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post #1 of 15
5/10/08 at 12:31am
Thread Starter 
Has anyone successfully modded a Zune with a ZIF-to-CF adapter and replaced the hard drive with a Compact Flash card?

I like my 32gb CF-modded iPod Video quite a bit, but have heard such good things about the Zune SQ, might be fun to compare...
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post #2 of 15
5/10/08 at 1:34am
I haven't hear about modding a Zune HDD into CF. But Zune uses the same HDD as the iPods, so pretty much the same connector.
You can try asking on the hack and mods section of Zune Boards - Home

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post #3 of 15
5/11/08 at 9:13am
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Thanks -- have posted a thread over there. I may just bite the bullet and get a refurbished or second-hand Zune 30 off of eBay and try it out. Worst thing that can happen is it doesn't work w/the CF card.
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post #4 of 15
5/11/08 at 9:18am
I'm gonna try to do this with my H320. The adapter was shipped out earlier this week, so hopefully I'll get it soon.
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post #5 of 15
5/12/08 at 2:55am
Got the adapter today. Swapped in a Sandisk Ultra 1GB CF card in FAT32 format.

Works like a charm.
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post #6 of 15
5/12/08 at 5:21pm
Make a slot so you can pull out CF cards and change them when you want, and buy the highest capacity cards, and keep a load of them in a card case
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post #7 of 15
5/12/08 at 8:49pm
I'm trying to see which 32GB CF cards would work with the H320.
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post #8 of 15
5/12/08 at 10:30pm
How the hell do people figure out how to mod this stuff.... I am impressed.
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post #9 of 15
5/13/08 at 1:02am
I modded my mini to 16gb cf and was gonna do it with my Zune30. Got into shizzle over it at zunemods and said screw it. It can be done though. There's an adapter created by a guy in Great Briton that is used to put a cf in the 5g ipod. He states that since the two devices (ipod and zune 30) use the same type of hardware they should be cross-compatible. Also, there is the added bonus of having extra space for a larger size battery (provided you can find 1 with the same connector) to boost playtime in a MAJOR way.
I'm providing a link to his site and hoping that SOMEONE completes this mod and I get to read about it on a few sites (cnet, engadget, etc) and secretly GLOAT!!!
Store » Tarkan Akdam’s BORED
PS: if it gets done please provide info on the compatible battery & thanks!!!
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post #10 of 15
5/13/08 at 1:05am
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Originally Posted by Drag0n View Post
Make a slot so you can pull out CF cards and change them when you want, and buy the highest capacity cards, and keep a load of them in a card case
Can't do that since the original HD sits behind the battery.

But yeah, boot times and file transfer times are a lot faster with the CF, not to mention improved battery life.
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post #11 of 15
5/13/08 at 2:11pm
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Originally Posted by nsx_23 View Post
Can't do that since the original HD sits behind the battery.

But yeah, boot times and file transfer times are a lot faster with the CF, not to mention improved battery life.
Which adapter did you use (any links?)?
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post #12 of 15
5/14/08 at 4:09am
SSD, CF to ipod IDE Adaptor, as 1.8" toshiba Hard Drive - eBay (item 140231964393 end time May-13-08 10:55:01 PDT)
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post #13 of 15
5/14/08 at 5:31pm
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Originally Posted by wolfen68 View Post
Which adapter did you use (any links?)?
I think he is talking about the iriver right? So if you are thinking he did it with a zune you may have problems with the adapter, if you mean the iriver, sorry i interfered.

Or did he try it in the zune too?

Sorry if i missed something, just seemed unclear.

Just dont want wolfen to buy the adapter, and find it doesnt work in the zune, and you were actually talking about the iriver!
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post #14 of 15
5/14/08 at 10:44pm
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Originally Posted by Baines93 View Post
I think he is talking about the iriver right? So if you are thinking he did it with a zune you may have problems with the adapter, if you mean the iriver, sorry i interfered.

Or did he try it in the zune too?

Sorry if i missed something, just seemed unclear.

Just dont want wolfen to buy the adapter, and find it doesnt work in the zune, and you were actually talking about the iriver!
Nope...was thinking about irivers.

Last question nsx....you're using Rockbox?
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post #15 of 15
5/15/08 at 5:54am
Have to use rockbox. Original firmware doesn't read off CF cards.

There's a thread about CF swaps into all sorts of players on the rockbox forum under the "hardware" section.

That adaptor listing says iPod, but its suitable for many different targets.
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