iRiver iHP-1X0 mSATA SSD drive mod

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hypergreatthing:
it's in the video at around 1:20 in....
bootloader ver 6
rockbox 3.11.2
at least that's what it says. I updated it to rockbox when it was first available for the ihp140, updated maybe once or twice since then by replacing the .rockbox directory. Never fooled around with the bootloader. Definitely didn't install 7pre4.

hypergreatthing:
hmm i read something in the ipod thread how a ssd with a lot of music on it (over 100 gigs) was failing to boot.
I'll attempt to recreate that and fill the drive and post the results.

hypergreatthing:

--- Quote from: hypergreatthing on February 25, 2013, 11:34:25 AM ---hmm i read something in the ipod thread how a ssd with a lot of music on it (over 100 gigs) was failing to boot.
I'll attempt to recreate that and fill the drive and post the results.

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Ok. I put on a ton of music. Free 62.5GB, disk 238GB. This is version 3.11.2. No problem starting, able to select music and play. Checked genre in database, took about 15 seconds but it seems to be working just fine. USB still works.
I'd say it works.

bpfiguer:

--- Quote from: hypergreatthing on February 22, 2013, 10:09:28 PM ---I'll repost from another forum:
and success! rockbox reads it. Did a battery swap to a 2200 mAh one as well. That little battery plug is a pain in the ass to get in there.
So apparently my boot loader (version 6?) recognized the drive. All i did for good measure was to connect the usb, format the drive as ntsb so windows would assign a drive letter, then i used guiformat to format it to fat32 (with 32k cluster sizes). Copied my backup of the old 40 gig drive back to it and started it up. Rockbox loaded up.
I'm fairly sure the original firmware doesn't work (confirmed, says check hdd) but with rockbox and usb working i don't mind.
I got some pics, lemme see how to get them on here.
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9680/20130221204458.jpg
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3562/20130221204509.jpg
thanks again for the inspiration =)
^^
This was using a crucial msata 256 gig ssd with msata to zif adapter and the zif to toshiba hdd adapter
Love it. If you need a screen shot of total space on the iriver i'll be happy to add one

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I performed the same mod as you did. It works with Rockbox. However, when the battery charge (Cameron Sino, 2200 mA) is lower than 4 volts the player freezes when it is booting up (at the stage when the battery charge check point is displaying). Then I get ATA error -11. If I use the full charged battery or AC power everything works fine. I tried with different iHP-140 players and the low battery/booting up problem is still there. It is possible that the mSATA card + SDD use to much battery power?

Could be possible that your mSATA adapter (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mSATA-SSD-to-40-Pin-ZIF-Adapter-Card-as-Toshiba-or-Hitachi-ZIF-HDD-/261099926502?pt=US_Drive_Enclosures_Docks&hash=item3ccac4b3e6&clk_rvr_id=457203716124) it is not identical to mine (http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SATA-Cables-Adapter-Toshiba/dp/B009BA5JU6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354716013&sr=8-1&keywords=msata+zif).

Could you please check your modded player with a partially charged battery (< 3.9 Volts)?

I tried the SSD mSATA mod with the iHP-120 player and unfortunately it can not fit with the thick Cameron Sino 2200 mA battery. I need to test a slim battery.

Thanks

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