Ameo/Athena upgrade with ipod hard disk

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It has crossed my mind that it might be possible to put an ipod classic/video hard drive into the Athena. I have, unfortunately, no idea as to wether the current HD on my 8gig Ameo is CF or ZIF. Or wether the OS will see 40gb

Q Does anyone know what type HD interface is present in the Ameo and how does can I open the case? I have already taken the torx screws off the bottom but that does not free up anything and without knowing what happens next I am reluctant to break anything.

check this thread

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=357502

post 110 onwards post 135 onwards post 157 onwards, post 188 onwards

advisable to read the whole thread really, a wealt of information and a great job and team effort fom some of this forum members.

By the way I believe that the limit of WM is 32MB somebody correct my if wrong

also please post in that thread if you get any findings, people keep duplicating threads and information all over the place.

regards

Thanks for that reference PBL, as you say all very interesting.
I must admint it looks a little daunting all the pics about taking the darn thing appart and then getting it back working again. I would guess that the 40gb hd or something of tha size is going to be physically too big. But I would happily settle for 32gb if it can be made to work.

Originally Posted by PBL1

By the way I believe that the limit of WM is 32MB somebody correct my if wrong

32MB is the limit for FAT12, not a limitation of WM per se. WM however reads FAT16/32 just fine, which means you can access up to 2GB/8TB (yes, you read that right). The Athena's HDD is formated in FAT32.

Originally Posted by aemo

I would guess that the 40gb hd or something of tha size is going to be physically too big

You're right there - the iPod Classic uses 1.8" notebook HDDs, which are much larger than the sub-1" HDD used in the Athena.