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Third Party => Repairing and Upgrading Rockbox Capable Players => Topic started by: Edil on October 01, 2018, 09:13:55 AM

Title: What is the best, least expensive SSD for Iriver iHP-140 as of 2018?
Post by: Edil on October 01, 2018, 09:13:55 AM
Hi,

Reading other posts I know that I can replace the HDD of a iHP-140 with a SSD. I'm posting a new one just because the newest post I found was from 2015. I'm not looking for size, as long as the storage is larger than 40 Gb that will be fine. What I'm looking is for lowest price and compatibility.

So, as of today what is the best SSD option with that criteria?

Please advise.
Title: Re: What is the best, least expensive SSD for Iriver iHP-140 as of 2018?
Post by: Edil on October 07, 2018, 05:02:42 PM
Now I see I posted this on the wrong sub-forum.

Can a sysop move it to the [Third Party\Repairing and Upgrading Rockbox Capable Players] subforum?
Title: Re: What is the best, least expensive SSD for Iriver iHP-140 as of 2018?
Post by: Edil on October 14, 2018, 10:30:34 PM
Hey I really need some guidance here. Your comments will be really appreciated.

I keep reading old posts trying to figure out the options that I have and so far I have learned that technology of early 2000's DAP is old by technology standards and hard to work with. Obtaining compatible modern replacements to make them work is not an easy task. I have been strongly advise and warned against installing a flash or solid state storage device on an old platform such as the iRiver iHP-140. In such a case the alternative is to install a standard platter mechanical disk. In my case I can go with a Toshiba HDD like this one:  https://tinyurl.com/y7moxhwl (https://tinyurl.com/y7moxhwl). Is "inexpensive" compared to a flash/ssd storage of the same capacity and should be an easy plug and play installation.

The reason I want a non mechanical storage is because, in my opinion, the iHP-140 is a decent recording platform and I use it for long recording sessions. From time to time I get the noise of the HDD recorded. So, my non-mechanical storage options are these:

Ok now I have some questions:






Title: Re: What is the best, least expensive SSD for Iriver iHP-140 as of 2018?
Post by: huzu on February 15, 2021, 08:56:50 AM
This is an interesting topic. I bought some Kingspec-SSDs (120GB) that aren't available any more. Then, I looked for another possibility to extend the storage capabilities. I am wondering to which max it could be driven to (128GB? 256GB 512GB?). To test this I ordered a 256GB CF card for the use in a CF-to-4,6cmHDD-Adapter. That is also not available any more.
I am curious to test it when it arrives.