Comments on: iPod 5G Hard Drives http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hard-drives/ Technology and Mac geekery. One part exuberance, two parts obsession. Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:41:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: james http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hard-drives/comment-page-2/#comment-151133 james Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:25:05 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hd-notes/#comment-151133 i there my name james i need some help and maybe to help others i have a zif drive out of an ipod toshiba plued it up to a zif to 3.5 ide. then to usb carn't get it to fire up aparentley it used to make a clicking noise inside so probaley a dead drive all well. my mine challange is and i'v not seen one around is the zif ribbon for a seagate 1.8" hdd found in side of a ELONEX CEWS7-1 WESbSURFER. it the same thin connector as toshiba but the toshiba cable wount work it. but when i pluged the seagate drive with the web serfer ribbon via zif to ide it found it and i had full controll of the drive, can anyone shed any light on this ps looked all over the internet and no look all i can find is the to zif ribbins one for hitachi and the other for toshiba and samsung . my email addy is james.birkin1@googlemail.com i there my name james
i need some help and maybe to help others
i have a zif drive out of an ipod toshiba plued it up to a zif to 3.5 ide. then to usb carn’t get it to fire up aparentley it used to make a clicking noise inside so probaley a dead drive all well.
my mine challange is and i’v not seen one around is the zif ribbon for a seagate 1.8″ hdd found in side of a ELONEX CEWS7-1 WESbSURFER. it the same thin connector as toshiba but the toshiba cable wount work it. but when i pluged the seagate drive with the web serfer ribbon via zif to ide it found it and i had full controll of the drive,
can anyone shed any light on this
ps looked all over the internet and no look
all i can find is the to zif ribbins one for hitachi and the other for toshiba and samsung . my email addy is james.birkin1@googlemail.com

]]> By: a10112 http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-150955 a10112 Mon, 31 May 2010 04:12:20 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hd-notes/#comment-150955 Well... i ordered one of them ZIF to 3.5" converters, let's hope it works- will report back in about 2 weeks' time or less. Well… i ordered one of them ZIF to 3.5″ converters, let’s hope it works- will report back in about 2 weeks’ time or less.

]]> By: Neil http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-147706 Neil Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:32:18 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hd-notes/#comment-147706 I have a 30 Gb 5G iPod Video, and was wondering about upgrading to an 80Gb hard drive/battery and rear case. I have been told that some of the earlier 5G logic boards can't support the 80Gb Hdd. Any one know if this is true, and if it is how to identify if my board will support 80Gb or not. Neil I have a 30 Gb 5G iPod Video, and was wondering about upgrading to an 80Gb hard drive/battery and rear case.

I have been told that some of the earlier 5G logic boards can’t support the 80Gb Hdd. Any one know if this is true, and if it is how to identify if my board will support 80Gb or not.

Neil

]]> By: Husam http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-146726 Husam Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:52:35 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hd-notes/#comment-146726 Hello, First of all, thank you for providing me with the above information. However, I'm interested in connecting my iPod HD to my PC through USB. Sounds silly, but my iPod, well, let's just say that the Hard disk is the only thing that works, and I need to make some use of it. Does anyone has any info related to this? A DIY would be better. Thank you, Hello,
First of all, thank you for providing me with the above information. However, I’m interested in connecting my iPod HD to my PC through USB. Sounds silly, but my iPod, well, let’s just say that the Hard disk is the only thing that works, and I need to make some use of it. Does anyone has any info related to this? A DIY would be better. Thank you,

]]> By: n00ner http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-146484 n00ner Thu, 21 May 2009 19:09:01 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hd-notes/#comment-146484 I bought a Seagate ST760211DE 60GB. My original drive was 30GB. All I get is the “dead” iPod symbol. Anything I missed??? EDIT: If I have it in one mode, I get the "dead" symbol. If I put it in the other mode, I get "Connect to iTunes..." When I plug into USB, I get "Please wait. Very low battery". I've left it charging all day. And I even tried a different battery! I bought a Seagate ST760211DE 60GB. My original drive was 30GB.
All I get is the “dead” iPod symbol. Anything I missed???

EDIT:
If I have it in one mode, I get the “dead” symbol.
If I put it in the other mode, I get “Connect to iTunes…”

When I plug into USB, I get “Please wait. Very low battery”. I’ve left it charging all day. And I even tried a different battery!

]]> By: Collin http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-146256 Collin Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:28:10 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hd-notes/#comment-146256 @poncival From my recent research, I've found that that half-width connector on the drive is "CE-ATA", which is different than ZIF (though I thought they were the same for some time). Apparently the newer (greater than 80 GB) capacity iPod Classics take these CE-ATA drives, but the 5G iPods take ZIF only. I've not seen an adapter ribbon cable, so I'm thinking that your best bet is to turn it around and buy a straight ZIF. @poncival From my recent research, I’ve found that that half-width connector on the drive is “CE-ATA”, which is different than ZIF (though I thought they were the same for some time). Apparently the newer (greater than 80 GB) capacity iPod Classics take these CE-ATA drives, but the 5G iPods take ZIF only. I’ve not seen an adapter ribbon cable, so I’m thinking that your best bet is to turn it around and buy a straight ZIF.

]]> By: poncival http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-146247 poncival Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:50:44 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hd-notes/#comment-146247 I just got a Samsung HS161JQ 160 GB 1.8" hard drive off ebay for $90 and was hoping to stuff it in a 5th gen 30 GB ipod but the connector is about half as wide and has 18 pins, I am hunting for some kind of adapter for it, does anybody have any info on this subject? Thanks in advance John I just got a Samsung HS161JQ 160 GB 1.8″ hard drive off ebay for $90 and was hoping to stuff it in a 5th gen 30 GB ipod but the connector is about half as wide and has 18 pins, I am hunting for some kind of adapter for it, does anybody have any info on this subject? Thanks in advance

John

]]> By: Sandman http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-145819 Sandman Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:38:15 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hd-notes/#comment-145819 Check out DealExtreme dot com I bought a 1.8" zif from them. People there say it works. I haven't been able to make it work for me yet. Still trying things, gonna take the hint of Xplay and see if that helps. Device Manager recognizes the drive, but neither My Computer or Itunes shows it. When you go to disk management its there and says that it needs to be initialized, and fails. Check out DealExtreme dot com I bought a 1.8″ zif from them. People there say it works. I haven’t been able to make it work for me yet. Still trying things, gonna take the hint of Xplay and see if that helps. Device Manager recognizes the drive, but neither My Computer or Itunes shows it. When you go to disk management its there and says that it needs to be initialized, and fails.

]]> By: patrick http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-145619 patrick Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:47:29 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hd-notes/#comment-145619 Yeah i have one of the first IPOD's and it has a HITACHI travelstar harddrive in it now my ipod says that it is corrupted and that all i can do is format it to original factory settings but i got 5 1\2 GB of music on there is there any way to buy an adapter ribbon some were or womething like that i could send u a pic or something that might work i am lost here and dont wanna loose all that time and money Yeah i have one of the first IPOD’s and it has a HITACHI travelstar harddrive in it now my ipod says that it is corrupted and that all i can do is format it to original factory settings but i got 5 1\2 GB of music on there is there any way to buy an adapter ribbon some were or womething like that i could send u a pic or something that might work i am lost here and dont wanna loose all that time and money

]]> By: Señor http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-145340 Señor Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:41:42 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/2006/11/20/ipod-5g-hd-notes/#comment-145340 Doug, you can use 3rd party software like Xplay to explore the ipod as a drive and get your music off that way. Doug, you can use 3rd party software like Xplay to explore the ipod as a drive and get your music off that way.

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