iConquest

[MultiFinder]

I rescued a trio of old iPods from the depths of my girlfriend's parent's cabinet this weekend! When I asked about them, they said "Oh, yeah, those old things haven't worked in years; they're yours if you want them."

I wound up with two original 4GB minis (green and blue), and a 10GB 3rd gen. The two minis have dead HDDs (both click when you give them power), and I am waiting on a FireWire-->30-pin cable to try charging the 3rd gen. I replaced the HDD in the blue, nicer-looking mini with a 6GB microdrive that I had laying around, and it works like a champ! I may just keep the green one around as a partsPod. I'll update this thread when I learn more about the state of the 3rd gen

 

[bibilit]

really cool cabinet treasures.

 

[TheMacGuy]

Nice! Even those obsolete iPods fetch money on eBay. I paid $50 for 2 2nd gen minis like new with their boxes.

 

[Macdrone]

may not be dead drives. Try taking them apart and disconnecting all cables and reconnecting. I have brought 3 back to life in this manner, thinking bi metallic corrosion and moisture, plus just being dropped alot.

 

[CC_333]

Nice! Even those obsolete iPods fetch money on eBay. I paid $50 for 2 2nd gen minis like new with their boxes.

That makes sense. Music is the same as it was thirteen years ago, and the basic technology used to record it, store it, and reproduce it has changed very little.
In short, an iPod is an iPod. The only difference between the original and, say, the latest top of the line model, is the amount of storage space for music and number of periphery features.

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[kissmyash933]

very nice! I've always wanted a mini, I think that will be my next iPod when my 1st gen dies. (it's almost there, it definitely needs a new battery) I think if you take out the microdrives and replace them with CF cards you'll get better battery life though!

 

[LCGuy]

If the drives are dead, I'd stick CF cards in them. You can get them cheap enough these days, even in sizes (8GB+) that are bigger than anything that came out in a mini. As long as you get an ATA/UDMA compatible card it should work. I run a SanDisk Extreme 16GB in mine, with that and the NewerTech battery I put in, I get great battery life. Just be very, very, very careful when taking it apart. Expecially when disconnecting/reconnecting things, and sliding the guts back in, lest you destroy the logic board. (as I did)

 

[MultiFinder]

Horray, the third gen lives again! I always thought that the third generation iPod was one of the coolest-looking iPods around.

 

[markyb86]

Those are nice ones. I miss buttons :-(

 

[MultiFinder]

I just upgraded the blue mini with a 32GB CF card, and it works like a champ! It's now the largest iPod that I own

I also have a new battery for the 3G on its way here.

 

[MultiFinder]

This is a nice sight

 

[Macdrone]

Do the cf cards come with the same cable connection I take it?

 

[LCGuy]

Yep - the original purpose of a MicroDrive was actually to be used the other way around - as a cheap way of getting more capacity on CompactFlash devices.