IRiver H120 CF to SD mod

[Bob_Collins]

OK guys, I need some assistance here. 

I followed the articles and used the same items listed from the successful mod postings out there (at least for the CF adapter and the CF to SD adapter.
I followed the CF mod page and installed the new bootloader_h120_7pre4 which I flashed successfully to both RAM and ROM.  With the HDD in the unit I can boot up fully from Disk, RAM and ROM (I set my default to be ROM).  I then shut down, and replaced the HDD with the CF adapter (IDE to CF / CF-SD) into the unit and powered up.  It comes up asking me what I want to boot from even though I had previously saved my default to be from ROM.  When I choose ANY of the 3 options, it gives me an ATA error -11.

ATA error: -11
Press ON to debug

When I press any button it changes to:

GPIO_READ: D8127088
GPIO_OUT: 00080088
GPIO_FUNC: B16D1AC8
GPIO_ENA: B16D0AC8
GPIO1_READ: 079B7660
GPIO1_OUT: 010A4008
GPIO1_FUNC: 019E60EE
GPIO1_ENA: 010E400C
ADC_BUTTONS: FF
ADC_REMOTE: FF
ADC_REMOTEDETECT: E4
Batt: 3.999V 79%
Remotetype: 0

Does anyone have any idea of what’s wrong here?  I’ve tried a Transcend 4 GB SD card (133x) and a PNY 32 GB MicroSD card plugged into a Kingston SD adapter and I get the same results with whichever one I have in the player.  Did I miss something?  It works 100% fine on the HDD.

Any assistance at all is appreciated!

Thanks!

[guzzi75]

Hello,
Try with a FAT32 formatter.

[Bob_Collins]

Somethng other than Windows 7, format of SD card directly from OS and making sure to choose FAT32 (My computer, right-click SD card, choose FORMAT and select FAT32)?

What program would you recommend I try?  I have SwssKnife from when I upgraded from 20 GB to 30 GB drive and the stock firmware would not format the larger drive.

[guzzi75]

I bough the last version of swissknife and formatted my 240GB disk.
Hope this will help.

[Bob_Collins]

I'm not sure I understand what I need to do here.  The h120 with the SD card in it will not mount under USB and be seen by the OS, so do I need to format the card using my card reader using Swissknife or something else?  WHy doesn't formatting under Windows 7 work?

[FLACvest]

If you find yourself in this situation, swissknife is poorly maintained (from what I can see), however the GUI version of FAT32format works well.

Main Page: http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm

GUI version Link: http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm

I understand this post is a bit old; However finding upgrade info, esp. related to HDD mods, for the iRiver H120/H140 is a bit thin on the internet. If this reply doesn't help the OP, then it should assist someone else with an H120/H140.