Hd Mod Idea, 20gb 1.8" Hd $80

[nubie]

I found this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822145101

Newegg has a 20GB 1.8" hard drive for $79.99 + $4.99 shipping.

my thought would be to put a type 3 PC Card slot in the back of the GP2X, then you could have a choice as to what to put in it, like

a 20GB drive,
or a Li-Ion battery pack.

I am thinking of using a "docking bay" concept where when you want the HD you use a docking bay with powered USB host ports and 4 AA NimH that clips onto the back, putting the 1.8" HD into the PC-Card slot.

If you wanted max portability the Card slot has extra contacts that allow a PC-Card sized Li-Ion battery pack to fit into it.

The original case has tons of wasted room inside, this mod would make it smaller, and with the 4AA size pack, only slightly larger, but with full USB host and an internal 20GB.

I don't really know how feasable it would be, but it would sure be cool to have a modified case with these options, or something similar.

Thoughts anyone?

 

[Loubear]

Really not worth it for a 1.8", get a 2" instead, it approxiamately is about the same size as the gp2x with enclosure, and you get more for the money.

Enclousre w/ battery
http://froogle.google.com/froogle_cluster?...oring=mrd&hl=en

Battery enclosure w/ host
http://froogle.google.com/froogle_cluster?...oring=mrd&hl=en

2.5" hdd deals
http://www.nextag.com/Computers--PRICE-50-...000zB6z5---html

 

[OMars]

I found this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822145101

Newegg has a 20GB 1.8" hard drive for $79.99 + $4.99 shipping.

my thought would be to put a type 3 PC Card slot in the back of the GP2X, then you could have a choice as to what to put in it, like

a 20GB drive,
or a Li-Ion battery pack.

I am thinking of using a "docking bay" concept where when you want the HD you use a docking bay with powered USB host ports and 4 AA NimH that clips onto the back, putting the 1.8" HD into the PC-Card slot.

If you wanted max portability the Card slot has extra contacts that allow a PC-Card sized Li-Ion battery pack to fit into it.

The original case has tons of wasted room inside, this mod would make it smaller, and with the 4AA size pack, only slightly larger, but with full USB host and an internal 20GB.

I don't really know how feasable it would be, but it would sure be cool to have a modified case with these options, or something similar.

Thoughts anyone?

That is the kind of thinking that i like! That would be awesome, but you should ask somebody here with hardware engineering experience......apparently radek has some experience.

Edit: go to:http://www.computergiants.com/items/one_it...5&subsubcat=100
Its cheap and you only lose 2 gigs.......... B)

 

[nubie]

Edit: go to:http://www.computergiants.com/items/one_it...5&subsubcat=100
Its cheap and you only lose 2 gigs.......... B)

Ya, but it is scsi, are there usb to scsi interfaces?

Ultimately GPH should have put the IDE connectors out to a header, the MMSP2 supports this natively.

But, you get what you pay for with GPH

Really not worth it for a 1.8", get a 2" instead, it approxiamately is about the same size as the gp2x with enclosure, and you get more for the money.

Good thinking, but the 2.5" HD is much bigger than you think when you have to put it inside the GP2X.

Also USBOTG (on the go) isn't necessary/useful for us.

What happened to the old avatar? Assuming you are the loubear who had the dancing bear.

 

[Shikaku]

What happened to the old avatar? Assuming you are the loubear who had the dancing bear.

You missed the mass avatar change brought on by the random crap topic... =)

 

[Anhaedra]

How about a 1" 6GB USB hard drive?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822148132

 

[nubie]

How about a 1" 6GB USB hard drive?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822148132

Totally, exactly what I was thinking.

I have the tigerdirect.com catalogs coming, and that 6GB drive keeps taunting me

(I usually buy from Newegg, cheaper and on the west coast, like me! )

I think that might fit inside, why oh why didn't GPH design in a HD space when they were starting out ( I realize I am spoiled by german engineering, damn germans put everything into what they design.)

I am not saying it had to come with one (driving up the price), just a space and an option, it wouldn't need to be any thicker either, just make the front panel closer to the screen, and the back could be the slightest bit deeper.

It is already way more deep than necessary on both sides, I mean if this was designed more like a PSP or an iPod it would have a HD space in it already and be smaller than it is now.

These things really don't cost all that much to implement (nothing really if you are building the thing from scratch anyway), just put a squarish spot free in the plastic (making it anyway) and a header for a 44-pin HD (making the board anyway).

Sucks dont it. I am wondering when we will see a complete re-design of this, at the very least put ALL options available for the GP3X (or whatever the succesor to the 2X is going to be) out to headers on the motherboard so we get an option.

Pisses me off kindof because the IDE is hidden under the BGA chip with no way out, full IDE not the USB 1.1 type crap too.

 

[Epicenter]

These disks are rather large for the GP2x's enclosure. Wouldn't a high-capacity microdrive be a more logical idea? They won't be quite as fast, but I used a 4GB Seagate Microdrive in my PocketPC to play movies and music, and it always provided very satisfactory performance. You'd still need a power supply though, that's going to add major bulk.

 

[Loubear]

Those cf micro drive things?...those might work...

 

[Crazy Goat]

Those cf micro drive things?...those might work...

Except the fact that they are just as expensive, if not more expensive, than SD cards.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820183165

 

[fdsman]

Hello, i'm new here, as you can see first post, but what do you mean by original case?

 

[tshroom]

You know datel made the MS duo slot to microdrive adapter for PSP when they released the 4GB psp drive. I think it is very possible to add an HDD to the GP2x. The problem will be supplying power to it, and not making it look like a$$. I am interested to see some of the designs if anyone tries it. Maybe some people could make a mock up in photoshop.

 

[DavidBeoulve]

I love your avatar, tShroom - but then, I love the female form.

Hard Drive for the GPX2
I'm a tad confused. Would the HD be hooking up to the SD slot or are there internals in the board that could accept an IDE device?

I would love to put 30gigs of storage on a GPX2, especially if it was detachable. That is to say, I could use an SD card on the go but have a HD that could store all the ROMs I want for the thing at home, with its own power supply, or piggy-backing on the GPX2's power supply at home.

 

[craigix]

You know at the rate SD cards are falling in price i'd just wait a little while.

 

[Penam]

lol I have a 40 gig 1.8 in a case that im converting at the moment.

the nice thing about the 1.8 is it runs on 3.3 Volts

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/c4k40/c4k40.htm

 

[NoidZ]

Can't you put a 20gig.HD together with a super LiTion battery so you have one pack sticking in the EXT. port? So the GP2X battery has a lifetime of 6 to 8 hours

 

[nubie]

Except the fact that they are just as expensive, if not more expensive, than SD cards.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820183165

No, you got a Flash drive, I am talking about a Disk (spinning, with read heads), not Flash based CF cards, there are to kinds, the link you posted clearly says no moving parts, a hard drive would have moving parts.
The other thing is that a CF sized Hard Drive is a 1" drive, not a 1.8" drive, huge price difference there too.

Hello, i'm new here, as you can see first post, but what do you mean by original case?

I mean the original plastic shell, the back of the GP2X where you put the batteries, it has a line/bumper looking thing joining it to the front of the plastic shell.

You know datel made the MS duo slot to microdrive adapter for PSP when they released the 4GB psp drive. I think it is very possible to add an HDD to the GP2x. The problem will be supplying power to it, and not making it look like a$$. I am interested to see some of the designs if anyone tries it. Maybe some people could make a mock up in photoshop.

I don't want an adapter to the SD slot, the USB would be a much better choice. You are right about the design, that is why I suggested a new back shell, I have seen a case on the internet for the slimline PS2, a new bottom with a fold out drawer for the 3.5" HDD and an IDE cable(no USB HDD required on the PS2 slim!!), Point is that it could support 4 AA batteries and power the hard drive, or a Li-Ion battery could be an option if it was made.

Since GPH made this thing from scratch to begin with the option should have been there already and used the MMSP2 IDE support that is already in the chip.

Hard Drive for the GPX2
I'm a tad confused. Would the HD be hooking up to the SD slot or are there internals in the board that could accept an IDE device?

I would love to put 30gigs of storage on a GPX2, especially if it was detachable. That is to say, I could use an SD card on the go but have a HD that could store all the ROMs I want for the thing at home, with its own power supply, or piggy-backing on the GPX2's power supply at home.

Go to: This link, home of MMSP2

That is the chip we are using (just look under the storage section of the picture), my point was that it has an IDE interface, the chip supports being plugged directly into a hard drive natively, so why didn't they add a connector onboard to use that?

USB is on the Break Out Box (BOB, BoB) already, support is there to plug in external USB storage, flash, Hard Drive, LAN adapter, controllers ( I am all set with some Playstation to USB adapters).

The breakout box connects to the bottom port (EXT), where the TV-Out cable does (it has TV-Out on it too), perfect for retro gaming on your TV.

As of Firmware 2.0 the support for USB is native to the GP2X as it comes from the distributors.

You know at the rate SD cards are falling in price i'd just wait a little while.

I am talking about 1.8" Hard Drives, they are going to Vertically Aligned Bit storage, densities will be up over 100GB soon, I can't see SD breaking the cost/GB ratio on even 10GB or 20GB 1.8" hard drives any time soon.