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How to increase storage in Ipod 5.5 gen (ipod video 80GB)
ohnoitspono:
Hey guys,
I have an iPod video 80GB with rockbox on it and love it. Unfortunately 80GB is not holding my music collection anymore.
I've seen some threads where people swap out the internal harddrive for an SSD or a compact flash card that takes two microSD cards.
I'd like this player to have 256GB of storage, what is the most stable way to do this? I don't mind spending a bit extra, I just don't want to muck around for hours trying to get software to work properly. I'd like things to work seamlessly like rockbox currently does.
Links to actual pieces of hardware I can purchase would be great!
cereal_killer:
--- Quote from: ohnoitspono on November 16, 2015, 08:13:56 PM ---I'd like this player to have 256GB of storage, what is the most stable way to do this? I don't mind spending a bit extra, I just don't want to muck around for hours trying to get software to work properly. I'd like things to work seamlessly like rockbox currently does.
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I have put a Super Talent ZT3 SSD (ZIF interface) into my iPod. I had troubles at first, because the pins (of the iPod, or the ssd, i don't know) were bad, but by adding a second layer of foampad between the housing and the ssd I could solve that issue and everything works fine now. I chose this option, because I don't need an adapter for this SSD. Some people use mSATA SSDs, but the adapter is power hungry. Some use CF cards and an adapter what works quite well, but as far as I know the best way is to use a SD card and an adapter. 256GB SD cards are quite affordable now in contrast to CF Cards.
I gathered a lot of Information from the following thread:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/566780/official-ipod-video-classic-5g-5-5g-6g-6-5g-7g-ssd-mod-thread
I suggest to check the website www.tarkan.info too. There is a lot of information about modding an iPod.
--- Quote from: ohnoitspono on November 16, 2015, 08:13:56 PM ---Links to actual pieces of hardware I can purchase would be great!
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Check the store at tarkan.info, there are a lot of components for modding.
Greetings,
c_k
ohnoitspono:
Thanks mate, I ended up ordering the dual SD card board from the tarkan site and I have two 256GB SD cards also on the way.
Unfortunately the screen on my iPod is starting to go, I have a few horizontal lines.. but I'm hoping its just the connector or something once I open it up again.
Looking forward to using Rockbox again. I bought a Pono Player thinking it would replace my old Rockbox'd ipod, but it doesnt' come close. Tiny touch screen is a pretty bad interface and pono's SD card doesn't seem to mount in Linux without a bunch of command-line gobbleygook that I don't have patience for.
cereal_killer:
--- Quote from: ohnoitspono on November 19, 2015, 02:11:08 AM ---Thanks mate, I ended up ordering the dual SD card board from the tarkan site and I have two 256GB SD cards also on the way.
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Nice, I am thinking of such a mod too.
--- Quote from: ohnoitspono on November 19, 2015, 02:11:08 AM ---Looking forward to using Rockbox again.
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I wonder if file transfer works well. A user at head-fi reported problems with a 7th gen iPod and the dual SD adapter. But the USB mode of the 5.5th gen should work flawlessly. I am thinking of transferring files using a SD-card reader and then put the cards into the iPod (of course installing Rockbox first). Should be faster to fill the cards.
Would be nice if you could report your experiences.
Greetings
c_k
Frankenpod:
File transfer with dual adaptor, rockbox and 7th gen works, but is annoyingly slow.
I don't know that using an external reader works with anything above 5.0 gen, due to the non-standard disk formatting the 5.5gen and later use. I have tried to find out what exactly apple does to the disk formatting on later ipods but nobody seems to know.
Also, rockbox, 7 gen, and sdxc cards don't play well for certain brands of card. PNY works, kingston doesn't.
Finally, to OP - its pretty simple to replace the screen with a fully working one, if it isn't in fact the cable that's the problem.
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