Hacking an Extra 20GB into the Rio Karma

A user at the Riovolution forums has successfully hacked his way through installing a 40GB hardrive into his Rio Karma. Photos of the hack are here. However, the operation wasn't simple. It involved quite a bit of Dremeling to get the slightly larger 40GB drive into the space occupied by the original 20GB. Fortunately though once you've got the drive in, you only need to format it and it's ready to rock.

At least one other Karma has decided to take the plunge, but maybe this hack isn't for everyone:

Well i have decided to tempt my fate by doing the 40gb upgrade...Ive broken my scroll wheel, snapped off the headphone jack, broken the lead for the battery, broken the socket for the lcd display, and finally broken the plastic clip thingy that holds the lcd in place, so it cant be much worse than that...

[Via DAP Review]

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