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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Buying a rockbox machineRe: Buying a rockbox machine
From: Grant Hardy <granthardy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:54:20 -0800 WHOA, is that really hard? I have NEVER opened up an MP3 player or even a laptop before!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neon John" <jgd_at_johngsbbq.com> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:02 AM Subject: Re: Buying a rockbox machine > 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 > Emerson Received on 2006-02-16 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |