Tried To Make 40gb Z With Ipod Hdd Options

[daemon1]

Hi All,

I tried yesterday to fit in a 40GB hard disk out of a 4G ipod into the C3000 Z.

The plan was to replace the internal CF disk with the ipod hdd - with about 2cm sticking out. To do this I had to make a new gap from the silver plastic above the CF entry point and extend the CF entry point on the white plastic.

After about 2 hours of opening, unscrewing, ripping bits of plastic, the new hdd fit in (with the bit sticking out on the side, hey I didn't care, was going to have a 40GB Z !).. it just wouldn't power on.... the ipod (toshiba) disk is 3.3v - same as the microdrive... to power it back up you need to run it off the battery for some reason, then plug in the adapter... otherwise if you try to power with the adapter, it light would keep blinking and nothing happens...

so i closed everything up again and put the original 4gb in there and it is back to normal except for the large gaps...

If anyone has some pointers im willing to try it?

maybe a 5G ipod disk which is a little thinner might work?

[kopsis]

The CF interface is a lot more than just a pinout. The CF specs actually define three different types of devices that can connect: memory, I/O, and ATA. The Zaurus PCMCIA interface only supports the first two. Despite the fact that it contains a miniature hard disk, the CF microdrive in the 3XXX series Zaurii is accessed as a memory card. It can only be replaced by devices that support the CF memory card interface protocol. iPod hard drives only work only as ATA devices and thus won't work with the Zaurus. Even the 4GB drives in the iPod minis that were "real" CF microdrives had their memory card protocol support disabled so they could not be used in cameras and PDAs.