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I bought this 2nd Gen mini looking to iFlash it, as the original hard drive seems to be toast. When turning it on using usb 30 pin it boot loops but with FireWire it runs - which seems to suggest battery problems, but when restoring using FireWire it crashes partway through the process.

To those in the community with much more experience than me, is it likely that replacing the battery and swapping the hard drive for an SD-CF adapter will problems?

Like most projects, it’s been sitting around for much longer than it should have waiting to be revived, and it’s time has finally come for me to attempt a repair. Any advice is greatly appreciated.