Comments on: Cowon Q5W Teardown & Hard Drive Upgrade

By: rcgrabbag

rcgrabbag — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:42:03 +0000

Can you still access the Cowon via USB from your computer? If so, download the latest firmware and Applications from the Cowon website here. Follow the upgrade instructions and that should restore everything that was missing.

By: lincoln austin

lincoln austin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:11:34 +0000

hi i have a COWON Q5W I FORMATED THE HDD BY MISTAKE , TWO WEEKS AGO AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ALL KIND OF THINGS TO GET IT BACK ON TRACK . WHAT IS HAPPENGING IS THIS , ONE THE UNIT CAN NOT BE POWERED OFF WITH THE SWITCH .TWO WHEN I TAP ON COWON LAUNCHER THIS THING POP UP AND SAY [CANNOT FIND COWON Q5 MAIN OR ONE OF ITS COMPONENTS MAKE SURE THE PATH FILE NAME ARE CORRECT AND ALL THE REQUREDS LIBRARIES ARE AVALABLE .I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME . I AM NOT SO GOOD WITH COMPUTERS THANKS YOUR FREIND LINCOLN THANKS

By: rcgrabbag

rcgrabbag — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:03:24 +0000

One device that’s probably the closest to what you describe is the iPhone. It runs a pretty robust version of OS X.

By: salestron

salestron — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:52:44 +0000

Thanks for your help its a pity no one has thought to build a pmp system around 2000 instead of CE its alot easier to use apps on 2000 then CE…

By: rcgrabbag

rcgrabbag — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:40:35 +0000

Not that I know of. These mobile devices may have the power, but they lack the memory and/or the processor chips have an improper instruction set to run an OS like XP.

By: salestron

salestron — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:29:15 +0000

Is there any chance you know of a device that you can modify to run 2k or XP that is roughly the size of the cowon? Looking at the stats most of these pmps have the power to do it

By: rcgrabbag

rcgrabbag — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:57:54 +0000

Nope, this is a mobile device and won’t run 2K or XP.

By: salestron

salestron — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:43:59 +0000

Is there any way to stick windows 2000 or XP on this? Preferably keeping the original OS on there two I was just looking for a way to run some games like Rollar Coster Tycoon or an N64 emulator…

By: diagram-p

diagram-p — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:21:10 +0000

Hi All,

This is a great walk-through and thread. I am looking at buying either the Archos 5 or the Cowon Q5W. The storage size is a large determining factor in my decision. Chris, you should be able to format a large drive over 160GB. I have a 160GB 2.5″ drive and formatted it with FAT32 in Mac OS X. Has anyone tried the 160GB Samsung drive?

PATA type drives are the ones you need. 40 pin ATA connector. Not sure whether the connector is ATA-100 or ATA-133. Drive should still work I beleive. Toshiba have released a 240GB two platten drive MK2431GAH but I can’t find it on any sites yet. Anyone had any luck with their upgrades?

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:59:21 +0000

Hello,
I think I might try this out when I have enough cash for the player and drive, or if I can get a drive from my computer class since my teacher lets me take a lot of crap from the class. Anyhow, would a 160gb drive actually work, cause I though that the FAT32 file system would only go to 120gb? Or would you be able to have two partitions? Also, a couple of other things: How does this affect the battery life and is it possible to also upgrade the battery?
Thank you.