Mi Problema
Wanted a faster disk in my older 2009 27" iMac which otherwise works great. Prices and reliability on SSDs seemed to be pretty good these days, compared to replacing the entire iMac. I bought a Samsung 830 series SSD.
Mi Solución
I followed the excellent iFixit guide "iMac Intel 27" EMC 2309 and 2374 cambio de disco duro and had no difficulties. Overall, it took maybe 30 minutes. I used a Silverstone 3.5-to-2.5 bay adaptor, which worked perfectly.
Mi Consejo
This was easier than it looked -- the glass comes right off without much effort. The lack of a temp sensor in the SSD was easily fixed by shorting the cable with a small piece of wire -- don't be afraid of that hack!
The funny thing is that the day after installing the new disk, I got an email from Apple about problems with the 1TB disk, offering to replace it. I'll keep the SSD, thanks!
Un comentario
Did it significantly increase speed of your imac? my SATA is crunching and while SMART utils say no problem - still slow as !&&*.
Peter Liu - Contestar