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At 10:32 AM -0800 11/30/2011, Bill Spencer wrote:
Hi there: The 1.83ghz machine below
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IMac Core 2 Duo 1.83 ghz/2 g RAM/Lion
is five years old (the first of the late-2006 core 2 duo machines)
and I'm beginning to notice a minor whine sound when it's running. I
assume this is the (original 160gb) HD demonstrating some wear
Could be the drive. Just as likely to be the fans running at a
higher than normal speed because there's 5 years worth of dust
bunnies growin in there.
1. Is this replacement something I can do myself or would it be
better to pay someone to do so? The ifixit site has a guide but it's
marked as "moderate" for difficulty, so I'm glad to hear other
opinions on the task.
If you have the suction cups etc and are ok doing your own hardware, go for it.
2. The drive type is 160 GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA drive...so will any
drive with these specs work?
SATA-I II or III drives will work just fine. The drives with the
faster interfaces will match the interfaces lower speed.
3. Are there manufacturers I should seek our or avoid? I've always
heard good things about Seagate and Western Digital but beyond that
I'm in the dark.
At this point, all bets are off. 20%+ of the manufacturing capacity
was flooded out in Thailand. While many of us were recommending big
Seagates and laptop WDs, it seems they're chopping their warranty
---- if the company doesn't have faith in their own products, why
should we???!!!
http://www.techspot.com/news/46726-seagate-and-western-digital-announce-reduced-warranties-for-hard-drives.html
That being said, currently, I'm doin Hitachi's.
4. About what might I expect to have to pay if I have someone else
do the installation?
An arm and a leg. To be honest, farking inside an iMac is such a
PITA, I've often told people to just boot/live off a chain of
external firewire drives and let the internal spin down.
5. Anything else I should keep in mind?
Getting that display off cleanly is critical. And keep it clean.
The smallest specs of dust are quite visible once you've closed
things up and booted.
And keep everything properly grounded. Esp in the winter -- static
vs those specs of dust...
At 11:58 AM -0800 12/19/2011, Bill Spencer wrote:
I just thought of something with this. Since Lion is only a
download, if I replace the HD (or have someone else replace it) how
do I get the OS back? Would it work to use Carbon Copy Cloner or
something comparable and then boot from the external drive once the
new HD is installed?
CCC to your an external.
Boot on the external - to make sure its fully functional.
Do yer HD replacement.
Boot on the external.
Use Disk Utility to zero and initialize your new internal.
CCC into the new internal.
If you have a way of hooking up the new internal drive before you
install it, go for it. Get it zero'd, initialized, and cloned first.
That way it's ready to go!
Yes, I still *strongly* advocate zero'ing ALL new HDs before using
them. While drives are properly formatted in the factory, there's no
telling what abuse they've been thru since then... freezing or baking
in warehouses, being kicked around the floor during the daily
USPS/UPS hockey game, the angry spouse tossing it about because it
wasn't a gift for her, the wet spot from the dog, etc...
hth,
- Dan.
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