Third Party > Repairing and Upgrading Rockbox Capable Players
Gigabeat F40 hdd upgrade
lights0ut:
Just wanted to update and say that I now have a working F120! ;D I was able to upgrade the battery to1000mAh as well, but no more upgrades for me, I broke the top plastic cover (for the headphones) and now my gigabeat is held together with tape. :D
krazykit, your tip about putting tape right next to the zif connector did the trick.
ej0rge:
--- Quote from: krazykit on April 26, 2009, 12:15:00 PM ---I had this same problems; the gigabeat would work fine with the case open but get the white screen when closed. Your ZIF connector is shorting on the hard drive. put a piece of tape on the metal case right by where the connector inserts so as to prevent shorting.
See this image for something a bit more clear.
Edit: I too initially thought it was an issue with the hard bends required in fitting the zif cable, but after fixing the short, the device worked despite the bends.
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Call me silly, but, couldn't you also just take a pair of scissors to the ribbon cable so that there's only enough metal showing for the connector it's going into?
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