[DMinor]

Here are the CF cards I have tried.
 

CF Card	ipod 5g/5.5g	ipod classic 7g
Maxell 64 GB Type I Flash	yes	Not tried
Komputerbay 128GB 600X 90MB/s Extreme Speed UDMA 6 RAW	yes	Not tried
Komputerbay 32GB 266X 36MB/s Write and 37MB/s Read UDMA	yes	Not tried
Dolgix 128GB Professional Blaze6C UDMA Compact Flash (CF) Card - 600x	yes	Not tried
Promaster 64GB CF Compact Flash 500x UDMA 6 Digital Camera Memory Card 1548	yes	yes
Wellcore CF card 256GB MLC Compact flash 1100x	yes	Not tried
Lexar Professional 128 GB 400x UDMA7 CompactFlash Card (LCF128CTBNA400)	Loop issue	Not tried

 

[the Ortherion]

   
That depends on when it shuts off. If during a read/playback cycle, it should be fine to just charge it up and go.
 
If that were to occur during a write/load cycle, all bets are off and you could have corruption issues needing a Restore.

So that means that when im listening to music im safe even if the battery dies but i must avoid running out of battery when im loading the iPod with music. Blah....too much of an hassle. I think ill just buy a 5mm HDD and transfer my "fat" 80gb 5.5G to a thin 160gb.

 

[MikeyFresh]

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[DMinor]

   
Was your success with the Dolgix Blaze6c CF card in a Gen 5, or a Gen 5.5?
 
I ask because I couldn't get that card to work in a Gen 5.5, although it is entirely possible Dolgix buys these cards from various different manufacturers and re-brands them, i.e. we may not have had identical samples.
 
I also vaguely remember Tarkan telling me he had user reports of it working in the Gen 5, but not the 5.5.
 
I was very disappointed I couldn't get the Dolgix CF card to work in the 5.5, it was both faster and cheaper than the Lexar CF card.

 
Currently it is with a 5.5g. But I don't remember if it was with a 5g previously as I have switched a few times between ipods without the need for restore. 

 

[JOBAH]

   
Just remember the 2000mAh battery won't fit with the SDXC adapter, an unfortunate trade-off involved with using SDXC.
 
You can still get great run time from the Milliamp 850mAh battery, but the 2000mAh battery only fits with the mSATA or CF adapters, SDXC eats up too much room.

What do you think about this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Compact-Flash-CF-card-to-1-8-ZIF-hard-disk-Adapter-Converter-Card-f-iPod-Video-/281418897991?pt=UK_Computing_Other_Computing_Networking&hash=item4185df9a47
 
This construction could support 2000 mAh battery and SDXC adapter... I will try...

 

[MikeyFresh]

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[originalsnuffy]

If you go with the 256 gb, you may also need to run a special utility to provide dual boot if you go Rockbox. There is a new firmware rev from Tarkan, but it is not clear if that issue is fixed or not.

My modified unit boots to Rockbox fairly quickly. Original firmware...not so quickly.

 

[MikeyFresh]

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[originalsnuffy]

I used PNY.  PNY is sort of the default choice as it is priced much lower than the alternative.
 
As noted, Rockbox boots very quickly.  The regular itunes boots rather slowly in my opinion.  I gather yours boots faster.

 

[gurvesh23]

hi
i am new to this forum.
i am looking at upgrading my new 7th gen ipod classic 160gb with an SSD.

what are my options.

can i go with

Mini PCI-E Msata SSD to 40pin ZIF Adapter Card

and a Samsung PM851 512GB mSata Internal Solid state drive SSD

are there any recommendations.

look forward to your input.

thanks.

 

[Noodles5666]

hi
i am new to this forum.
i am looking at upgrading my new 7th gen ipod classic 160gb with an SSD.

what are my options.

can i go with

Mini PCI-E Msata SSD to 40pin ZIF Adapter Card

and a Samsung PM851 512GB mSata Internal Solid state drive SSD

are there any recommendations.

look forward to your input.

thanks.

 
Look into the Tarkan adapter.  http://www.tarkan.info/store  Better build quality.

 

[Noodles5666]

Selling my extra 1TB thick metal backing. PM me if interested.  Will only ship inside the USA.
 

 

[squallkiercosa]

Do you guys think tarkan adapter might run out of stock anytime soon? I would love to mod mine but right now my finances are doing pretty bad