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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Buying a rockbox machineRe: Buying a rockbox machine
From: Neon John <jgd_at_johngsbbq.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:02:20 -0500 On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:12:11 -0800, "Grant Hardy" <granthardy_at_gmail.com> wrote: >Bravo John! My thoughts exactly. Even by touching it you can tell it's >VERY rugged! >Now here's my question, HOW and WHERE to you buy a drive for the Archos >Jukebox V1? It's a standard 2.5" laptop drive. I'm quite partial to Toshiba drives. Very low power consumption and quite rugged. The part number for the 80 gig drive is MK8025GAS. I can't seem to find the number for the 100 gig drive in my records but you can look around the net for it. I use Cnet to price compare when I buy a drive. It usually comes down to Page Computing or Newegg. Everywhere else Newegg will be the cheapest but for some reason they collect sales tax for TN. I'd expect to pay about $100 for a 100gig drive. Maybe $70 for the 80 gig. >And how would you replace it, or could you have someone else do >it? How much would that be? Thanks. Pop the covers, lift up the drive, slide it out, slide the new one in, pop the covers back on. It took me probably 30 minutes to do the first one. Now I can do it in maybe 5 minutes if I have my power screwdriver handy. I use an external USB2 to EIDE adapter to format and load the drive before I install it. This adapter is faster than the Archos USB hardware plus I can exercise the drive to make sure it's OK before opening the JBR. I got my adapter from NewEgg for about $30. One caution: The little black screws on the ends thread into the PCBs. There is no metal in the holes. Ergo, they strip VERY easily. Tighten them very gently. While you have the cover off, check the power jack. Every one of my JBRs that I've had apart had the jack canted off the board a little. That forces the solder connections to withstand all the physical stress. I pinch the connector against the board with needle nose pliers while touching the solder pads with an iron. That fits the jack tightly against the PCB. Lately I've started another step that seems to have made the jack at least as strong as the PCB. I put a drop of thin modeler's superglue where the jack meets the board and then hit it with a bit of accelerator. This instantly sets the superglue and locks the jack to the board. I use the water-thin variety of superglue and the accelerator that goes with it, available at hobby shops. Capillary action pulls the glue into the joint. --- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.johngsbbq.com Cleveland, Occupied TN A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.-Ralph Waldo EmersonReceived on 2006-02-15 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |