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Trying to revive an original Archos Jukebox (20GB)

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LambdaCalculus:

--- Quote from: mcf57 on August 28, 2008, 01:36:58 PM ---Another thing I just thought of though that might be the culprit and source of the problem. When I got the new 20GB Seagate drive, I essentially just swapped it out. I didn't even format it or put any files on it. Do you think it needs to be formatted in FAT32 before ANYTHING can be done?

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Yes, you should format it.

If your Archos turns out not to be a "USB 2.0" model, then you may need the Archos drivers to access it. They are available from Archos' website; here's the link.

mcf57:
One other quick question. What is the hard drive size limit that can be installed in the Archos Jukebox player/recorder? I have an old laptop that I put a 100GB replacement drive into about a year ago. Since its a laptop used basically just for surfing, e-mail and word processing, I was thinking I could put in the new 20GB drive in the laptop and maybe use the 100GB drive in the Archos. Is this possible or is 100GB too big?

LambdaCalculus:
The Archos JBR doesn't do LBA48 addressing (normally; thanks to pixelma for pointing that out), so you're limited to 137GB.

That said, the 100GB drive will work just fine, but you'll need a tool like GParted or Swissknife to format the drive.

pixelma:
This is not entirely true - with Rockbox you can use even larger drives (also their capacity). But it is a bit inconvenient as you can't access more than those 137GB over USB, just from within Rockbox - and you need a special build if you want to use such a large hard disk completely.

As LambdaCalculus379 said, a 100GB disk should be fine. Maybe the "Harddrive Replacement" wiki page has still some interesting information for you.

mcf57:
SUCCESS!!!!  Well, I got it working and realized what the TRUE problem was and kind of feel silly about it. Get a load of this...it was the batteries. Since it wasn't formatted at all & I couldn't do it via the USB connection, I figured I would connect it to directly to my PC (with a external USB enclusre kit) & format it that way.

Well, I was about to pull the drive to format it when I thought I'd give the AC connection one last try and WALLAAA, it worked. Duhhh. I wound up formatting it to FAT32 via my XP's computer management in the control panel. I think I figured that since it was turning on, it had enough battery juice and was suppose to be working. When in fact I also came to the conclusion that it apparently had enough juice to turn the unit on, but not enough to operate/spin the hard drive and that is why it appeared to hang up.

It all makes sense too cause the batteries got initially charged after I pulled it out of the closet, but they obviously weren't holding a charge at all. And therefore only worked briefly and made me believe there was something else going on. Essentially, the batteries are shot and need to be replaced. Glad I didn't spend all that time again cracking it open to get the hard drive.

Oh well, live and learn I suppose. I'm just glad I got the player working again and I even put Rockbox on it with no problems. It works great & is fantastic. 100 times better compared to the older Archos interface. I think that Archos interface might of been a contributing factor to as to why I didn't really pursue this problem 2+ yrs ago. I feel like I have a all new great mp3 player again.

Now, I do have some Energizer NiMH rechargeable batteries I was gonna wind up using in this unit. I currently have them charging in their own charger. I have read that this unit can recharge them though. Is this correct & is it safe to do so? I ask cause I don't want to use the unit to recharge and risk damaging the batteries or even worse, damagng the Archos Recorder unit.

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