.

As rosco_pc said you just need to find the correct type of drive, not all 1.8" drives are made equal.  For instance I'm pretty sure the F and S series use different drive connectors (check the wiki hardware pages to make sure).

The type of drive that goes in the F is no longer made (I'm pretty sure), and whilst you can probably find 60 Gb fairly easily; 80 is much harder and whilst I think they announced a 100 that is as rare as something else really rare.

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