Filed under: iPod Family, Hacks
Add flash memory to your iPod
So let's say you've got an iPod with a dead hard drive. You could install a replacement hard drive,* sure, but the fun would be converting it to Compact Flash. However, you aren't up to hacking together your own solution, no matter how detailed the instructions are. This post is for you.Mark at GeekTechnique.org has created an adapter that will allow you to put a Compact Flash card - up to 128GB - into a 1st, 2nd, 3rd or fourth generation iPod, and he's selling them from his site. Of course, his solution eliminates the hard drive, which improves battery life. He doesn't mention how much he wants for one, so you'll have to send him an email. Still, it could be a fun weekend project.
[Via Make]
*For more on what you can do with a dead iPod, look here.
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Kevin Vahlbusch said 2:19PM on 4-03-2007
That is pretty darn cool!
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R. Cabell said 3:35PM on 4-03-2007
Perhaps an adapter like this could be made for the Apple TV. Might keep the heat down a bit, and make it (somewhat) easier to move the 'drive' to another Mac for hacking.
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JeffDM said 3:56PM on 4-03-2007
I'm sure such an adapter has been made. I have a large PATA to CF card adapter. The note book drives use a smaller pin spacing on the cable, which adapters are available too.
Actually, I bought two PATA to CF adapters, one to go into an embedded machine to replace a hard drive, and one as a spare. It's just wiring because one of CF's modes is ATA. The Cardbus standard also uses ATA as a major transfer mode. The CF cards are pretty powerful, all the adapters are basically wiring together different connector sizes, there are no extra electronics needed to use them in a computer.
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