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#273157 7-Aug-2020 20:21

I am looking for recommendations for who could install a SSD in my 27" iMac. Wellington/Hutt City

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#2536470 7-Aug-2020 21:26

I am about to do my own when the temp sensor kit arrives here from Macsales in the USA.

Its currently been sitting in Auckland for the last 7 days with airline processing.

However to answer you question I have been told Cyclone Computers may be an option

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#2541432 15-Aug-2020 09:13

Temp sensor kit finally arrived from the USA (Mac ID 11,1, 27" late 2009 , i7)

Installed the SSD and it makes a MASSIVE difference.

Will drop an SSD into my Mac Mini this weekend

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#2541595 15-Aug-2020 13:25

sir1963:
Temp sensor kit finally arrived from the USA (Mac ID 11,1, 27" late 2009 , i7)

Installed the SSD and it makes a MASSIVE difference.

Will drop an SSD into my Mac Mini this weekend

I upgraded my 2014 mini to a 1TB SSD and it’s literally like a brand new current machine for general use. Amazing performance increase.

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#2541655 15-Aug-2020 14:09

An SSD upgrade to a windows pc provides a huge performance lift as well.
Anyone with a mac/windows device that has a regular old hard drive should check out doing an SSD upgrade - assuming everything else is working ok, you can extend the life and performance hugely.

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#2541784 15-Aug-2020 16:09

Not so long ago I would do this myself. Removing the screen Is not too difficult but I have lost dexterity and feeling in one hand so it’s beyond me. I have been told Connect can do this.

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#2555378 2-Sep-2020 08:04

Bringing this thread back to life - can anyone who's done this recommend any particular SSD - I'm new to the game and have done one (860 QVO) into a macbook, but now wonder if that was a good decision.

I note samsung and intel don't seem to have diagnostic software for os x, only windows and linux....

Is there any SSDs you'd recommend / stay clear of given the effort to upgrade it? (think I'm going to try to replace the i5 with i7, and possibly add the esata cable/port while I'm in there)

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#2555710 2-Sep-2020 15:00

Check your Mac model at somewhere like iFixtIt.com. Many Mac models, especially laptops, cannot actually be upgraded because the CPUs, RAM, graphic card/chip, and even SSD are soldered to the circuit board ... unless of course you're a wiz with an electronics soldering iron. Even the ones that can be upgraded are often fiddly to do - the only real exception being the 27" iMac (not iMac Pro) which still has a trapdoor on the back to upgrade the RAM.

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#2560161 8-Sep-2020 11:23

Well pleased to say this all worked.

Cloned drive with carbon copy cloner into a crucial mx500 1TB attached to usb

Opened it up and spent a few careful hours getting the motherboard out.

Swapping cpu was easy in the end, no tricks.

Reinstalled all parts and booted right away.

Apparently should have taken this opportunity to upgrade graphics card while in there. Maybe next time.

Photos of the process for anyone interested.

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#2560184 8-Sep-2020 11:52

Tricky work - glad it turned on again after!

Nice to see these old devices soldiering on with some new guts. In computer years, it is positively ancient!

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#2572212 22-Sep-2020 16:46

Missus has a 2010 27" IMAC that used to work perfectly,but now has the dreaded Graphics card issue. Been meaning to take a stab at it myself and bake the existing card so i can get it back into action. A "new" replacement card seems to be no go as people charge an arm and a leg for them. Looks like quite a mission to get to it anyway so it sits on the floor where its been for the last 8 months. How something so small could cripple the entire system...oh if it was a windows PC in a desktop case.

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#2572523 23-Sep-2020 09:06

If you google for imac 2011 GPU replacement you'll get a very good thread on a mac rumours site (not sure if we're allowed to post links to other sites here) - there's some good info (the first post) on better replacement cards (baking doesn't work long term - did it with a 2011 macbook pro and it gave about 6 months more use before it went futz again (this was before the apple recall/replacment).

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#2572631 23-Sep-2020 10:49

Nice work @Prudle!

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#2572857 23-Sep-2020 15:20

Prudle: If you google for imac 2011 GPU replacement you'll get a very good thread on a mac rumours site (not sure if we're allowed to post links to other sites here) - there's some good info (the first post) on better replacement cards (baking doesn't work long term - did it with a 2011 macbook pro and it gave about 6 months more use before it went futz again (this was before the apple recall/replacment).

Thanks for that. I will check it out.

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#2572888 23-Sep-2020 15:50

This thread? https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2011-imac-graphics-card-upgrade.1596614/