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Toshiba Gigabeat S30
aaronfg:
I have no interest in this player, but did notice that anythingbutippod.com took theirs apart and posted scans of the pcb, etc.
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2006/06/toshiba-gigabeat-s30-teardown.php
So any Gigabeat users out there that may want RB on your player, some of step 1 seems to be done now.
markun:
There has been a start in gigabeat S hacking now:
RogerBacon has put his Gigabeat S HDD inside a iPod Video. With the iPod recoverty mode he was able to inspect the HDD. It turns out there are 2 FAT32 partitions. 1 for the firmware and 1 for the media files. I'll inspect the firmware tonight.
From fdisk:
--- Code: ---Disque /dev/sda: 60.0 Go, 60011642880 octets
64 têtes, 32 secteurs/piste, 57231 cylindres
Unités = cylindres de 2048 * 512 = 1048576 octets
Cela ne ressemble pas à une table de partition.
Probablement vous avez sélectionné le mauvais périphérique.
Périphérique Amorce Début Fin Blocs Id Système
/dev/sda1 ? 1 151 153600 b W95 FAT32
La partition 1 ne se termine pas sur une frontière de cylindre.
/dev/sda2 151 57232 58451488 b W95 FAT32
La partition 2 ne se termine pas sur une frontière de cylindre.
--- End code ---
RogerBacon:
Maybe one day guy ! I work on this (but im not a developer).
Thing i do :
-Partition information
-Extract firmware
-Read the bootsector and MBR of my Gigabeat S to my HDD.
-Read the string table
Also, Markun make a list of DLL.
Next step is open the s60 to view the component. (closer picture, trace board circuit ...)
Also, if a developer if interesting to port rockbox to the gigabeat let's me know !
EDIT : You can ask me the system file, partition table information, uncompressed .bin file (tanks to Toffe) and bootsector info/mbr.
ptw419:
I am very interested in trying to port rockbox to the Gigabeat S series. Unfortunately I am not sure if I have the time, or experience needed to do this. But I am willing to help, or try help start any attempt at this. I have done a little research. Let me put down some of the specific hardware specs I have encountered.
The Gigabeat S series runs off the Freescale i.MX31 MCIMX31 Multimedia Applications Processor(http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX31). This shows up in the Gigabeat S disassembly page:
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2006/06/toshiba-gigabeat-s30-teardown.php, and is
also confirmed on this Microsoft page :
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/media/gigabeat.mspx.
Per the Microsoft page the S series has a "2.4" QVGA (320 x 240) LCD screen". Per the rockbox Gigabeat F, Gigabeat X port page(http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GigabeatInfo), those models use 32MB SDRAM Samsung model#K4S56163PF BG75. The pictures on the Gigabeat Teardown page Samsung model#K4M51323PC-BG75(http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/images/gigabeat-s/gigabeat-s-apart-front.jpg) I believe this is 512MB of memory, but to be sure the specification for this memory is here : http://www.samsung.com/products/semiconductor/MobileSDRAM/MobileSDRSDRAM/512Mbit/K4M51323PC/K4M51323PC.htm.
That is as far as I have gotten. When I get more time I will look into this further. A lot can be found by looking at the pictures of the components in the Gigabeat S Teardown web site, then hunting down the parts on the web, and probably comparing any info by the Rockbox Gigabeat F/X port page. Short of disassembling the Gigabeat, the Teardown page is the best resource at the moment. If anyone can point me in the right direct as far as how to begin porting rockbox, I'd really appreciate it. It would be interesting to find this. Whoever is porting the F/X series may want to help, or consider merging any future ports.
markun:
Check out the wiki page Aliask made:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GigabeatSInfo
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