Careful hands and a spudger are key to avoid marring the pressed-together metal case. Once opened, an iFlash Quad board was installed inside that lets the iPod use up to four micro SD cards for storage instead of the original hard disk drive. With two 512 GB cards installed, won’t be short of storage. A new battery was then subbed in, along with a fancy clear front casing for the aesthetic charm of it all.Īfter the hardware modifications were complete, the iPod needed to be restored with iTunes to start working again. She then installed the open source Rockbox firmware, which opens up the capabilities of the hardware immensely.
Perhaps best of all, it can play DOOM! Alternatively, you can use the clickwheel to control the volume on your MacBook if you so desire. Project goes to show that modifying an iPod these days can be a fun weekend build thanks to the great software and hardware now available.
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