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birdy_z4

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I know the :( hard drive music collection is old but, I like things to work

Last time I used, the system would work and I could see music on hard drive from previous owner update etc

But the other day thought I would play some music for the hard drive.

Music was playing but all it says is searching and won’t move music to next track or list anything

Deleted music, imported and music plays but again nothing lists cannot forward to next track and just says ‘searching’

Any ideas?
 
I can’t help exactly but I have a similar problem with playing music through my phone when it’s connecting via arm rest USB

Sometimes I can see the artwork & can skip other times it’s no artwork & no skipping

Maybe it’s the idrive showing it’s age?
 
If it's a physical hard drive (rather than an SSD) it's probably the drive dying. I don't know what vintage your car is but 2.5" (ie laptop size) HDDs don't last forever at the best of times, especially when the power saving mode is spinning them up and down a lot.

I presume BMW will have gone for a ruggedised model but being bounced around in a car is still a harsh environment to work in.
 
smorris_12 said:
Absolutely no idea I'm afraid. I know about the technology; don't know anything about the E89!
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I'm the same! No problem building PCs etc, but I would be surprised if the hard drive is easily accessible in a nice bay in the e89 - probably buried and soldiered in somewhere. :|
 
blackbay54 said:
smorris_12 said:
Absolutely no idea I'm afraid. I know about the technology; don't know anything about the E89!
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I'm the same! No problem building PCs etc, but I would be surprised if the hard drive is easily accessible in a nice bay in the e89 - probably buried and soldiered in somewhere. :|
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It’s relatively pc like so it’s easy enough to swap out …needs thr correct formatting to be used though..various articles on the E90 forums about them failing and others who have put a larger disc in as most of the disc is used for Gracenote and only 12 gb for music..hence the aggressive compression and poor playback quality..
 
Right guys, as follows....

Yes it's accessible.
Yes it's replaceable.
You'd need a specific HDD type.
You can install a SSD instead.

But nothing is easy!!
Full how-to here...
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1426773

And here...
https://www.bimmerfest.com/threads/diy-bmw-x5-e70-cic-navigation-hdd-to-ssd-upgrade.841458/

Hope that helps :thumbsup:
 
But to be honest probably a hell of a lot easier and cheaper to use a USB stick. This is my 64gb drive, nice and small, I also have full album artwork as well, which you don't have with the Music Collection option
 

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I tried it once and the quality playback was poor…as AZ says USB stick or if you have a lot of tracks an old iPhone as an iPod which means access is faster and playlists are easier if you use Apple products..
 
Thanks all for the feedback and suggestions

I will look at the feeds on changing the hard drive

Have USB and mmi box installed so not desperate as other stuff to fix but it’s the little things that bug the hell out of men when they don’t work. :roll:

It’s a 2010 3.0si so getting on maybe a job for the winter
 
AnubisZed said:
Right guys, as follows....

Yes it's accessible.
Yes it's replaceable.
You'd need a specific HDD type.
You can install a SSD instead.

But nothing is easy!!
Full how-to here...
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1426773

And here...
https://www.bimmerfest.com/threads/diy-bmw-x5-e70-cic-navigation-hdd-to-ssd-upgrade.841458/

Hope that helps :thumbsup:
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Cheers Dave star as always
 
It's a Toshiba mk8050gac https://icecat.biz/p/toshiba/mk8050gac/internal+hard+drives-mk8050gac-5893168.html
If you are going the route of getting a PATA SSD instead of a spindle drive, make sure it is rated for temps.

In some areas of the UK, its more likely to need to be waterproofed than concern for overheat.... :poke:

Operating temperature (T-T) -30 - 85 °C
Operating vibration 29.4 G
Non-operating vibration 49 G
Operating altitude -300 - 5500 m
 
birdy_z4 said:
Thanks all for the feedback and suggestions

I will look at the feeds on changing the hard drive

Have USB and mmi box installed so not desperate as other stuff to fix but it’s the little things that bug the hell out of men when they don’t work. :roll:

It’s a 2010 3.0si so getting on maybe a job for the winter
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Totally agree, it would bug me as well.
Another thing to consider here is that the HDD also contains your Sat-Nav maps!! Not that that is bothering me as my GPS isn't working at the moment :headbang: but at least I've got 2023-2 maps installed :driving:

I did look into installing a larger SSD when I first saw those write-ups, but I just couldn't be bothered, especially as I don't carry a lot of music. Even my 64Gb stick is only partially full, but it is nice to have album artwork when I do use it.
 
AnubisZed said:
birdy_z4 said:
Thanks all for the feedback and suggestions

I will look at the feeds on changing the hard drive

Have USB and mmi box installed so not desperate as other stuff to fix but it’s the little things that bug the hell out of men when they don’t work. :roll:

It’s a 2010 3.0si so getting on maybe a job for the winter
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Totally agree, it would bug me as well.
Another thing to consider here is that the HDD also contains your Sat-Nav maps!! Not that that is bothering me as my GPS isn't working at the moment :headbang: but at least I've got 2023-2 maps installed :driving:

I did look into installing a larger SSD when I first saw those write-ups, but I just couldn't be bothered, especially as I don't carry a lot of music. Even my 64Gb stick is only partially full, but it is nice to have album artwork when I do use it.
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May need to do a diskclone, just upgraded to the 2023 maps the other week, wonder if that had anything to do with it :?
 
Christopher72 said:
It's a Toshiba mk8050gac https://icecat.biz/p/toshiba/mk8050gac/internal+hard+drives-mk8050gac-5893168.html
If you are going the route of getting a PATA SSD instead of a spindle drive, make sure it is rated for temps.

In some areas of the UK, its more likely to need to be waterproofed than concern for overheat.... :poke:

Operating temperature (T-T) -30 - 85 °C
Operating vibration 29.4 G
Non-operating vibration 49 G
Operating altitude -300 - 5500 m
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Thanks for the link and spec's :D
 
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