Part 4 – The First Boot At this point you should have already modified the AppleTV hardware by removing the Hard Drive and fan as well as replacing the WiFi adapter with a Brodcom CryastalHD card. You should also have completed the steps to build a CrystalHD for AppleTV boot thumb-drive and modified the system [...]

Part 3 – AppleTV Hardware Modification The next part of this guide is going to focus on taking apart the Apple TV and removing the hard drive and the fan while also replacing the WiFi adapter with a new CrystalHD mini-PCI card. The hard drive and fan represent the only moving parts in the Apple [...]

Part 2 – Preparing the Crystalbuntu USB Thumb-drive With Linux Mint Update (April 2012) All videos are now done with Linux Mint so that they match the guide. Also – Fixed a few VERY embarrassing typos in the commands… SORRY! The process to install Linux on an Apple TV is actually quite simple, but things get a bit [...]

Building a silent media player from an original first generation Apple TV The original Apple TV (ATV) never really made sense to me as a retail product. It was too expensive, had too many moving parts and it could only play media from Apple. I actually bought one years ago when they first came out [...]