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Toshiba 320gb hard drive in which player?

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torne:
Any Rockbox-supported player which has the same kind of interface (ZIF or ATA) and which is physically large enough to contain the drive (not all drives are the same thickness) will work with any size drive, except possibly the Gigabeat S (depending on whether my method actually works or not) and the old Archos players (which need weird and inconvenient workarounds to use drives over 128GiB). Certain drives may require a custom build of Rockbox for the player, but that's not particularly difficult.

TexasRockbox:
I think the drive in question (MK3233GSG) uses a microSATA interface not ZIF.

Overview here: http://sdd.toshiba.com/techdocs/MKxx33GSG.pdf.

Wouldn't it be something to have a 2.5" drive Rockbox-able player with a SATA interface?  That's 1TB territory.

EDIT: there is an adapter from ZIF to MicroSATA: http://micro-sata-cables.amazonwebstore.com/1.8-Micro-SATA-16-Pin-Female/M/B004FD5B9I.htm?traffic_src=froogle&utm_medium=CSE&utm_source=froogle

Might help with some players. Might be a tight/impossible fit in an iPod video with the standard thick back.

LambdaCalculus:

--- Quote from: AlexP on January 16, 2011, 02:23:20 PM ---It won't work in the gigabeat S as the OF bootloader will have a fit on anything over 128 GB.

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Thanks for that info. I wasn't aware that the OF bootloader would freak out on large drives.

serge33bill:
Actually Rockbox does not support USB on every player. So the best preference for it will be Toshiba Gigabeat S or also you can try for Rockchip 27xx based players.

AlexP:

--- Quote from: serge33bill on January 24, 2011, 08:20:56 AM ---So the best preference for it will be Toshiba Gigabeat S

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No, see what torne and I wrote above.

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