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nutsnbolts wrote in post #5193387
It can be used as such, however, battery life isn't the best in the world with this device. As I have stated all these different devices out there similar to this has it's pro's and con's. Pro being it's amazing, outstanding screen. Con being it's battery life. Nevertheless, I don't consider it too much of an issue when you have extra batteries. Then again, I don't hammer it as much as I would on my iTouch that is constantly on.

I only perform image transfers from my CF/SD cards and slight viewing on it when I need to and the battery would easily get depleted.

Thanks for the advice.

I'm trying to work out whether it's worth the extra money to buy an 80gb iPod on top of it for travel. I'm going to Europe, and will be leaving my laptop in Paris while I travel to various countries - hence the reason for the P5000 - but I also need something to play music from. If the battery sucks that much it might be worth carrying the extra weight in an iPod instead.

Wow, its good to be referenced

I say for those that is scared to take the P3000 apart, don't be!

Ask anyone who's completed the tutorial, its actually piss easy

mR_CaESaR wrote in post #5199460
Wow, its good to be referenced

I say for those that is scared to take the P3000 apart, don't be!

Ask anyone who's completed the tutorial, its actually piss easy

hey Mr. CaESar --- do you want to hook me up fro a modest fee? anyone want to help a brother out ?

ed rader

canuck88 wrote in post #5198976
Ed, I read this whole thread and didn't see where you got it for that ... can you please let me know?

i got it from J&R music and photo for $357 delivered. i'm not sure if the special is still happening tho .

ed rader

You live in the valley and you're looking for help with a computer? I think you just stick your head out your door and yell "I NEED TECH SUPPORT" ... you should have 4 or 5 out of work sysadmins at your step in half a minute.

TheHoff wrote in post #5199608
You live in the valley and you're looking for help with a computer? I think you just stick your head out your door and yell "I NEED TECH SUPPORT" ... you should have 4 or 5 out of work sysadmins at your step in half a minute.

i actually have a couple of buddies that could do it but i figure i'd ask someone who's already done the upgrade .

ed rader

ed rader wrote in post #5199625
i actually have a couple of buddies that could do it but i figure i'd ask someone who's already done the upgrade .

ed rader

mate if you were in sydney, i'd be more than happy to

mR_CaESaR wrote in post #5199723
mate if you were in sydney, i'd be more than happy to

thank you Mate !

ed rader

mR_CaESaR wrote in post #5199723
mate if you were in sydney, i'd be more than happy to

Well maybe, then, I will take up your offer...

TristanCardew wrote in post #5199162
Thanks for the advice.

I'm trying to work out whether it's worth the extra money to buy an 80gb iPod on top of it for travel. I'm going to Europe, and will be leaving my laptop in Paris while I travel to various countries - hence the reason for the P5000 - but I also need something to play music from. If the battery sucks that much it might be worth carrying the extra weight in an iPod instead.

Carry an ipod. it's not an extra weight. I never leave home with itouch. It's just no comparison to a p3000 nor was the p3000/5k was designed as an mp3 player.

I've had a P3000 for six months and am very happy with it. Really like the fact that I can pop my CF and SD cards in the built-in slots and have downloads quickly and easily. Battery life is phenomenal, screen is very good, menus are intuitive and easily accessible.....all in all a very well designed and functional item.
Highly recommend.

billash3 wrote in post #5202769
. Battery life is phenomenal, screen is very good

That would be phenomenally low if anything in comparison to other PSD's.

J

Just finished the upgrade of the P-3000 from a 40GB drive to a 120GB drive using Mr. Caesars' tutorial. It is piss easy. I know caused I pissed just a wee bit a few times while going through this.
I'm not horribly computer savvy but I've installed RAM, changed internal hard drives, upgraded graphic cards and broken some stuff along the way but I gotta say his tutorial is pretty much spot on.

I would recommend/emphasize a few things though.
Really use the right tools. Especially the "00" and "1" sized phillips. There are a lot of screws and some are incredibly tiny. The screws in my P3000 were exceptionally tight and I had to apply WAY too much force to get them loose when using less then optimal tools. As soon as I stepped away and bought the right sized phillps screw drivers they came out like butter. Really, I can't stress this enough. I thought I was going to break something on the P3000 because I was gripping it so tight to try and get the screws out. Pee'd a wee bit here.

Another thing to note if this drive swapping is new territory for you is there are more pins on these drives then there are holes in the board that you connect to. 4 more to be exact and they are just to the outside of the two long rows of pins that are the real players here.

I didn't notice this as I gently removed the drive from the Epson board because of the way it is attached (the extra pins are kinda hidden from view) but when I went to insert the drive into the external housing I noticed the holes in the connector (this is a PATA drive not SATA, eSATA or any other kinda of 'ata) and the pins in the drive didn't match up. Again, insert dribble of pee here.

I think it is worth noting to take care when lining up these pins and making sure the 4 black sheep pins are clearly not involved.

The last thing I think worth mentioning is the use of Acronis software (version 11). I never used backup imaging whatever it is called software but I bought it for this project and figured it would be good to have anyway for my computers. If you are new to this aspect I'd suggest going through an initial back up because Acronis requires you to re-allocate some of your C drive (or any drive you pick) for its back up space.

I was unable to simply go through the steps in the tutorial as outlined since the software was just installed and hadn't been "used" yet to back anything up. I simply couldn't just create a folder to copy the two partitions on the Epson drive over. Acronis made me go through an excercise in assigning drive space, back up and rebooting my computer process (while the 40GB drive was still hooked up via USB) that yielded the greatest amount of pee thus far.

Everything ended up working but it was my inexperience with working with backup software that threw me for a loop at this step.

Once Acronis got what it wanted (its own separate home to back info up to) following the tutorial was again back on track.

FWIW I'm using Vista.
Everything checks out fine with the new drive installed. It shows 111 GB of space available! And loading a 8GB CF card of only RAW images came up perfectly! (Note: I believe 8GB is the largest the Epson can read for those with larger capacity CF cards).
I never had any images/songs/data on it to begin with and the new Fujitsu drive I got (MHV2120AH) was new and bare so the drive was "unallocated" to start with.

Would I recommend this mod to those with the P3000? Yes, absolutely. But I'd follow Mr. Caesar's advice about tool selection, using a 120GB Fujitsu drive and an external housing to complete the transfer of partitions.

Only two days left on the $100 and $50 rebates for this Epson. Highly recommended!

TristanCardew wrote in post #5200718
Well maybe, then, I will take up your offer...

Shoot me a PM and we might be able to work something out depending on ur location

jgogums wrote in post #5221705
Just finished the upgrade of the P-3000 from a 40GB drive to a 120GB drive using Mr. Caesars' tutorial. It is piss easy. I know caused I pissed just a wee bit a few times while going through this.
I'm not horribly computer savvy but I've installed RAM, changed internal hard drives, upgraded graphic cards and broken some stuff along the way but I gotta say his tutorial is pretty much spot on.

YAY!! another happy customer, glad you liked the tutorial

jgogums wrote in post #5221705
I would recommend/emphasize a few things though.
Really use the right tools. Especially the "00" and "1" sized phillips. There are a lot of screws and some are incredibly tiny. The screws in my P3000 were exceptionally tight and I had to apply WAY too much force to get them loose when using less then optimal tools. As soon as I stepped away and bought the right sized phillps screw drivers they came out like butter. Really, I can't stress this enough. I thought I was going to break something on the P3000 because I was gripping it so tight to try and get the screws out. Pee'd a wee bit here.

Yeah having the right tools does help a lot, you can find most of those tools from the local electronics shop, Tandy here in australia, or i think its called Radio Shack in the US.

jgogums wrote in post #5221705
Another thing to note if this drive swapping is new territory for you is there are more pins on these drives then there are holes in the board that you connect to. 4 more to be exact and they are just to the outside of the two long rows of pins that are the real players here.

I didn't notice this as I gently removed the drive from the Epson board because of the way it is attached (the extra pins are kinda hidden from view) but when I went to insert the drive into the external housing I noticed the holes in the connector (this is a PATA drive not SATA, eSATA or any other kinda of 'ata) and the pins in the drive didn't match up. Again, insert dribble of pee here.

I think it is worth noting to take care when lining up these pins and making sure the 4 black sheep pins are clearly not involved.

I'll probably update the tutorial with that. Thanks.

jgogums wrote in post #5221705
The last thing I think worth mentioning is the use of Acronis software (version 11). I never used backup imaging whatever it is called software but I bought it for this project and figured it would be good to have anyway for my computers. If you are new to this aspect I'd suggest going through an initial back up because Acronis requires you to re-allocate some of your C drive (or any drive you pick) for its back up space.

I was unable to simply go through the steps in the tutorial as outlined since the software was just installed and hadn't been "used" yet to back anything up. I simply couldn't just create a folder to copy the two partitions on the Epson drive over. Acronis made me go through an excercise in assigning drive space, back up and rebooting my computer process (while the 40GB drive was still hooked up via USB) that yielded the greatest amount of pee thus far.

Everything ended up working but it was my inexperience with working with backup software that threw me for a loop at this step.

Once Acronis got what it wanted (its own separate home to back info up to) following the tutorial was again back on track.

FWIW, i too freshly installed that application, and it didn't ask me for anything like that IIRC. Maybe its a new thing on the version 11, as the tutorial was based on V10.

jgogums wrote in post #5221705
Would I recommend this mod to those with the P3000? Yes, absolutely. But I'd follow Mr. Caesar's advice about tool selection, using a 120GB Fujitsu drive and an external housing to complete the transfer of partitions.

Only two days left on the $100 and $50 rebates for this Epson. Highly recommended!

I too recommend it

Although, like you, i kind of pissed myself when i was dong the mod, because my P3000 was purchased on the Friday morning, and i did the mod on the Friday afternoon... never have i packed it sooo much before, but fortunately, i was successful

im having so much fun with my brand spankin' new Asus R2H UMPC!

i have upgraded it to 2GB of ram and to VIsta and have installed Canon's DPP and utilities.

i even installed Adobe PS2 on it and it runs sweet!

the Epson pX000 is good but nothing beats a full pledged UMPC on for digital photography.

btw, i transfer my pix from the 40D using just a USB cable!