iPod Mini using "special" Microdrive?
I was reading on the French Mac site macbidouille.com that the person took out the Minidrive and tested it in 2 different cameras and it was NOT recognized.
That was from http://www.ipodlounge.com/articles_m...d=3059_0_8_0_C
Any ideas what the heck is going on? Apple thought ahead?
Quote:
Hard Disk Drive: Manufactured by Hitachi, it's really very tiny. The model is HMS360404D5CF00. The part number is 13G1768. It is wrapped in electrical tape and when I removed it, there were 3 Delrin bumpers fitted around the corners. I was rather surprised to discover that the drive is actually a CF card! I tried to mount it in my Lexar FireWire CF Card Reader but with no luck. My Canon Digital Rebel didn't recognize it either.
Hard Disk Drive: Manufactured by Hitachi, it's really very tiny. The model is HMS360404D5CF00. The part number is 13G1768. It is wrapped in electrical tape and when I removed it, there were 3 Delrin bumpers fitted around the corners. I was rather surprised to discover that the drive is actually a CF card! I tried to mount it in my Lexar FireWire CF Card Reader but with no luck. My Canon Digital Rebel didn't recognize it either.
That was from http://www.ipodlounge.com/articles_m...d=3059_0_8_0_C
Any ideas what the heck is going on? Apple thought ahead?
Comments
Hitachi *is* working on an embedded 1" drive though...
Originally posted by Ebby
I read Apple changed something in the firmware of the microdrive. Maybe a simple reformat won't work. If that is true, Boo... Hisss... Apple! That is mean!
But maybe it isn't Apples's fault? Maybe Hitachi, as a part of their agreement with Apple, made them add a firmware revision. Otherwise, Hitachi could lose a lot of money by people buying minis, cracking them open, and then selling the drives below market price. Just my own conspiracy.
Correct me if I'm mistaken on this... I've only had my Mini for a few days... and haven't really tried many different connections to confirm.
Originally posted by BuonRotto
Pardon my ignorance, but this is how I learn things. What's the device "mode" you speak of? This is coming from a tech dullard, mind you.
The Microdrives can switch between identifying themselves as a disk drive or a Flash module. Which mode of operation they are in is determined at boot-up time by a sequence of signals the host has to send. If Apple chose to set it to "disk", it will not work with cameras which expect all Compact Flash modules to conform to the "memory" profile.