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Is there a SSD compatible with the iPod Classic?
Yes, you can use a 1.8" “ZIF” SSD in your iPod, such as this one, however, since they are thinner than the “Fat” hard drive in your model of iPod, you may need to find a way to secure it inside the case to prevent rattling.
Best solution, IMO, is the iFlash Quad at iflash.xyz I don’t know if this unit can take 512GB micro SD cards yet since they’re a bit expensive at the moment, but 400GB micro SD cards work just fine in it and use very little power. My unit with 3000mAh battery gets charged only once per month and is never low on power when I charge it. Performance is excellent on it too. To fill up my 1.6TB iPod, it does take about 16 hours, but subsequent syncs take maybe 2 minutes to download the database file from the iPod (which is in itself 1.5GB in size). After that, it goes fast.
The 1Tb option has been tested here http://www.tarkan.info/20141029/tutorial…
I had the same issue. The second time I took it apart, I ripped one of the ribbon cable connections from the motherboard and ended up scrapping the entire iPod. I have a ZIF converter and a 128GB mSSD if somebody wants it!
sooooooooo would this work? for the ’thick’ version ipod classic 6th gen 160GB? or naw?
Now this would be a good one, a bit expensive though, but totally worth it. A 1TB iPod Classic! SAMSUNG 840 EVO mSATA
So what happens after you do a successful drive swap to an SSD? Does the iPOD OS have to be loaded somehow?
My iPod is only recognizing 57gb of the 256gb installed. Do any of you have a solution for this?
As an FYI… one guy on a message board got four 1TB micro SD cards and put it in an iPod Classic…. the unit could only read 2TB in Windows.. the cluster size of the iPod disk is apparently 4kB so the limit should be 16TB…. anyone with a Mac want to try to go over 2TB with HFS+ formatted iPod? If you have, please post here… a lot of us are wondering. If I had a Mac Mini, I’d try it myself.
