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My 750 gig Apple TV

TheStork said:
dynaflash,

I read the whole thread over at the Handbrake forum. Is your first post the recent version? I guess I'm asking is, if I follow your instructions in the first post, I should be good to go?

TIA.
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Thats still what worked for me (twice now). biggest issue seems to be folks screwing up imaging their hdd's.
 
Think this will work?

I posted this on the handbrake forum also...

Hi guys, I've been reading this mod with great interest and someone asked at one point why not just use a 2.5 inch to sata adapter.
So, I found one... Any thoughts as to if this would work? I like how the connector is at 90 degrees so the card will not stick up. Would this adapter remove the need for the cable, as well as the need for the 2.5 to 3.5 adapter?

If it works, would it fit inside the AppleTV and allow internal use of a 500gig 2.5inch SATA drive? :D

http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00854&cat_id=032&dept_id=015
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UADAP001800_02_M.jpg
 
I went ahead and ordered that adapter, should be here 7 to 20 days from HongKong. I'll post pics when I get it.

I guess this gives me plenty of time to get my 40 gig drive out and image it. This is by far the part I'm looking forward to the least. :eek:

I have an old 80gig 16mb cache 2.5inch drive I may just try to use as a test bed for the image while I wait just so I can perfect the whole image thing.
 
flashing question mark

I have an appletv with a flashing question mark, is there anything I can do with out sending it in to apple? support says it can not locate the start up information on the hard drive, send it in for repair, I'd rather strip it down and increase the drive side but if this drive is fried were would I get the os for the apple tv on line??? please help:(
 
Nacho-Tom - Did the adapter from Hong Kong work?

Hi -

Did the adapter from Hong Kong listed above fit and work?

I too am looking to get rid of the cable and fit it all in. That being said, I'd also be perfectly happy to use this and hook up an SATA - esata cable to it and plug in an external drive. This would avoid the problem of the original card being perpendicular to apple tv and placing the 44-40 pin cable that some folks are having a problem with.

Thanks

Ray
 
lol. classic :)

Would like to see this done, but for my part way too many external sata's available and plus, I think cooling is a bit better with the hard drive not in the puny atv case. Nonetheless, someone (hint hint) should give it a go. :)
 
Hey Cave Man:

I have a question about the PATA2SATA2 card you tried and deemed not working for some reason. Was it working when you only used one sata at a time? Reason i am asking is that if the PDF is correct for it, you set the jumpers so that sata1 is the only one that boots and if you wanted to use sata2 then set the jumper so that sata2 is the only one that boots. Is that what you already tried or did you try booting both sata's at the same time (setting the jumpers to master and slave)?

Thanks!

David
 
Yes, that's the one I have but I don't think it's still in production. Dynaflash has a couple of links in his Handbrake Tiki Bar forum thread to compatible boards that are still made. Also, the thread in this forum detailing the 250 gb hard drive upgrade also has a board that is supposed to work.
 
Cave Man said:
Yes, that's the one I have but I don't think it's still in production. Dynaflash has a couple of links in his Handbrake Tiki Bar forum thread to compatible boards that are still made. Also, the thread in this forum detailing the 250 gb hard drive upgrade also has a board that is supposed to work.
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Yep i read his post over there. However, the part where he lists "44 pin hard drive extension cable ( NOT a standard laptop hdd cable)".. i don't think you ever said that it needed a special cable in order for it to work? So is he saying that a standard IDE 44 to 40 pin cable would not work?

Oh, and there are a lot of JM20330 on ebay that seem to be the same as the one that you posted about. http://cgi.ebay.com/New-JM20330-IDE...ters?hash=item3352255d06&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

David
 
Cave Man said:
Dynaflash's original setup and my setup are exactly the same. You have to use the ribbon crossover cable.

That board could work - I just haven't tried it. There seem to be subtle differences.
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Ah ok. Well i guess i have one more question... How can i make a backup of the HD without having a mac? I scanned and noticed that somewhere it said that i could use Linux to make the clone but it never gave directions on how to go about doing it. Do you know how to do it from windows? Or know of any links to tell?

Well it uses the same chipset as the one you are using.

David
 
Cave Man said:
I don't know how to do a backup other than on a Mac using dynaflash's ATVCloner app.
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Alright, ill send him a message then and see if he can help out.

Also, would there be any way to take a pic of your crossed cable? Is it only pins 1&2 and 43&44 crossed?

David
 
No need for a pm. I have never done any atv drive work on windows. Only Mac.

There are pictures of both of our cables in both threads.
 
dynaflash said:
No need for a pm. I have never done any atv drive work on windows. Only Mac.

There are pictures of both of our cables in both threads.
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Hey thanks for reply to the post, dynaflash.

I did notice the pic here >
atv_layout3_600.png

But i was unable to determine if the only crossed were 1&2 and 43&44?

David
 
StealthRT said:
Wonder why it has to be crossed?
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Well, as I explain in the HB forum thread http://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5999&start=0

So we need to use a ribbon cable to get things laying flat so it can be crammed back into the atv case and closed up. The stock atv hdd cable *WILL NOT WORK*. Nor will any other hdd cable. Even though the ends have the same pin arrangement, ide hdd cables are paralleled in other words the two rows (top and bottom, depending on how you look at it) are reversed, the pata hdd's are pinned accordingly, our pata to sata bridge is not (since its meant to plug into the logic board). So you end up needing a 44 pin hdd extension cable http://www.cablesonline.net/644fetomaide.html which will maintain the correct pinout as the logic board has.
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... and from the description of the cable above:

This Cable is used to extend 2.00mm, 44 pin Laptop Hard Drive cable.
It is also used for other Special Projects where the Pins are reversed.
(1,2)--(2,1), (3,4)--(4,3), (5,6)--(6,5), --------, (41,42)--(42,41), (43,44)--(44,43).
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Since the card works fine attached directly to the logic board, we are just looking to "extend" that same pinout and at the same time give ourselves the flexibility the cable affords.
 
dynaflash said:
Well, as I explain in the HB forum thread http://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5999&start=0



... and from the description of the cable above:



Since the card works fine attached directly to the logic board, we are just looking to "extend" that same pinout and at the same time give ourselves the flexibility the cable affords.
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Hum, if i read that correctly, if i were to make my own cable, wouldn't all i need to do is flip the connector 180 degrees (or upside down) then crimp it? Or would the pins still be in the same spot/order?
 
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