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Possible ZIF to 1.8" IDE adapter! 100GB iriver H140?
maps:
Just a heads up to my continuing quest for the biggest possible hdd in my mp3 player:
I have the ebay adapter mentioned before as well as the Adapter-King one.
both work, but with the ebay version I have been unable to close the players.
So far:
I have a Toshiba MK6008GAH (60GB) hdd that works in
- ipod 4G
- Gigabeat F
- iriver h120
I had to take out the battery on the iriver so that the 8mm hdd fits instead of the standard 5mm, but the iriver only needs to be portable (so used with either external battery pack or with a power supply). The Gigabeat closes without a problem and I have used it extensively on the weekend.
Now for the sad news: Adapter King only deliver to the EU, not to Asia and not to the US...
If enough people are interested maybe we could organise a group buy?
Let me know.
Oh, and does anyone have a cheap source for the MK1011GAH?
AlexP:
--- Quote from: maps on March 17, 2008, 04:26:32 AM ---Oh, and does anyone have a cheap source for the MK1011GAH?
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I don't know about cheap, but I quite like www.span.com.
However, as I guess you are in the States, you are better off searching there as I suspect it will be cheaper on your side. In future you may want to specify where you are from - a very large number of people here are from Europe, and you will get lots of recommendations for shops that aren't so useful for you! :)
maps:
ok, Profile updated.
And span.com (at least for this hdd) attempts highway robbery...
So, any other ideas where to get the MK1011GAH from?
Worldwide, that is.
stuffedspacedog:
Just search eBay... I just got one for $164.
inluxication:
--- Quote from: LinusN on March 13, 2008, 04:02:42 AM ---First of all, the ESS kabel adapter is the best suited, since the adapters on Ebay have the ZIF socket facing the other direction, which makes it harder to mount without breaking the flex strip.
Unfortunately, they do not have it for sale yet, I only got a sample for evaluation.
Any ZIF hard drive should do, provided that it has a 512-byte physical sector size. The MK8009GAH drive, for instance, has 1024-bytes physical sectors, and is not yet compatible. It requires the same kind of modification to the ATA drivers as the iPod 5.5G.
The reason I have the adapter in the first place is to see if we can use 1024-bytes sectors on the H140, but I have yet to find such a drive for testing.
There is a locking mechanism on all ZIF sockets. The text on the web page is simply a warning, so you don't try to insert the flex cable without unlocking first.
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Linus, first, many thanks; you are unfailingly helpful. (I'd have thanked you sooner but didn't want to clog the forum with mere pleasantries.) Are you sure about the sector size? A Toshiba page
http://www.toshibastorage.com/techdocs/MK4009GALTechnicalNotes-RevA.pdf
says the MK8009GAH has 512-byte sectors. In fact every 1.8" Toshiba I checked here
http://www.toshibastorage.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/Documentation/TechnicalLibrary-HardDiskDrivesDocumentation
has 512-byte sectors, including the MK{2,3}008GAL, MK{4,6}008GAH, MK8007GAH and MK4007GAL, MK8009GAH and MK4009GAL, and -- spec sheet elsewhere -- your MK1011GAH. Also, if it was 1024-byte, should it have failed entirely for juanpa (which apparently it didn't), or could the result have been something like the drive having half the proper capacity (which he might not have noticed)?
Looking forward, is there any chance of adapting Toshiba's new micro-SATA 1.8" drives? I'm guessing the ATA / SATA mismatch is a non-starter.
Too bad the only proven non-DIY adapter isn't available for sale, but hopefully this will sort itself out soon. Please, anyone, let us know if you find an adapter that fits, in an H1xx or H3xx.
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