Rockbox issue with upgraded HDD in iriver H120

[nlak]

I just performed an upgrade of the HD in my iriver H120, following
Linus' instructions (http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/ZIFToATAAdapter) and using the corresponding adapter (ADA-HDD-1.8-ZIF-CF from ESS Kabel).

The new HD I put into the H120 is the Samsung HS082HB (80 GB). I formatted the HD with a FAT32 filesystem. The H120 works fine with the iriver firmware (1.66U), and the HD size is reported correctly. But whenever I try to boot Rockbox I get the same error message: "ATA error: -32 Insert USB cable and press a button", and then the player freezes.

When I did the HD upgrade, I also changed the battery (I don't know if this plays a role for Rockbox?)

Any help to overcome this problem would be greatly appreciated. Many
thanks in advance.

[LinusN]

Try removing the call to check_registers() in ata.c, then recompile and reinstall the bootloader.

[nlak]

Hi Linus, thanks for the fast response. It seems that I would need some help with the recompiling, since I am not familiar with this. (I only have very general knowledge about how this works)

Could you please indicate where I can find concrete instructions (and tools) for recompiling the bootloader? Is the source code of the bootloader included in the big rockbox source code file (http://build.rockbox.org/dist/build-source/rockbox.7z)?

[LinusN]

I PM:ed you a link to a modified bootloader. Please let me know if it works.

[nlak]

I just booted Rockbox! Many thanks for your invaluable assistance.

[jmudrick]

I'm installing the same drive next week. LinusN or nlak can you send the working bootloader? Many thanks.

Jeff

[CJ85]

I was curious if I could also get a link to the modified bootloader.    I am about to preform the same conversion and am expecting the same issue.

Thanks and great site btw, been lurking for quite some time

[LinusN]

The check_registers() modification is only needed if the hardware is unstable. Most players should work just fine without it.

[scub]

I got kind of the same problem(i think).

I have a ihp 140 and just installed rockbox.
If i start with rockbox i got the ATA error: -32 Insert USB cable
but everything ok if i boot on the original firmware.

is it possible to get this modofoed bootloader somewhere?
thanks

[Flowah]

You said you did the zif adapter in your H120? How was the fit? Did you need to mod it to make it fit? Do you also use a higher capacity battery?

[theShaker]

Hello,

I have the same problem with an iriver H10 20GB upgraded with a 60GB Toshiba harddisk.

When I install the latest stable version of the bootloader and the rockbox firmware, I get the follwing error message:
No partition found.
Insert USB cable and fix it.

When I use an older version of the bootloader (dated 2006-11-27) rockbox is loading, but I get the "codec failure" error when using rockbox version 3.0.

Any Idea how to fix this?

Is it possible to get a fixed bootloader version?

Thanks,
shaker

[theShaker]

OK, I solved my problem finally.

I deleted the partition again, created a new primary partition FAT32 and copied the original firmware back on the HD (from the backup I made before).

Then I could do a fresh install of rockbox 3.0 and everthing works fine now. Great!!!

Cheers,
shaker