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80GB 1.8" Internal hard drive 4200 rpm ZIF HDD
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Installed hard drive in original MacBook Air with failed hard drive. Only complication is to get the flimsy tab slid up (to install) and then slid back down (to lock in place). Online pictures are not so clear about which item is the item you slide up and down but trial and error showed me it could be nothing else but the one that turned out to make things work OK. Drive works fine. We'll see how it holds up over time. |
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Audio hobbyists have for a long time upgraded or modified their electronics. When it comes to older personal digital players like the iRiver H100xx series (H120 / H140), these are a modifier's dream. These older iRiver players remain very desirable due to bullet-proof construction, extreme software versatility (via Rockbox freeware), the ability to store lossless files, and especially their almost-unique S/PDIF optical input and output capabilities. In 2004/5 iRiver had the edge in making players (also consider their contemporaneous mp3 / CD players like the SlimX series). Currently, there are several players with storage capacities above 100 GB (from iPod, Zune, Archos), but the older iRiver players had, respectively, only 20 and 40 GB 1.8 inch old Toshiba HDD type (CF type). When hobbyists came to the rescue here, upgrading solutions included larger 1.8 inch drives (up to 30 GB for the H120), and modifications for ZIF drives, CF cards and SD cards, and possibly new SSD... |
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I was looking for a hard drive to upgrade my 1st Gen Zune 30GB music player and did quite a bit of research to determine what would and would not work. There just didn't seem to be a lot of consistent answers out there, even from supposed experts. I saw a lot of comments that 60GB was as big as you could go. This hard drive met all of the technical requirements - physical size, PATA interface, and ZIF connector - so I thought I would give it a shot.I can now absolutely confirm that this drive works perfectly in a Zune 30GB. The swap was quick and easy, too. Just get a "safe open" tool and follow the directions found on YouTube for replacing a Zune hard drive. When you first apply power with the new drive installed, the Zune will ask you to connect it to your PC (with Zune software installed), which will automatically update the firmware in your Zune. I finished with about 73GB of free space (with 5% of drive reserved).I suspect all of the single-platter... |
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