ipod hard drive swap

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:44 am

my video ipod has a broken hard drive. my 20 gig regular ipod headphone jack is broken. can i swap the hard drives and have a 20 gig
video ipod or is the hard drives incompatible?

if they are anyone interested in swaping them for me?

DK · Post by DK » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:45 pm

The harddrive is diffenernt in the Video than in the older models, sp I'm sorry to say it isn't possible. Just scour eBay for a broken iPod.

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:39 am

suppose i could just switch the headphone jacks then?

i'm looking for a "under 5 dollars" solution.

ATOMICMAN · Post by **ATOMICMAN** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:47 am

DK wrote:The harddrive is diffenernt in the Video than in the older models, sp I'm sorry to say it isn't possible. Just scour eBay for a broken iPod.

its a hard drive, it wont matter unless its the real old ones maybe you would have size issues. you would have to format it differently though. im sure there is a site somewhere with directions on how to setup a new hdd for a video ipod.

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:13 am

the 20 gig has a broken headphone jack. and the 60 gig has a broken
hard drive. so i guess i'll just swap the headphone thing so the 20 gig works. sounds easier to me.

ATOMICMAN · Post by **ATOMICMAN** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:20 am

i take my comment back a little bit. you need to modify the cable some to hook it up to a video ipod also to get it to work and is apparently pretty hard as the cable is very fragile. i was thinking about the ipod photo...

theelk · Post by **theelk** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:23 pm

you might want to try ifixit.com if you want to spend some.

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:30 am

okay 20 gig fixed!