Official Ipod Video / Classic 5g+5.5g+6g+6.5g+7g SSD Mod thread - Page 43

So, has anyone tried a >240gb ssd yet? I'm itching to buy one....

Anyone know if THIS would work on a 7th gen iPod? I bought a new iPod a few days ago and I'd be tempted to take the risk considering the drive is a whopping 240 GB's

Since reading zzffnn's post on the last page I am now interested in doing the internal caps for one of my ipods with a 128GB CF card swap option. It doesn't seem very complicated other than requiring some practice and soldering skills. My fingers are itching.

Steve - Thanks for the list and very helpful.

Can you confirm if this 128GB CF card works? It's UDMA 6 not 7. Does it make any difference?

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Originally Posted by zzffnn 


^ DMinor, I though you do not want to carry an external amp? In case you are not aware, DIY cap mod does not help a stock iPod headphone jack (all it does is directing pure output of an iPod's DAC to an external amp). Re skills required for DIYMod, some fine/delicate soldering is required in that mod - your hands should be very steady and familiar with soldering. I, for one, do not trust my own hands/eyes. YMMV.

That's right NO external amp's for me. Sorry I didn't know that cap mod requires an external amp to make it work. So as long as I directly use the phone jack there is nothing I can do theoretically to improve the sound?

Nope. If you plug headphones into the headphone jack, it's just you, the headphones, and the iPod. The only meaningful hardware mods available to you are battery and storage upgrades.

You stand to gain more from installing Rockbox and tuning the sound to your liking in software.

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Originally Posted by DigitalFreak 

Anyone know if THIS would work on a 7th gen iPod? I bought a new iPod a few days ago and I'd be tempted to take the risk considering the drive is a whopping 240 GB's

Yeah, no. Like zzffnn says.

The baseline requirements for any iPod are a 1.8" or smaller drive. if you have a thin case iPod, there are also limits to how thick the drive can be. In general, what's in your iPod now is the maximum allowable size (the main exception I can think of is the thick-case 60/80 GB iPod Videos, which have a spacer bracket behind the drive -- keep in mind the free space is on the order of 1mm or so).

There are also voltage requirements -- the 5.5 gen iPods and earlier mandate 3.3 V -- which is why most 256 GB PATA SSDs won't work (they're 5 V) and why cheapo 128 GB SSDs rarely work (they're nominally 3.3 V but perform out of spec).

The 3.3 V requirement may also be true of the 6 G and 7 G iPods; I don't know but somebody ought to.

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Originally Posted by ardgedee 

 

That is a mSATA drive with LIF connector.

 

You need a PATA drive with ZIF connector.

 

There may be an adaptor, but it will require more space in your iPod.

Thanks for your advice

I'll try to get a SSD from a Macbook air, I know it's the same ZIF conector than the ipod.

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Originally Posted by ardgedee 

Nope. If you plug headphones into the headphone jack, it's just you, the headphones, and the iPod. The only meaningful hardware mods available to you are battery and storage upgrades.

 

You stand to gain more from installing Rockbox and tuning the sound to your liking in software.

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Originally Posted by zzffnn 

@ DMinor,
I do not know of any way to improve iPod's stock headphone jack, hardware-wise. "Software"-wise, we all know that high quality recording and EQ from Rockbox will help.
BTW, hiss from my iPod 5.5gen is definitely due to iPod (not due to recording/music), becuase the same songs do not hiss from my Sansa Clip+. My ultra sensitive IEMs (Westone ES3Xs) seem to be poor match with 5.5gen, whereas they sound excellent and hiss-free from Sansa Clip+.

Thanks guys for the clarifications.

Well I have a broken ipod and I may try to practice some soldering on it for hobby. When I practice enough to feel confident I can do it right, I may do an imod for one of my 5.5g's with the 128GB CF card swap.

Regarding the hiss, my suggestion is to try different IEM's. If the hiss is constant with any phones, that may be the source. Hiss is perhaps always there (more or less) but I only occasionally hear it from specific recording.

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Originally Posted by DMinor 

Steve - Thanks for the list and very helpful.

 

Can you confirm if this 128GB CF card works? It's UDMA 6 not 7. Does it make any difference?

Yeah bro, that will work fine. Just remember that if your PC does not have a CF slot you need to buy a CF / USB adapter so you can format the card using the HP USB Format Tool. Windows will not recognize the CF card for it's full 128GB by itself, it will only recognize 32GB. Once  that's formatted, you pop it back into the Tarkan card and you're good to go.

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Originally Posted by icefalkon 

Yeah bro, that will work fine. Just remember that if your PC does not have a CF slot you need to buy a CF / USB adapter so you can format the card using the HP USB Format Tool. Windows will not recognize the CF card for it's full 128GB by itself, it will only recognize 32GB. Once  that's formatted, you pop it back into the Tarkan card and you're good to go.

My laptop doesn't have a CF slot but I have a CF card reader which I use it for my DSLR camera. I assume that will work. Thanks for the tip on the formatting.