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Everything Else => General Support and Discussion => Zaurus General Forums => Archived Forums => Hardware Mods => Topic started by: gary on March 20, 2006, 07:50:22 am
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I found this on amazon today: Seagate 8GB CF Microdrive (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BO0SGG/102-7710159-7853750?v=glance&n=172282)
Is there any reason why it wouldn't work in my Zaurus CF slot? Feeling mighty tempted...
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This post (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=18312) tells me that it will work, and that I can buy one cheaper from ebay
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822147005 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822147005)
Do you think that this is OK with c3100? Its 105Euros after rebate.
(I have someone in US to buy it )
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should work with no problems, after all it is only a CF slot, the c3k is harder scince you have to prep the drive so you can boot off it, preping for the c3100 is just a matter of partioning it up
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Maybe I said it wrong! I dont want to replace the 4g hd with the 6g one! I want to use 6gb on the CF connector as extra space! (the external CF)
Is this ok?
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Maybe I said it wrong! I dont want to replace the 4g hd with the 6g one! I want to use 6gb on the CF connector as extra space! (the external CF)
Is this ok?
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I think it would work. I have never heard that CF slots (either internal or external) on Zaurus have problems with large drives (unlike SD slot).
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yep the 6gb or 8gb cards mentioned here have been reported as working by members on this fourm
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I just upgraded my C3100 to 8GB Seagate microdrive from Amazon. It works like charm. Seagate announced 12GB microdrives recently but I think only for embedded applications - only with TrueIDE mode.
I got burned once when I bought 8GB Memorex microdrive USB drive and tried to use the drive in Zaurus - it is crippled 8GB Seagate, TrueIDE only.
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Hi 0xDEADBEEF,
Was thinking about doing the same upgrade to my C3100....
Have you noticed any difference in battery usage or performance???
Was it difficult to swapout drives??
How did you prep the new 8GB MD?
Thanks,
Mark
I just upgraded my C3100 to 8GB Seagate microdrive from Amazon. It works like charm. Seagate announced 12GB microdrives recently but I think only for embedded applications - only with TrueIDE mode.
I got burned once when I bought 8GB Memorex microdrive USB drive and tried to use the drive in Zaurus - it is crippled 8GB Seagate, TrueIDE only.
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Hi 0xDEADBEEF,
Was thinking about doing the same upgrade to my C3100....
Have you noticed any difference in battery usage or performance???
Was it difficult to swapout drives??
How did you prep the new 8GB MD?
I did just couple hours ago. Performance seems to be about the same but i didnt perform any tests. The power specs for the drive are about the same as Hitachi MD so I wouldnt worry about battery either.
As for the preparation. I already had my original HDD repartitioned (128MB swap on partition 2 and the rest for ext2 on partition 1) so I did the same on new HDD, mkswap, mke2fs, mount and then
cd /mnt/ide
cp -a bin etc home usr tmp and whatever /mnt/cf
and thats it
Replacing the drive involves
- shutdown -h now
- unplug power
- remove the battery, cf and sd cards, stylus
- unscrew 6 screws on the back (one is covered by stylus!)
- remove the back cover
- be careful with battery compartment lock, it can fall of the back cover so place it back where it belongs
- unscrew 4 screws with -> arrows from the mobo
- remove sync port cover
- remove motherboard, be careful here there are two flex connectors going to keyboard and display, either disconnect them or manipulate the board with them and top half of zaurus attached
- on the other side of the board unscrew 2 screws and remove sd card reader
- remove plastic bracket that holds the microdrive (2 clips on each side of the board)
- remove old microdrive
- insert new microdrive (add foam pads like on original drive or something for shock protection, i used 5 layers or isolation tape, be careful not to cover the vent on the back of the drive)
- and now do everything in reverse order ;-)
thats it
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Gee, 0xDEADBEEF, that sounds simple enough....
Thanks for such a detailed informative reply!
Tempting to be brave and try it.....
Mark
Hi 0xDEADBEEF,
Was thinking about doing the same upgrade to my C3100....
Have you noticed any difference in battery usage or performance???
Was it difficult to swapout drives??
How did you prep the new 8GB MD?
I did just couple hours ago. Performance seems to be about the same but i didnt perform any tests. The power specs for the drive are about the same as Hitachi MD so I wouldnt worry about battery either.
As for the preparation. I already had my original HDD repartitioned (128MB swap on partition 2 and the rest for ext2 on partition 1) so I did the same on new HDD, mkswap, mke2fs, mount and then
cd /mnt/ide
cp -a bin etc home usr tmp and whatever /mnt/cf
and thats it
Replacing the drive involves
- shutdown -h now
- unplug power
- remove the battery, cf and sd cards, stylus
- unscrew 6 screws on the back (one is covered by stylus!)
- remove the back cover
- be careful with battery compartment lock, it can fall of the back cover so place it back where it belongs
- unscrew 4 screws with -> arrows from the mobo
- remove sync port cover
- remove motherboard, be careful here there are two flex connectors going to keyboard and display, either disconnect them or manipulate the board with them and top half of zaurus attached
- on the other side of the board unscrew 2 screws and remove sd card reader
- remove plastic bracket that holds the microdrive (2 clips on each side of the board)
- remove old microdrive
- insert new microdrive (add foam pads like on original drive or something for shock protection, i used 5 layers or isolation tape, be careful not to cover the vent on the back of the drive)
- and now do everything in reverse order ;-)
thats it
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ArchiMark, We told you to get the SD card! LOL
j/k
0xDEADBEEF, Good to see your install went fine... So you say the power specs are about the same on both... I knew there was a difference but I didnt know how much... Do you remember them off hand?
Thanks
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I was being somewhat facetious, InSearchOf.....
Mark
ArchiMark, We told you to get the SD card! LOL
j/k
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