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Oh, and does anyone have a cheap source for the MK1011GAH?
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.
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? ......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)?
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?
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.
juanpa74: Please, don't respond with multiple posts. Use the "modify" button if you need to add more information.
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