- MID 2011 IMAC HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT HOW TO
- MID 2011 IMAC HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT MANUALS
- MID 2011 IMAC HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT INSTALL
MID 2011 IMAC HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT INSTALL
Once the SATA cable is installed, it is easy to install and securely mount an SSD drive under the DVD drive. The iMac has two SATA-III connectors, one is already in use by the orginal 1TB hard drive. The procedure requires some dis assembly to connect a SATA cable to the spare SATA-III connector located underneath the motherboard. This is not a replacement for the original hard drive, but instead an addition.
MID 2011 IMAC HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT HOW TO
This procedure explains how to install an SSD. The total time to complete is 3 hours approximately. Some prior computer experience is recommended along with patience. And after installation, you'll feel more comfortable with your iMac hardware. If you need any further help in picking drives, the install process, and so on, please check out /r/techsupport, /r/mac, etc.To install an SSD on a 2011 Apple iMac is not easy, but not hard either. Now all of this said, /r/computertechs is more of a place for techs to discuss job-related topics. Had to use SSD Fan Control to get it back to normal. Everything was fine until I got a callback an hour later that the computer sounded like a jet engine. Learned this the hard way after putting a Crucial MX100 in a client's 2011 iMac. As I mentioned, this happens mostly with SSDs, I haven't really run into this with mechanical HDDs. This can result in things like an internal fan in the iMac running at 100% all the time, because it doesn't understand what the drive is doing temp-wise. Any SATA drive will work fine, but one important thing I've run into in the past is that 2010/2011 iMacs and certain drives (mostly SSDs) don't report thermal sensor readings back to the SMC correctly. The $260 fee is because of the inflated cost of "Apple certified" drives and whatever they add on for labor fees. These are all the distributors that were mentioned: Xoxide - Cases, Case Mods, Heatsinks, etc. The top ten websites to get parts from are listed below based on responses to this link in order from most responses to least.
MID 2011 IMAC HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT MANUALS
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