iMac Hard Drive Upgrade

Fr0dders · 26 Jan 2011 at 13:14

I've got a Quad Core i5 27" iMac and tempted to upgrade the hard drive.

I've read the guides on the internet about pulling the glass away from the magnets with suction cups and removing the display which scares me to death !!

Anybody done it before and comment how scary it really is / any tips ?

Talbs13 · 26 Jan 2011 at 13:21

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac-Intel-27-Inch/1236/1

Good Luck

It's very tricky.

Fr0dders · 26 Jan 2011 at 14:08

I've seen that guide before, this bits great:

Hopefully you're not following along at home, as this can be a little tricky.

*gulp*

Spit · 26 Jan 2011 at 14:56

I have done it. It was fine, but then i have been taking computers to bits for years.

You can pull the glass away with your fingertips.

The trickiest bit is getting to the SATA port, I managed to do it without removing the motherboard. I had to bend it slightly.

Spit · 26 Jan 2011 at 14:57

The best guides are on the macrumours forums.

LordSplodge · 26 Jan 2011 at 14:58

I looked at this and then decided a Drobo connected by FireWire 800 is a saner option...

Fr0dders · 17 Apr 2011 at 13:11

LordSplodge said:
I looked at this and then decided a Drobo connected by FireWire 800 is a saner option...

I've all but used by 1tb in the imac now so looking to expand. I keep coming back to the idea of having a nice neat 2gb OS drive and just opening the thing up.

But then the ease of the firewire 800 drive temps me. What sort of speed difference will there be for a FW800 drive vs internal ?