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1 Will a ZIF-to-pins adapter fit in an iPod?
Rather than buy a new iPod Classic, I'd like to resuscitate my old iPod Photo, which has a dead hard drive, with a higher-capacity ZIF drive. I've found an adapter that should do the trick, whose description even mentions the iPod (in broken English), but looking at the iFixit guide for HDD replacement, I can see that things are pretty tight in there. Here is a close-up of the adapter board:
(Click to enlarge. Remember that it uses a slim ribbon cable, pictured at the link above, as well.)
It's possible that if it works at all, it would only work to put a 5mm-thick ZIF drive into one of the thicker, higher-capacity iPod models that were made for 8mm-thick drives, which could leave some room for the adapter. Or it could also work for the thinner models (like I have), or it could be there's no way it would fit in either case. Can anyone who is very familiar with these HDD replacements say with certainty whether this would fit, for either the thinner or the thicker iPod models?
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I put a similar adapter into an iPod 5 Video. Everything fits fine. Its an adapter that allows use of a HDD like one would find in an iPod mini, but any similar size adapter should fit no problem. (my iPod is a thin model).
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