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iRiver H120 CF Mod Attempt - Success!
scharkalvin:
Hey look at this! It ain't cheap, but probably might work better than an unknown CF card and an adapter.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147021
You can find lots of ipod mini's that are "broken" and all that is wrong with them is a bad
hard disk or dead battery. Either way, it's an easy repair, especially if you are going to pop a CF in there. If the ipod shows the !folder icon then it is a dead HD for sure. I bought one like that cheap on ebay and the HD wasn't even dead, just needed to be reformated. It now has a 16gb CF in there and my wife is using it (as an iPod, not rockbox'd).
LambdaCalculus:
Hey scharkalvin, Newegg has a New Year's surprise for you:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211244
Now $179.99! If it drops down by $30 more then I'm getting one. My sister gave me her old iPod 4G color (she got a Classic for Xmas), and I was thinking of installing a CF card into it.
scharkalvin:
If it gets cheap enough, I'll replace the 16gb card in my Gigabeat with the the 32. So far only one feedback on Newegg, I'd like to hear at least one success story there on that card working in an iPod, but from the specs I'm sure it will work.
After changing the spindown time to 254 seconds my CF Gigabeat seems to work much better, but it still locks up in USB disk mode whenever I plug it into my computer and I have to toggle the battery power switch to recover. Losing the time of day on the clock seems the only problem with that though.
The thought of a 32gb iPod mini is mind blowing, isn't it? BTW the iPod mini is very easy to work on. Use small blobs of hot melt glue and scraps of wood to pull the plastic ends off the ipod (then stick the wood scraps in the freezer and the glue comes off easy with a sharp knife). A number 00 or smaller philips screwdriver and a small pair of needle nose pliers are needed to remove the two small screws and a spring clip that hold the chassis in the case, then it just slides out (after disconnecting the cable from the click wheel using a flat screwdriver to pry it off the pc board connector). Use a small flat screwdriver to disconnect the disk from the connector. Be sure to replace the battery with a larger capacity one while you're in the neighborhood. Use some double sided scotch tape to hold the new CF disk and the battery to the pc board.
I've repaired two of these already, and both have survived.
The same CF adapter I used for the Gigabeat should work in the 4G color. Might have to put some card stock between the adapter and the ipod pc board for insulation.
soap:
--- Quote from: LambdaCalculus379 on December 20, 2007, 09:15:10 AM ---Although the very thought of just getting a cheap mini off eBay and popping a 32GB CF card into it is indeed tempting... ;D
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Every time a major blog/slashdot/make/hack-a-day mention CF in iPod Minis their price on eBay skyrockets. Someone with insider information could make quite a killing in this market.
LambdaCalculus:
--- Quote from: soap on January 10, 2008, 07:22:13 AM ---Every time a major blog/slashdot/make/hack-a-day mention CF in iPod Minis their price on eBay skyrockets.
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Even broken minis are too expensive! But I would still love to work on this project one day.
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