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January 13, 2006
HOWTO: Void the Warranty on Your 8GB iPod Nano
DIY/hardware hacking, as they say, "floats our boats." If it floats yours too, motor your boat over to this hack to turn a 4GB Nano into an 8GB Nano. Hardware hacks may be nothing new in net-land, but it's not often they get away with reworking
iPod board before modding
After adding the extra chip
Note: images from MultiArcade.com.
Update: The hack-a-day write up and comments are very skeptical of this hack. Unfortunately the comments to this effect represent the internet at its finest. This hack is completely plausible. If I were a designer at Apple, I would build my PCB to automatically detect the configuration of the flash modules. It would be crazy not to, especially with the poplarity of the iPod. As the demand for 2GB and 4GB Nanos and supply of flash modules fluctuate, the only thing that need to be done to adjust your assembly line is the number and kind of flash modules soldered to pads. And what about when Apple chooses to release a 6GB Nano? Well the designer smiles and goes on vacation. Is this hack legit? Maybe we'll find out.
Posted by zach at January 13, 2006 10:41 AM
Comments
This is almost as cool as the 200GB ipod nano upgrade I've seen elsewhere. Pictures are on page three.
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at January 16, 2006 11:56 AM