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Hacker Replaces iPod HDD With Flash Memory

Posted by Zonk on from the and-now-i-can-drop-it dept.

Via a Wired Blog, an anonymous reader wrote with a link to a post on the Geek Technique website. There, post author Mark Hoekstra details how to replace an iPod's HDD with flash memory. It's not an inexpensive procedure, as 16 Gigs of flash memory is still a mite expensive, and the post is not a 'how-to'. Just the same, the project took painstaking work and is well worth recognizing. "I guess I can say I found ways of eliminating almost every hard drive out of almost every hard drive based iPod thereby eliminating all moving parts. The only one left is the iPod video which would only need a slightly different adapter. But next to that I've got a gut feeling that one's being upgraded to flash memory by Apple themselves any time soon."

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  1. Re:Since Apple makes flash based iPods... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    The highest capacity iPod made by Apple is the 8gb nano. This guy has twice that amount.

  2. Re:Since Apple makes flash based iPods... by Short+Circuit · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not just battery life and skip protection, but reliability. No moving parts means less damage due to jarring motions.

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  3. Re:Not exactly hard by Technician · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the article, the 1.8 inch drive is not pin for pin compatible with ATA/CF. Pinouts for both are listed in the forum.

    This makes not exactly hard into not exactly easy.

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  4. More iPod Hacks by wehe · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hacking the iPod and modding other portable media players seems to be an interesting hobby for computer nomads. The Repair4Player project lists all kinds of repair, upgrade and hacking guides for portable players.