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6th Gen 160gb + 5.5 30gb marriage

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ted_dibiase:
I have a 160gb 6th gen that I'm not going to bother installing rockbox on, based on what I've read/researched.

However, I am thinking of buying a 5.5 30gb and trying to marry the hardware without purchasing an 'upgrade kit'.

If I take the drive, backcase and battery from the 6th gen, does anyone know will it couple together with the 5.5 OK?

[edit] - also I've read that the ram on the 30gb 5.5 is only 32mb of RAM. Does anyone anticipate any database size issues
that I've read regarding the playlist + meta information that's being stored as a result of the upgraded drive.
I'd like to know if this is the case with the 240gb drive upgrade also.

Thanks!

gevaerts:
Depending on which exact 160GB model you have, that drive might be totally incompatible. Is this a "thin" or "thick" model (I assume the thick, since you want to swap backs, in which case you likely have one of those early classics with a CE/ATA drive that nobody else has ever used...)

RAM isn't going to be a problem. More RAM gives you longer runtimes, but that doesn't really depend on the disk size.

I have no idea if the battery and/or the back can be swapped.

If I were you, I'd wait a bit for the classic port to get more stable. There are some promising patches waiting to be integrated that should improve things a lot.

ted_dibiase:
Thanks for the reply.

Sounds like there might be some juicy updates for the 6th gen soon then? :)

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