[emo72]

can anyone point or show me to a 64gb ssd drive for a iriver h340? theres so many compatability issues that i dont want to mess up. im gonna go for the smaller size ssd because i want to do this as cheaply as possible. thanks guys.

 

[davidcotton]

Where are you in the world? I know that memoryc sells compatible drives through amazon but don't know if they ship internationally?  I THINK it's this one :-
 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/KingSpec-1-8-inch-50-pin-Solid-State/dp/B007PFI5HS/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1363294973&sr=8-15
 
but I STRESS THAT I AM NOT SURE as I got the 128.  I think it looks like that one but could be wrong, proceed at own risk (think that's my arse covered ).
 
Cheers

 

[emo72]

hello, im in dublin and i think memoryc is a few miles away from me in celbridge. could i be that lucky?
 
was just looking at this on a local adverts listing 
 
http://www.adverts.ie/hard-drives/32gb-runcore-pro-iv-1-8-pata-ide-solid-state-drive-ssd/2237947

 

[davidcotton]

Avoid runcore and supertalent apparantly.  You will need to have rockbox working on the original drive for this to happen.
 
Kingspec are known to work without any adaptors necessary so would stick with those.
 
Cheers

 

[Ditch46uk]

I did the SSD upgrade on my iHP-120 using a Kingspec 128gb SSD, and replaced the battery with the Cameron Sino 2200mAh whilst I had the case open. It was mostly straightforward.
 
I'd already previously flashed Rockbox to the player (V6) and it was working fine. The case opening and battery change instructions at http://www.pdainternalbattery.com/iriverinstall.html have the info about opening the case and stripping down the player to get at the battery. I copied the .rockbox directory off the player before I started.
 
I did the battery first. The battery is attached to the case using strips of double sided tape. I used the handle of the tweezers to put underneath the battery and carefully ease it off the case. I then put a small new piece of double sided tape on the case to hold the new battery.
 
Getting at the battery was tricky, but the instructions from the link above are good - but be careful and patient, the screws are tiny!Getting the battery connector out was difficult - there's *just* enough room to do it. I put a pair of tweezers around the connector from the side, then eased it back and turned it upward as I did, and it came out. It wasn't easy, the connector was a tight fit, and felt like something would break before it came out.
Putting the new connector in was slightly less awkward, but be careful you get it lined up properly - it looks like it could be easy to bend two tiny contacts in the battery plug socket that plug into the new battery connector.
 
After putting the motherboard back, I put the old HDD back, and closed the case with a screw either end, then turned it on to make sure the battery was OK and the player worked. I then gave it a charge for about an hour to be on the safe side. Then I opened the case again, stuck the battery to the new double sided tape to hold it in position, took out the HDD and replaced it with the Kingspec SSD. When I put the case back together, the rubber anti-vibration cover that was over the old HDD made the fit too tight with the new battery for the case to close easily, so I left it out.
 
I then connected the iRiver to my PC, erased the factory NTFS partition, and formatted the drive to a single FAT32 partition using Swissknife. I then copied across the .rockbox directory, unmounted the player from the PC and booted it up.
 
It worked first time.
 
Overall impression so far is that the access time is much quicker than the HDD. I've been using the optical line out to my DAC, and battery life seems to be improved, so it's given the player a new life.
 
The HDD-SSD swap is easy, the battery replacement more tricky. You need a T-5 torx driver, and I'd recommend a pair of reasonably fine tweezers to help get the battery connector out.
 
These are just my experiences of course - you do the mod at your own risk.

 

[jamato8]

Quote:

I did the SSD upgrade on my iHP-120 using a Kingspec 128gb SSD, and replaced the battery with the Cameron Sino 2200mAh whilst I had the case open. It was mostly straightforward.
 
I'd already previously flashed Rockbox to the player (V6) and it was working fine. The case opening and battery change instructions at http://www.pdainternalbattery.com/iriverinstall.html have the info about opening the case and stripping down the player to get at the battery. I copied the .rockbox directory off the player before I started.
 
I did the battery first. The battery is attached to the case using strips of double sided tape. I used the handle of the tweezers to put underneath the battery and carefully ease it off the case. I then put a small new piece of double sided tape on the case to hold the new battery.
 
Getting at the battery was tricky, but the instructions from the link above are good - but be careful and patient, the screws are tiny!Getting the battery connector out was difficult - there's *just* enough room to do it. I put a pair of tweezers around the connector from the side, then eased it back and turned it upward as I did, and it came out. It wasn't easy, the connector was a tight fit, and felt like something would break before it came out.
Putting the new connector in was slightly less awkward, but be careful you get it lined up properly - it looks like it could be easy to bend two tiny contacts in the battery plug socket that plug into the new battery connector.
 
After putting the motherboard back, I put the old HDD back, and closed the case with a screw either end, then turned it on to make sure the battery was OK and the player worked. I then gave it a charge for about an hour to be on the safe side. Then I opened the case again, stuck the battery to the new double sided tape to hold it in position, took out the HDD and replaced it with the Kingspec SSD. When I put the case back together, the rubber anti-vibration cover that was over the old HDD made the fit too tight with the new battery for the case to close easily, so I left it out.
 
I then connected the iRiver to my PC, erased the factory NTFS partition, and formatted the drive to a single FAT32 partition using Swissknife. I then copied across the .rockbox directory, unmounted the player from the PC and booted it up.
 
It worked first time.
 
Overall impression so far is that the access time is much quicker than the HDD. I've been using the optical line out to my DAC, and battery life seems to be improved, so it's given the player a new life.
 
The HDD-SSD swap is easy, the battery replacement more tricky. You need a T-5 torx driver, and I'd recommend a pair of reasonably fine tweezers to help get the battery connector out.
 
These are just my experiences of course - you do the mod at your own risk.

Very nice! So the SSD does not need an adapter? I have several HXXX, well 7, with a couple have a 120gb HD and some with 80gb but like the SSD in my mac computer as it is much, mush faster.

 

[davidcotton]

Quote:

I did the SSD upgrade on my iHP-120 using a Kingspec 128gb SSD, and replaced the battery with the Cameron Sino 2200mAh whilst I had the case open. It was mostly straightforward.
 
I'd already previously flashed Rockbox to the player (V6) and it was working fine. The case opening and battery change instructions at http://www.pdainternalbattery.com/iriverinstall.html have the info about opening the case and stripping down the player to get at the battery. I copied the .rockbox directory off the player before I started.
 
I did the battery first. The battery is attached to the case using strips of double sided tape. I used the handle of the tweezers to put underneath the battery and carefully ease it off the case. I then put a small new piece of double sided tape on the case to hold the new battery.
 
Getting at the battery was tricky, but the instructions from the link above are good - but be careful and patient, the screws are tiny!Getting the battery connector out was difficult - there's *just* enough room to do it. I put a pair of tweezers around the connector from the side, then eased it back and turned it upward as I did, and it came out. It wasn't easy, the connector was a tight fit, and felt like something would break before it came out.
Putting the new connector in was slightly less awkward, but be careful you get it lined up properly - it looks like it could be easy to bend two tiny contacts in the battery plug socket that plug into the new battery connector.
 
After putting the motherboard back, I put the old HDD back, and closed the case with a screw either end, then turned it on to make sure the battery was OK and the player worked. I then gave it a charge for about an hour to be on the safe side. Then I opened the case again, stuck the battery to the new double sided tape to hold it in position, took out the HDD and replaced it with the Kingspec SSD. When I put the case back together, the rubber anti-vibration cover that was over the old HDD made the fit too tight with the new battery for the case to close easily, so I left it out.
 
I then connected the iRiver to my PC, erased the factory NTFS partition, and formatted the drive to a single FAT32 partition using Swissknife. I then copied across the .rockbox directory, unmounted the player from the PC and booted it up.
 
It worked first time.
 
Overall impression so far is that the access time is much quicker than the HDD. I've been using the optical line out to my DAC, and battery life seems to be improved, so it's given the player a new life.
 
The HDD-SSD swap is easy, the battery replacement more tricky. You need a T-5 torx driver, and I'd recommend a pair of reasonably fine tweezers to help get the battery connector out.
 
These are just my experiences of course - you do the mod at your own risk.

That was pretty much my experience, but I couldn't get at the battery (step 5, just didn't want to happen) easily and didn't want to force it.  As I still get 10-12 hours on the original (!) battery I decided to leave it.  I STILL find it amazing that to get a decent player (with rockbox we get gapless, folder browsing, decent battery life flac, alac, etc) we have to mod the older ones like the 5th gen ipod and the irivers.  Sadly I have to admit that the iriver is still a tad large to carry around these days.  I still contemplate getting a 256 gig ssd for it but the necessary adapters aren't available over here in the uk and by the time you add those to the mod it's not worth it.  Maybe one day.
 
Cheers

 

[jamato8]

The battery connection is much easier to put back in if you take some of the plastic off of the connector. I sand it down with a fingernail file. The end that goes in first. That shortens the connector and it will slide in. I have replaced many of the batteries over the years. I have also changed out capacitors, which improves the sound as the SMD caps they use in the signal path are outdated and there are better. I have one with Black Gate caps. Tight fit but interesting. I also converted one to coax as well has preserving the optical out.

 

[geokite]

Resurrection.  One thing to consider is the power draw of an SSD vs. CF card.  From what I could gather at the Kingspec site, an SSD that we would use draws about 0.5W at idel, 2W at load.  From wikipedia, CF type 1 cards  draw a max of 0.07A; if the CF is getting the full 3.7V of the battery, that is 0.26W.  Considerable difference.  
 
Has anyone noticed such a drastic difference in runtime using a SSD?
 
I have a 128gb CF card on the way from KomperBay, I'll report back on how it goes.
 
This thread is the most discussion of these players in a while that I have been able to find.  Good reading.  Sure miss the mysticriver site.  I use my H132 daily at work.
 
Steve

 

[aos]

I just installed 64GB Kingston 266X CF card in my iPH-120 and I'm having a strange problem. Any song plays for 10-60 seconds and then skips to the next song. Every time.  I can't find any reports of similar problems, and I tried latest bootloader and rockbox, no change. Reformatted FAT32, copied music again, it's all there and recognized but the most I get is about minute and a half of music, usually much less, before it skips to the next song. I'm guessing this CF card isn't a good match for iHP-120.

 

[geokite]

With an updated rockbox install on the card, I suggest reflashing ram and rom.  That solved a problem a strange problem I had years ago, and I don't think it would hurt.
 
Got the 128 card today, formatting to FAT32 as I type.  Should have time to pop it open and replace the battery and card in the next couple of days.
 
Steve

 

[geokite]

I can report success with version 3.3 Rockbox on the 128GB KomperBay CF card in an H120.  Paired with a 2200mAh battery, it was a tight fit.  I had to shave/sand down the tallest part of the CF adapter.  
 
aos, I would try version 3.3 of rockbox.  Might need to do some massaging of things; ROLO, reflash the bootloader, reflash RAM/ROM.  I did something and got it to work.  Never could get 3.13 to work.
 
Steve

 

[jjcha]

  I can report success with version 3.3 Rockbox on the 128GB KomperBay CF card in an H120.  Paired with a 2200mAh battery, it was a tight fit.  I had to shave/sand down the tallest part of the CF adapter.  
 
aos, I would try version 3.3 of rockbox.  Might need to do some massaging of things; ROLO, reflash the bootloader, reflash RAM/ROM.  I did something and got it to work.  Never could get 3.13 to work.
 
Steve

 
Steve, appreciate the updates.  I have an old iRiver IHP140 here somewhere and may one day do some of the mods discussed in the thread.  Certainly a great little device, whose functionality still as of yet has not been replaced.
 
Best,
 
-Jason

 

[davidcotton]

   
Steve, appreciate the updates.  I have an old iRiver IHP140 here somewhere and may one day do some of the mods discussed in the thread.  Certainly a great little device, whose functionality still as of yet has not been replaced.
 
Best,
 
-Jason

Whilst I winced at the use of the word 'little' in describing the iriver (compare it to a sansa clip for a laugh!) I do agree with how far advanced it was for it's time.  Such a shame that iriver never brought out a follow up (and no I do not think that the ak's are comparable!).

 

[aos]

Thanks for the suggestions. I already flashed a new bootloader (7.4 pre 1 - doesn't seem to be anything newer and this one is a hack as it is) - and the nightly build of rockbox. I am not sure what do you mean by flashing the ram/rom? Is there an option in the menu to do so? Btw you can't really flash RAM - maybe you mean flash the CF as well as the internal flash memory in the iRiver.