128GB SSD iPod Classic

rw3 · Jul 29, 2010, 05:00 PM

Well, it works. I finally found an original MacBook Air SSD and put it in my iPod Classic and it works great! So much smoother and faster. I'm looking into getting other brands as well to see if they will work.

See attached screenshots...

RG

liamkp · Jul 29, 2010, 05:04 PM

Ssd?

DoFoT9 · Jul 29, 2010, 05:08 PM

wow this is pretty awsome! how much did you pay for the SSD!?

rw3 · Jul 29, 2010, 05:21 PM

I don't even wanna say how much the SSD was....but the ones that I've been fidning that aren't Apple OEM are $300...

SSD - Solid State Drive - This helps so that you can drop it not have the risk of the HDD going bad since SSDs don't have any moving parts, it's all flash memory.

rgarjr · 08:53 PM

Cool mod but where's the hardware pics of the iPod.

iEvolution · Jul 29, 2010, 09:32 PM

Nicely done, I swapped my white dead 5th gen out with a 240GB HD and new Battery and I love it. Only iPod I have with enough capacity to hold a decent amount of videos that I order from iTunes Store.

I bet the performance is pretty awesome, the 240GB is meh as far as performance goes but it works for what I use it for...that is for video output to my TV.

rgarjr · Jul 29, 2010, 09:38 PM

So they make 240GB 1.8 drives? How full do you have yours now?

iEvolution · Jul 30, 2010, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rgarjr

So they make 240GB 1.8 drives? How full do you have yours now?

80GB of video, but the original plan was to hold my music and video and with that I'd be pushing about 180GB, but I decided against it because of all the money I put into it, didn't want to break it at work. So I've continued to use my 120GB classic and leave the 240GB strictly for video. I'll post a screen shot later.

I wish the Classic was able to be modded, sucks that apple has it so locked up. I really miss the Artist/Song listening on one screen VS the song only listing of the 5th gen.

OGDaniel · Jul 30, 2010, 05:32 AM

To the OP, aren't the newer drives in the Classic SSD's? Why wouldn't they be? I remember the horrible whining all my old Classics made at one point or another.

rw3 · Jul 30, 2010, 10:43 AM

No, the 6th and 7th Gen iPod Classics still use Toshiba 1.8" PATA ZIF Hard Drives, no SSD, they wouldn't be cost effective with SSDs. The 128GB SSD I used cost me the price of a new 160GB Classic...

aethelbert · Jul 30, 2010, 02:05 PM

It's a real shame that you can't sync it over eSATA or some variation of firewire. There would be huge potential in syncing some of the more powerful 1.8" SSDs over a faster connection to drastically reduce sync time. Hopefully USB 3.0 can fill some of that gap soon.

Nifty mod, though. I've told myself that I'll replace the disk when mine dies, so maybe a SSD will be an option at that time.

iBookG4user · Jul 30, 2010, 02:12 PM

That's pretty nifty, you should post a video on how much faster it runs with the SSD than the HDD. I bet it is quite noticeable

steinfigur · Sep 1, 2010, 10:57 AM

I just registed and saw the picture attached. Is it IPOD CLASSIC or IPOD VIDEO? Got a red circled cross on my pity Ipod Classic too and I wanna change the HDD into some faster model, that is, CF or SDD. The CF cards is good but its max capacity I can pay is 32G

the SSD is a very good selection for a original MBA 128G SSD is about $300 in my country, but from what I consulted from Kingspec Tech Support Team, it is not possible to replace the MK1634GAL with Kingspec - or any other 1.8" CE ssd - 'cos the Ipod Classic can not provide sufficient power

so if you got a SSD-inside Ipod Classic it'll be a great news to me

and now I wonder how could I do it myself, that is, more picture&guidance needed. Maybe a tutorial?

Thanks anyway.

PS:Sorry about my poor English

icefest · Sep 12, 2010, 02:29 AM

So any SSD that works in a macbook air rev1 also works in an ipod?

wywern209 · Sep 12, 2010, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steinfigur

I just registed and saw the picture attached. Is it IPOD CLASSIC or IPOD VIDEO? Got a red circled cross on my pity Ipod Classic too and I wanna change the HDD into some faster model, that is, CF or SDD. The CF cards is good but its max capacity I can pay is 32G

the SSD is a very good selection for a original MBA 128G SSD is about $300 in my country, but from what I consulted from Kingspec Tech Support Team, it is not possible to replace the MK1634GAL with Kingspec - or any other 1.8" CE ssd - 'cos the Ipod Classic can not provide sufficient power

so if you got a SSD-inside Ipod Classic it'll be a great news to me

and now I wonder how could I do it myself, that is, more picture&guidance needed. Maybe a tutorial?

Thanks anyway.

PS:Sorry about my poor English

It says it is a black ipod video in the info page of itunes.

steinfigur · Sep 14, 2010, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wywern209

It says it is a black ipod video in the info page of itunes.

yeah and it says it is an ipod classic.
so is there the possibility that itunes recognizes SSD-inside ipod classic as ipod 5Gen?

840quadra · Sep 14, 2010, 07:45 AM

Nice!

I am in the process of doing a compact flash install in my 30gb video, and my 3rd gen iPod units.

Still love rocking the old iPods, amazing how many looks they still get when you have them sitting out at the local coffee shops

.

DoFoT9 · Sep 14, 2010, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steinfigur

yeah and it says it is an ipod classic.
so is there the possibility that itunes recognizes SSD-inside ipod classic as ipod 5Gen?

... a SSD is just a hard drive, of course its compatible

jaknudsen · Sep 14, 2010, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoFoT9

... a SSD is just a hard drive, of course its compatible

The point here is that the original poster said he has an iPod Classic, but his screenshots show a 5G Video iPod.

steinfigur · Sep 14, 2010, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoFoT9

... a SSD is just a hard drive, of course its compatible

well,I have emailed Kingspec tech support and they told me it was no way getting an Kingspec SSD inside ipod for its poor +3v

haven't tried yet though, SSD's so expensive these days

steinfigur · Sep 14, 2010, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaknudsen

The point here is that the original poster said he has an iPod Classic, but his screenshots show a 5G Video iPod.

That's the point!

DoFoT9 · Sep 14, 2010, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaknudsen

The point here is that the original poster said he has an iPod Classic, but his screenshots show a 5G Video iPod.

then it is likely that the OP considers all iPods of that calibre to be named Classics. no biggie.

Quote:

Originally Posted by steinfigur

well,I have emailed Kingspec tech support and they told me it was no way getting an Kingspec SSD inside ipod for its poor +3v

haven't tried yet though, SSD's so expensive these days

would be interesting to know. follow it up

MonkeyET · Sep 14, 2010, 06:45 PM

Is there a specific SSD to look for. From what I have seen on boxes, the SSDs look like the size of a 2.5" drive. How would they fit in the same space as a 1.8"? Is the size of it determinant on its ability to be used?

DoFoT9 · Sep 14, 2010, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonkeyET

Is there a specific SSD to look for. From what I have seen on boxes, the SSDs look like the size of a 2.5" drive. How would they fit in the same space as a 1.8"? Is the size of it determinant on its ability to be used?

you need a 1.8" SSD obviously lol..

rgarjr · Sep 14, 2010, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoFoT9

you need a 1.8" SSD obviously lol..

not only that, u need one that has the ZIF flat cable.

Jul 29, 2010, 05:00 PM	#1
rw3 macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW, TX	128GB SSD iPod Classic Well, it works. I finally found an original MacBook Air SSD and put it in my iPod Classic and it works great! So much smoother and faster. I'm looking into getting other brands as well to see if they will work. See attached screenshots... RG Attached Thumbnails __________________ 2012 iMac 27"\|i7 3.4GHz\|32GB\|768GB • MacBook Pro Retina\|i7 2.7GHz\|16GB\|768GB • White iPhone 5 \|64GB • ATV3 x3 ACMT, ACSP
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Jul 29, 2010, 05:08 PM	#3
DoFoT9 macrumors P6 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: CWB, Hong Kong	wow this is pretty awsome! how much did you pay for the SSD!? __________________ Official MacRumors IRC @ irc.krono.net #macrumors (Or http://kewlirc.net:9090/) 2012 2.5GHz Mac Mini Dual - 16GB RAM Win8 PC - i5-3570k - 16GB RAM - SSD
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Jul 29, 2010, 05:21 PM	#4
rw3 Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW, TX	I don't even wanna say how much the SSD was....but the ones that I've been fidning that aren't Apple OEM are $300... SSD - Solid State Drive - This helps so that you can drop it not have the risk of the HDD going bad since SSDs don't have any moving parts, it's all flash memory. __________________ 2012 iMac 27"\|i7 3.4GHz\|32GB\|768GB • MacBook Pro Retina\|i7 2.7GHz\|16GB\|768GB • White iPhone 5 \|64GB • ATV3 x3 ACMT, ACSP
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Jul 29, 2010, 08:15 PM	#5
rgarjr macrumors 601 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Calif	Cool mod but where's the hardware pics of the iPod. __________________ instagram : @rgarjr Last edited by rgarjr; Jul 29, 2010 at 08:53 PM.
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Jul 29, 2010, 09:32 PM	#6
iEvolution macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jul 2008	Nicely done, I swapped my white dead 5th gen out with a 240GB HD and new Battery and I love it. Only iPod I have with enough capacity to hold a decent amount of videos that I order from iTunes Store. I bet the performance is pretty awesome, the 240GB is meh as far as performance goes but it works for what I use it for...that is for video output to my TV.
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rgarjr macrumors 601 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Calif	So they make 240GB 1.8 drives? How full do you have yours now? __________________ instagram : @rgarjr
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Jul 30, 2010, 05:32 AM	#9
OGDaniel macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Arizona	To the OP, aren't the newer drives in the Classic SSD's? Why wouldn't they be? I remember the horrible whining all my old Classics made at one point or another. __________________ *I shiny things* Search before you post: MRoogle
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Jul 30, 2010, 10:43 AM	#10
rw3 Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW, TX	No, the 6th and 7th Gen iPod Classics still use Toshiba 1.8" PATA ZIF Hard Drives, no SSD, they wouldn't be cost effective with SSDs. The 128GB SSD I used cost me the price of a new 160GB Classic... __________________ 2012 iMac 27"\|i7 3.4GHz\|32GB\|768GB • MacBook Pro Retina\|i7 2.7GHz\|16GB\|768GB • White iPhone 5 \|64GB • ATV3 x3 ACMT, ACSP
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Jul 30, 2010, 02:05 PM	#11
aethelbert macrumors 601 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NRW, Germany	It's a real shame that you can't sync it over eSATA or some variation of firewire. There would be huge potential in syncing some of the more powerful 1.8" SSDs over a faster connection to drastically reduce sync time. Hopefully USB 3.0 can fill some of that gap soon. Nifty mod, though. I've told myself that I'll replace the disk when mine dies, so maybe a SSD will be an option at that time.
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Jul 30, 2010, 02:12 PM	#12
iBookG4user macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern California	That's pretty nifty, you should post a video on how much faster it runs with the SSD than the HDD. I bet it is quite noticeable __________________ Super high tech stuff goes here
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Sep 1, 2010, 10:57 AM	#13
steinfigur macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2010	I just registed and saw the picture attached. Is it IPOD CLASSIC or IPOD VIDEO? Got a red circled cross on my pity Ipod Classic too and I wanna change the HDD into some faster model, that is, CF or SDD. The CF cards is good but its max capacity I can pay is 32G the SSD is a very good selection for a original MBA 128G SSD is about $300 in my country, but from what I consulted from Kingspec Tech Support Team, it is not possible to replace the MK1634GAL with Kingspec - or any other 1.8" CE ssd - 'cos the Ipod Classic can not provide sufficient power so if you got a SSD-inside Ipod Classic it'll be a great news to me and now I wonder how could I do it myself, that is, more picture&guidance needed. Maybe a tutorial? Thanks anyway. PS:Sorry about my poor English
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Sep 12, 2010, 02:29 AM	#14
icefest macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2010	So any SSD that works in a macbook air rev1 also works in an ipod?
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Sep 14, 2010, 07:45 AM	#17
840quadra Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Twin Cities, MN	Nice! I am in the process of doing a compact flash install in my 30gb video, and my 3rd gen iPod units. Still love rocking the old iPods, amazing how many looks they still get when you have them sitting out at the local coffee shops . __________________ Introducing Macintosh Quadra. The power to be your best. Just avoid holding it in that way -- Steve Jobs
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MonkeyET macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Coachella, CA	Is there a specific SSD to look for. From what I have seen on boxes, the SSDs look like the size of a 2.5" drive. How would they fit in the same space as a 1.8"? Is the size of it determinant on its ability to be used? __________________ ET 20" iMac (Early 2009), 2.66 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HD; 13" MBP (2010), 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 250 GB HD; 160 GB Black iPod Classic; Verizon iPhone 4S 16 GB
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