This mod will guide you through the steps necessary to upgrade your Zune with a brand new 80gb hard drive.

Estimated Mod Time: 20-30 minutes
Mod Difficulty: Moderate



Information & Setup
This Modification will guide you though the process of upgrading your Zune hard drive to a new 40, 60, or 80gb hard disk. The Mod is simple enough, it requires no special tools except a screwdriver, a scissors and one of the Toshiba MK**09GAH (where the "**" represents the amount of storage space in GB.) So the 80GB Drive # would be "MK8009GAH".

WARNING... Modifying your Zune is a risky process and if not done properly it will ruin your Zune. Opening your Zune device also voids your Zune warranty making it impossible to return it if a problem should occur.

Step 1

Use a flathead screwdriver, or some other small prying object to remove the bottom panel that covers the outside of the charging port.

Step 2

Once the cover is removed you will see two very small phillips screws holding the case together. Remove those, but be careful not to strip them because that will make reassembly much more difficult. Also be careful not to lose the very small screws, as they can be easily lost.


Step 3

Use a flathead screwdriver (or some other prying object) to pry apart the case. Start at the bottom of your Zune and work your way to the top. The case will appear to hinge at the top, but just wiggle it a little and it should come apart fairly easily.

Step 4
Once the backing is off, your Zune should look something like this:


Unplug the both of the ribbon cables, pull up the the brown piece that secures the ribbons and pull them out of the plugs.


Step 5

Unscrew the small screws found at the bottom of the hard drive enclosure. Make sure to place them apart from the other screws we took out earlier, as they are slightly longer.


Step 6
Remove the hard drive enclosure from the Zune mainboard, you will need to remove 3 stickers (one on each side, and one up near the battery). Lay your hard drive out like below:


Then remove the hard drive from the drive enclosure, do this by removing the stickers that hold it into place and pull it right out.


Step 7 (ONLY FOR 60 OR 80GB DRIVES)
Now, take your new Hard drive and pull the protective casing on the label side of the case of using your fingernails. It should be easily removed, but be careful not to damage your new drive.


Step 8
If you are adding an 80GB drive than we wont be reusing the hard drive casing. Unfortunately for you 80GB people you will need to make one more little modification, you will need to cut the middle area off of those rubber drive spacers before reconnecting the drive. Your Zune should now look something like this:


And for all of you who are replacing your drives with 30 or 40gb drives just reuse the metal casing and set it back up the way you found it.

Step 9
Now we will reconnect those two ribbon cables we disconnected earlier, and put the Zune case back together.


Step 10

Boot your Zune, from here on out the rest of this mod is a cakewalk. Just connect your Zune to your computer and open the Zune software. Let the Zune software update the hard disk with the latest firmware.

Done!

Congratulations, you have successfully replaced your Zunes hard drive with a new higher capacity one.

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