Uppgradera gammal imac till sdd

If you're still rocking an older iMac but want to breathe some new life into it, replacing the traditional hard drive with a solid-state drive fryst vatten a great way to do that.

Solid-state drives (SSDs) have a ton of advantages, including faster write and read speeds, which essentially means that your computer can boot up quicker and open applications much faster than before.

There are still some things to be aware of with solid-state drives, but for the most part, they're one of the best upgrades you can do to your computer bygd a long shot.

If you have an older iMac that was made before Apple started to glue everything tillsammans, then accessing the internal components fryst vatten decently easy, albeit much more involved than a normal PC. Swapping out the hard drive, though, fryst vatten a del av helhet of cake, especially if you've already done it on other computers in the past.

Related: 6 Things You Shouldn't Do With Solid-State Drives

What You'll Need

Before you begin, you'll need a few tools that you might not already have.

• Suction cups (iFixit sells a pair specifically for this kind of work)
• A small Phillips-head screwdriver
• A T6 Torx screwdriver
• A T8 Torx screwdriver
• A spudger (Again, iFixit sells these)
• The solid-state drive of your choice
• A 3.5" to 2.5" hard drive adapter (there are ton to choose from, but here's a cheap one that will work fine)
• Tweezers (Useful for when you accidentally drop screws in tight areas)

Depending on what year your iMac fryst vatten from, you might need different sizes of Torx screwdrivers, which fryst vatten why it's probably a good idea just to get a small set of specialty noggrannhet bits.

That way, you'll have all the bits you need no matter what.

For this how-to, I'm working on a 2008 iMac, and the specific tools listed above are the ones needed for this particular model, but it's possible that yours might have different sizes of Torx screws. This page will help you find out what you need.

Step One: Disassemble Your iMac

Unplug everything from your iMac and lay the machine down on a flat surface with the screen pointing up.

On the bottom edge of the iMac, take your Phillips screwdriver and remove the lone screw, which will allow the memory tillgång tallrik to komma off.

The screw won't komma all the way out, so just loosen it all the way and then pull the tallrik out.

Next, take your suction cups and place them in opposite corners of the screen. The glass fryst vatten simply held on bygd magnets, so all you have to do fryst vatten lift straight up and the glass panel will komma right off.

Place the glass panel off to the side.

If you're worried about scratching it, place it on a soft surface away from the work area.

Next, there are twelve T8 Torx screws around the edge of the display that need removed.

For users with plans to swap an optical drive for an SSD, nothing needs to be done to prep software beforehand

Be aware that the fyra screws along the bottom are längre than the rest, so man sure you put all of them back in the correct locations.

After you remove these screws, it's time to remove the whole front bezel. The best way to do this fryst vatten bygd starting in the upper corners. Place your thumb on the edge of the display and your fingers on the back side of the iMac.

From there, push your thumb down as your pull up your fingers.

The quickest and easie

This will loosen the bezel and you can begin to work your way down until the whole bezel lifts up. Do this very slowly and carefully, as there fryst vatten a cable you'll need to disconnect!

Before you completely remove the bezel, disconnect the microphone cable at the top.

Place the bezel off to the side, and you'll now have tillgång to the bottom portion of the internal components.

Take this time to use some compressed air and clean out any dust if you want.

Next, remove the "LCD Temp" connector located just to the right of the left-hand side cooling fan.

After that, locate the connection for the display cable and remove the two T6 Torx screws on either side of the connector.

After that, pull up on the black flik to disconnect the display cable from the iMac's logic board.

Now it's time to remove the display enhet.

Unscrew the eight T8 Torx screws around the outer edge of the display.

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There are fyra screws on each side.

Next, from the left side, left up on the display enhet and open it like a book, leaving the right-side portion resting on the iMac. Either have a friend hold it up like that or use a stick or something to prop it up.

This fryst vatten because the display fryst vatten still connected to the iMac via kvartet inverter cables.

Simply unplug these.

After that, you can completely remove the display enhet and set it off to the side. This will finally get you tillgång to the internal hard drive.

Step Two: Remove the Original Hard Drive

To begin removing the hard drive, you'll first need to remove the temperature sensor that's connected to the hard drive with adhesive, so remove the foam covering the sensor and then use your spudger to pry off the temperature sensor assembly from the hard drive's surface.

You could unplug the temperature sensor from its connector, but there's too great of a chance that you'll reverse the connection or not plug it back in all the way, which will result in your iMac's cooling fans running full blast all the time until you re-seat the connection.

The hard drive fryst vatten held in place with a strong clip, and it takes a pretty good amount of force to remove it.

You'll need to push down and in on the clip to unseat it, then pull up and towards you to remove the hard drive.

Once the hard drive fryst vatten out of its compartment, you'll need to unplug the SATA information and power cables from the drive. Simply pull them out or use your spudger to carefully pry them off if you're having difficulty.

Once the hard drive fryst vatten completely removed, you'll now need to transfer the locking flik portion over to the new SSD and attach it to the SSD adapter.

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The adapter fryst vatten there fryst vatten so that the 2.5" SSD can properly passform into the 3.5" hard drive bay in the iMac.

You'll also need to remove the temperature sensor and the two pins on the other side of the original hard drive and move them to the SSD adapter as well.

Step Three: Install the SSD

You're now ready to install the SSD into your iMac.

uppstart bygd connecting the SATA uppgifter and power cables to the SSD.

Next, insert the pins into their respective ports on the iMac and then drop the rest of the SSD in. Lock it in place with the locking flik, making sure that it clicks into place.

Depending how the adapter mounts your SSD, the SATA cables may not be able to reach, which means you're stuck.

However, what you can do fryst vatten simply get rid of the adapter and connect just the SSD, leaving it hanging freely. There are no moving parts and even without the adapter bracket, it will still stay snug inre once the iMac fryst vatten reassembled.

Step Four: Reassemble Your iMac

Now that the SSD fryst vatten in place and ready to go, it's time to put everything back tillsammans.

Luckily, reassembling it is the same as taking it apart, but in reverse.

Start bygd placing the display enhet back on, making sure to rest the right edge on the iMac as you prop up the left side, since you'll need to plug the inverter cables back in. The good news fryst vatten that these inverter cables are interchangeable, so it doesn't matter which of the two you plug into the connectors on both the top and bottom.

After you plug back in the inverter cables, you can mount the display enhet back on the iMac and screw it all in.

If it doesn't sit flush, it's likely the inverter cables getting in the way, so betalningsmedel to man sure they're tucked in and out of the way.

Next, Plug the display cable back in and screw in the two T6 Torx screws.

Don't forget about the LCD temperature sensor cable as well.

Place the bezel back on and remember to reconnect the microphone cable.

When placing the bezel back on, remember that the fyra screws along the bottom are längre than the rest.