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Possible ZIF to 1.8" IDE adapter! 100GB iriver H140?
defiler:
Hi, everyone. First post, so I may be missing the point, but surely if all you're interested is a 100GB H140 / Pre-5G iPod / whatever, the simpler solution would be to just get a drive with the right connector?
Looking at Samsung's web site, they seem to be catering to people wanting to put bigger drives onto the old plugs. They have a 160GB ZIF (not CE-ATA) drive listed for launch this year, and they have a 120GB PATA drive listed here. The only downside I see with this drive is that it's a 5400rpm one, which will hit the battery harder than the slower units. But would you really want to copy 120GB of music onto a slower drive? :)
Obviously, this still puts us all at the mercy of the HDD manufacturers releasing the drives we want with the connectors we want, but at the same time I fully imagine we'll run into problems with the old players with drive sizes bigger than 120GB anyway...
juanpa74:
The MK8009GAH works fine in my Iriver H340. Only problemt is due to the shape of the ZIF-IDE adaptor I couldn't close the case of the player. Next week I will try to take some pictures and give it another try.
About not noticing the capacity... well I used the rockbox system info from the player and it said it was 80GB. Should that be enough or should i test it in another way?
--- Quote from: inluxication on March 23, 2008, 09:45:55 PM ---
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?
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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)?
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juanpa74:
A bit missing the point because the Iriver H1xx and H3xx and Pre-5G Ipod don't have ZIF connectors. Of course if there were IDE 1.8" compatible harddisk we wouldn't complicate things. Or maybe it is because you can find much cheaper ZIF harddisk than the equivalent capacity IDE ones.
And you can also buy a broken 5G ipod ith a working harddisk which would make it even cheaper.
How much is that 120GB Samsung? If I was a millonaire maybe I would get one. Or simply just get a 160gb ipod Classic. But I love rockbox and I love my iriver H340.
Damn Iriver.. if they hadn't forgotten the harddisk mp3 players line...
--- Quote from: defiler on March 24, 2008, 06:34:30 AM ---Hi, everyone. First post, so I may be missing the point, but surely if all you're interested is a 100GB H140 / Pre-5G iPod / whatever, the simpler solution would be to just get a drive with the right connector?
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defiler:
--- Quote from: juanpa74 on March 24, 2008, 11:57:29 AM ---A bit missing the point because the Iriver H1xx and H3xx and Pre-5G Ipod don't have ZIF connectors. Of course if there were IDE 1.8" compatible harddisk we wouldn't complicate things. Or maybe it is because you can find much cheaper ZIF harddisk than the equivalent capacity IDE ones.
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Hmm - sorry. I managed to confuse things in my post. The 120GB Samsung is listed as having a PATA connector (which I'm *assuming* is the old connector in my iHP-140). The 160GB is a PATA drive with a ZIF connector (which will work in the iPod Videos). I should have been clearer about that part.
There were a bunch of these 120GB Samsungs sold on eBay for US$200 each...
Llorean:
juanpa74: Please, don't respond with multiple posts. Use the "modify" button if you need to add more information.
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