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Highest possible capacity for a 30gb iPod 5th gen?

Highest possible capacity for a 30gb iPod 5th gen?

Hey i want to get into a upgrade project with my ipod 5th gen.

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bert [Entry]

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bert [Entry]

"Hi

I know this is a bit of an old thread, but just adding this in case its useful to anyone who comes across this by searching.

I have just successfully upgraded my 5th gen 30GB ipod to 120GB. I fitted a Samsung HS12YHA 120GB disk, which you can get very cheaply on eBay. This is the model that Tony mentioned in his earlier post on this thread. It works fine and (as Tony also pointed out) - this disk is only 5mm thick so it can be fitted into the case of the 30GB 5th gen ipod without the need to replace any other parts (many other hard disks are 8mm thick so would not fit the 30GB ipod 5th gen).

Just for completeness, my ipod is a 30GB Gen 5.5 (also known as 5th generation late 2006). After fitting the new hard drive iTunes recognises it as a 120GB iPod - I've copied about 90GB of music on to it and it is working fine so far."
bert [Entry]

"Hi

inside is a 1.8"" ATA (not SATA!)hard drive. The biggest upgrade i´ve ever heard of are 250GB."
bert [Entry]

I have modded a 5th Gen 30GB iPod to use 128GB SD (Tarkan iFlash). I noticed that the iPod will become corrupt (endless Apple boot logo) if the number of tracks exceeds roughly 17,000 tracks. My other modded 5.5 iPods (formerly 60gb, 80gb) do not have any issues with 20,000+ tracks.
bert [Entry]

"I personally think 128GB would be the highest you can go on the 5g and 5.5g 30GB iPods. Sure you can go to 256GB or even 512GB but you will probably start to have a few problems when you dump 20K songs or over. The reason being is the small memory that these boards have, 32MB.

You want a stable iPod video at 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB, grab a iPod Video that came with 60GB or 80GB. Those have 64MB memory."