Its fairly easy to do just as Sam stated but fiddly and a bit time consuming, but its a straight forward swap, just keep track of all the screws!…
We still have the Halfords suction cups they work fine… Best of luck Ray On 22 May 2012, at 23:12, John Patrick wrote: > Cheers ray, personal experience was what I was after. > > The iMac has had a few hard disk issues in the past year, most I could > repair but now it's just saying I need to reformat and restore from > backup. > > So I thought I'd take the opportunity and also replace this hard disk > with an ssd, did a bit a google research and it seamed more > complicated with suction cups than I thought it might be. > > On 22 May 2012 23:02, Ray Packham <[email protected]> wrote: >> For suction cups I went to Halfords and bought some little suction cups that >> are used to hold on L plates…. they work fine for taking the glass off and >> accessing the multitude of screws that hold the thing together… >> >> I don't know how SAM does it but I tape the screws next to each hole >> otherwise I end up fitting the wrong size screws into the wrong holes, and >> this is disastrous as you could end up cracking the glass when you replace >> it if the screws are not exactly flush! >> >> I speak from experience I am embarrassed to admit LOL >> >> Ray >> >> >> >> On 22 May 2012, at 22:51, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: >> >> Hi John >> >> If your iMac's glass has an aluminium border around the edge of the display, >> replacing the drive's easy. If the glass goes all the way to the edge then >> you'll need to purchase iMac HD Fan Control to replace the input from the >> temperature sensor. >> >> There are take-apart guides on ifixit.com, it's a medium difficulty >> installation I'd say, more time-consuming due to the multiple layers of >> screws. Definitely use suction cups on the monitor, not a tool to pry them >> out otherwise you'll damage the aluminium surround. Best to get two large >> anti-static sleeves to put the glass & screen in or they'll attract dust >> while you're doing the installation. The last thing you want is to be >> removing the glass over and over to get rid of dust trapped frustratingly >> under the glass! >> >> Regards >> >> Sam >> >> MacAmbulance >> >> Providing affordable Apple & PC services >> >> Sam Mullen >> 07747 778022 >> http://www.macambulance.co.uk >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
