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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
Replacing Hard Drive Help (not instructions) and compatibility issue question
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1250682" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>The first question is easy to answer. Go to <a href="http://www.ifixit.com" target="_blank">iFixit: The free repair manual</a> and lookup replacing the hard drive for your model(s) iMac. They'll have step by step instructions including the diagrams.</p><p></p><p>Your second question is more difficult to answer because on some iMac models Apple used proprietary hard drives with special firmware and SATA cables. Even though those drives were manufactured by Seagate and Western Digital, they were made to Apple's specs. An ordinary hard drive as a replacement could cause the hard drive temperature sensors to malfunction resulting in a run away hard drive fan.</p><p></p><p>There are work arounds which have been posted. I'll leave that up to you to dig out and if you wish, to use one of them. The other alternative is to have Apple install the hard drives in both machines. Of course that will be at the cost of the new drives plus labor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1250682, member: 46727"] The first question is easy to answer. Go to [url=http://www.ifixit.com]iFixit: The free repair manual[/url] and lookup replacing the hard drive for your model(s) iMac. They'll have step by step instructions including the diagrams. Your second question is more difficult to answer because on some iMac models Apple used proprietary hard drives with special firmware and SATA cables. Even though those drives were manufactured by Seagate and Western Digital, they were made to Apple's specs. An ordinary hard drive as a replacement could cause the hard drive temperature sensors to malfunction resulting in a run away hard drive fan. There are work arounds which have been posted. I'll leave that up to you to dig out and if you wish, to use one of them. The other alternative is to have Apple install the hard drives in both machines. Of course that will be at the cost of the new drives plus labor. [/QUOTE]
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