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Zen And The Art of Nomad Hacking

Posted by timothy on from the does-this-have-the-buddha-nature dept.

securitas writes "ExtremeTech just published a step-by-step how-to guide on hacking the Nomad Zen and Nomad Jukebox to upgrade the hard drive in each type of MP3 player. So if a 60 GB hard disk isn't big enough for you (20 GB on the older models) here's how to mod your Nomad."

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  1. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by deander2 · · Score: 3, Informative


    FYI, the title is referencing a classic book:
    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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  2. Re:What would by sklender · · Score: 3, Informative
    There are do-it-yourself replacement batteries for the iPod. For example, the iPod 1500mAh Replacement Internal Battery Kit costs around $60 online.

    And according to the site, they'll replace your battery via a mail-in for an additional $9 fee if you are uncomfortable cracking open your case.

    I've not had to replace mine yet, but knowing this made the original decision to purchase an iPod easier. BTW, I do not work for or know anyone at PDASmart.com -- just passing along something I ran across in research. :-)

    -S

  3. Re:What would by 2nd+Post! · · Score: 3, Informative

    Um, why can't they be replaced?

    If an iPod can be disassembled, then the iPod's battery can be replaced...? Yes?

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  4. And for those of us with an Archos... by Cyno01 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's a mod for the Archos Jukebox. It seems to be the same basic idea, and is probably doable with any HD based MP3 player. Also for archos owners who may not have it yet, Rockbox is a great replacement for the crappy firmware that came with the thing.

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  5. Track Limits by Madeleine+Williams · · Score: 4, Informative

    A warning to wannabe upgraders: all of Creative's players have a limit on the number of tracks you can load onto the player. (The limit isn't actually a fixed number, but a problem arising out of the space allowable for file tag data. If you have a lot of tag data in your files, you'll hit the limit a lot sooner than someone who has barely any tag data.) The Nomad Jukebox 3 and the original Zens both topped out at around 9,000 - 10,000 tracks. The new 60GB Zens have upped the limit to around 16,000 tracks. A future firmware upgrade is rumored to give the older players the same limit as the new Zen, but there is no ETA yet for that upgrade.

  6. don't throw away your PC... by joebeone · · Score: 3, Informative


    There's no Mac support for the higher-capacity Nomad products due to a tiff between Creative Labs and Apple people... and it all started going sour right around the date of release for the iPod. Anyway, if you are a OS X nerd that buys one of these things myself and a few others are trying to get either Gnomad2 or GnomeDAP up and running under Gnome 2.0 using libnjb (current cvs). Wish us luck...