An old Zune 80 gets hacked, now sports a 32GB SSD

In a nice little change from the Zune HD related news.

What do you do when your current iriver H300 MP3 player croaks and you do not want to spend any serious money on a replacement? Well, if you are one enterprising user, you scan eBay looking for a Zune 80 that has died and you purchase that along with a 1.8-inch 32GB SSD and put them together.

According to the details, Andrew was able to purchase a "well cared for" Zune 80 that has an "error 5" issue (dead hard drive) for $50. He also grabbed that 32GB SSD for around $75.

Or more specifically he paid;

"$49.99 for the Zune + $4 to ship the Zune + $75.58 for the drive = a grand total of $129.57."

Sure, this may not be as shiny or fancy as the new Zune HD with its OLED display, but he also paid just shy of $130, which means he not only saved a bunch of money in that respect, but also had the fun of taking something apart and rebuilding it.
 
If you are looking for more of the juicy details about how he made this all work, head on over for the full story.

[Andrew Price via anythingbutipod]