Hard drives hate vibration. Personally I'd use one of the iPods with a solid state system like a Shuffle or iPod Touch. I'm not sure if the current classic iPod uses a SSD yet or not to be honest.

[quote|Sarabian]Hard drives hate vibration. Personally I'd use one of the iPods with a solid state system like a Shuffle or iPod Touch. I'm not sure if the current classic iPod uses a SSD yet or not to be honest.[/quote]

The iPod classic still doesn't have an SSD, for reference.

[quote|Nat Welch]The iPod classic still doesn't have an SSD, for reference.[/quote]

Hi,

on other sites i've read about an iPod-mod with the 5G/5.5G iPod video. They replaced the harddrive with a Compact Flash Card. So i gave it a try and guess what, it works!

I've bought a CF to 1,8" ZIF adapter and asked a friend for a 1GB CF card. Opening the iPod was done fast as well as the replacement of the harddrive with the CF card and adapter. After the start, the iPod tells me to connect the iPod to iTunes. iTunes tells me it has found an corrupted iPod and asks to restore the iPod. After doing this the iPod restarts and voila the iPod works.

Ok, the capacity of 1GB is nothing compared to the classical harddrives of the iPod Video. But, the 1GB CF card was just a test, actually you can get 64GB CF cards.

CF cards are shock resistant, have no mechanical part in it (Microdrives doesn't count, as they are not really on the market anymore ;-) ), they don't need that much energy like a harddrive. A CF card might be more expensive than a normal harddisk, but much cheaper than a 1,8" ZIF SSD with the same size. Only real disadvantage, the write cycles are limited.

As my HDD still works fine, i will wait for my HDD to die an than buy a CF card.

[quote|Crisb]Hi, on other sites i've read about an iPod-mod with the 5G/5.5G iPod video. They replaced the harddrive with a Compact Flash Card. So i gave it a try and guess what, it works! I've bought a CF to 1,8" ZIF adapter and asked a friend for a 1GB CF card. Opening the iPod was done fast as well as the replacement of the harddrive with the CF card and adapter. After the start, the iPod tells me to connect the iPod to iTunes. iTunes tells me it has found an corrupted iPod and asks to restore the iPod. After doing this the iPod restarts and voila the iPod works. Ok, the capacity of 1GB is nothing compared to the classical harddrives of the iPod Video. But, the 1GB CF card was just a test, actually you can get 64GB CF cards. CF cards are shock resistant, have no mechanical part in it (Microdrives doesn't count, as they are not really on the market anymore ;-) ), they don't need that much energy like a harddrive. A CF card might be more expensive than a normal harddisk, but much cheaper than a 1,8" ZIF SSD with the same size. Only real disadvantage, the write cycles are limited. As my HDD still works fine, i will wait for my HDD to die an than buy a CF card.[/quote]

I tried the CF card to replace the Ipod... it didn't work. I still want to get it working but I might just shell out the AU$170 for a real 1.8" SSD from Ebay.

Why???

I ride a bike and listen to music... you can't operate a modern Ipod with small buttons with gloves on, I really need longer battery life too.

[quote|dannybuoy]I tried the CF card to replace the Ipod... it didn't work. I still want to get it working but I might just shell out the AU$170 for a real 1.8" SSD from Ebay. Why??? I ride a bike and listen to music... you can't operate a modern Ipod with small buttons with gloves on, I really need longer battery life too.[/quote]

Hi

my iPod plays music for about 14 hours nonstop with a single charge. Ok, the battery is new and has 850 mAh instead of 650 mAh.

What kind of adapter and CF card did you use?

The 1,8 SSD with 64GB is now at 193,- Euro here in Germany, that's a lot less than two weeks ago.

[quote|Crisb]Hi my iPod plays music for about 14 hours nonstop with a single charge. Ok, the battery is new and has 850 mAh instead of 650 mAh. What kind of adapter and CF card did you use? The 1,8 SSD with 64GB is now at 193,- Euro here in Germany, that's a lot less than two weeks ago.[/quote]

Hmm, my Ipod life is nowhere near that good (4th gen colour). I just replaced an aftermarket battery that was giving me 1hr play time. The new one from a different source is giving me 4-6 hours play time.

RE: CF cards.

I used a transcend 32Gb card with a CF to IDE adaptor from Ebay.

[quote|dannybuoy]Hmm, my Ipod life is nowhere near that good (4th gen colour). I just replaced an aftermarket battery that was giving me 1hr play time. The new one from a different source is giving me 4-6 hours play time. RE: CF cards. I used a transcend 32Gb card with a CF to IDE adaptor from Ebay.[/quote]

Hi, i used this adapter

http://cgi.ebay.de/Adapter-1-8-Zoll-CompactFlash-Compact-Flash-CF-an-ZIF_W0QQitemZ220419014402QQcmdZViewItemQ...ör_Kabel_Adapter?hash=item3351ff3f02&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

and a SanDisk 1GB card.

[quote|Crisb]Hi, i used this adapter http://cgi.ebay.de/Adapter-1-8-Zoll-CompactFlash-Compact-Flash-CF-an-ZIF_W0QQitemZ220419014402QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDE_Technik_Computerzubehör_Kabel_Adapter?hash=item3351ff3f02&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 and a SanDisk 1GB card.[/quote]