80GB is definitely not enough for what I want. iFixit had good instructions there!įirst and foremost, storage. After working my way around the casing, it just popped open. Opening the iPod was made fairly simple with the iPod tools. If there’s anything specific, I’ll link it Opening § The vast majority of them were found on eBay, where there is a LOT of choice. I ordered a bunch of components for this, as I knew pretty much exactly what I wanted. The 80GB has 64mb of memory, while smaller capacities have only 32mb. Something else to be aware of is that different models of this iPod had different amounts of memory. This generation of iPod was the last to feature the “wolfson DAC”, which is very well known for being of fantastic quality. Secondly, and most importantly - the DAC. I was going to be replacing the front anyway, so it might as well be easy to open! I’d recommend ordering some iPod tools :)

Almost all of the cables can be removed by lifting a little black lever, and are equally as easy to replace. I mostly followed iFixit, and fumbled my way through the rest. I won’t be detailing precisely how I did it. Over the weekend I took apart a 5.5th gen iPod Classic (or iPod Video) and made it suit 2022 a little better :D

I think this is in part due to the fact that almost any music was available - which made choosing even more difficult.Īnyway. I’d never really think about what music I liked + what music I wanted to listen to. I’d often just play my weekly/daily mix, or some playlist I made up a long time ago. I realised something not so long ago - I was being very lazy. A long time ago this was with a little mp3 player, then an iPod, and eventually on to a phone with Spotify. I’ve always been the sort of person who struggles to do anything without some sort of music going on in the background.

Just a heads up that this is pretty image-heavy, in case you’re on a limited data plan. I shared this on Twitter recently, and have had a bunch of people ask me for more details - so here they are! This also ended up getting picked up by Vice, Hackaday, Techspot, as well as a whole bunch of other publications! Thank you so much for your interest in my work 💖

The Front for ipod instal