Cant really tell from the picture but there looks like a little wire loop on the pin header that is on top the hard drive bracket.
Nato thanks for the pic, is there a reason why you tie strapped the X25 3.5" bracket to the holder for the Hard drive?
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Cant really tell from the picture but there looks like a little wire loop on the pin header that is on top the hard drive bracket.
Nato thanks for the pic, is there a reason why you tie strapped the X25 3.5" bracket to the holder for the Hard drive?
Has anyone tried to replace the optical drive with an ssd yet?
Also I asked at the mac store today and they said it is not good to have memory in the combination of 2x2+2x4=12gb. They said you need all slots to have the same type of memory. Is this correct? also what type of memory do I need? I'm thinking of getting the default 2x4 memory and uptate with another 2x4 when photoshop cs5 comes out. I don't need more now since photoshop won't handle it.
Thanks guys!
Also I asked at the mac store today and they said it is not good to have memory in the combination of 2x2+2x4=12gb. They said you need all slots to have the same type of memory. Is this correct? also what type of memory do I need? I'm thinking of getting the default 2x4 memory and uptate with another 2x4 when photoshop cs5 comes out. I don't need more now since photoshop won't handle it.
Thanks guys!
Yeah, there's just a little wire loop joining two pin headers to short the cable.
I had to use a cable tie to hold the SSD mounting plate to the original hard drive mounting bracket because my particular mounting plate wasn't long enough. I was considering a few other mounting options but since this particular bracket allowed me to get the SSD very close to the original SATA power and data wires I thought I'd just be creative. The SSD and its mounting bracket aren't very heavy so it's really just to stop it being able to move at that end really.
I had to use a cable tie to hold the SSD mounting plate to the original hard drive mounting bracket because my particular mounting plate wasn't long enough. I was considering a few other mounting options but since this particular bracket allowed me to get the SSD very close to the original SATA power and data wires I thought I'd just be creative. The SSD and its mounting bracket aren't very heavy so it's really just to stop it being able to move at that end really.
Here's a close-up of the connector. Oddly it's different from the one they use with Western Digital hard drives, but again it's only really connecting to two pins on the back of the HDDs.
It connects to the motherboard with a very tiny connector, I don't have any jumpers handy to be able to do that unfortunately. It would be a good idea though.
After playing about with the system last night I have to say just how fast the Intel X25-M 160GB is. Even compared to what I considered to be a particularly fast OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD, the Intel just feels even faster again. I can't wait for the revised firmware at the end of the month which will push the write speeds over 100MB/s
After playing about with the system last night I have to say just how fast the Intel X25-M 160GB is. Even compared to what I considered to be a particularly fast OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD, the Intel just feels even faster again. I can't wait for the revised firmware at the end of the month which will push the write speeds over 100MB/s
awesome
i already have the intel ssd in my MBP
can't wait to see it run on the new imac
you didn't need to stick the cable to the enclosure as you shorted it right ?
is it to avoid a loose cable in the machine ?
i already have the intel ssd in my MBP
can't wait to see it run on the new imac
you didn't need to stick the cable to the enclosure as you shorted it right ?
is it to avoid a loose cable in the machine ?
If I install my OS on a SSD drive in an external enclosure with a Firewire, for example, will I see any speed benefit vs. the stock internal drive?
You should still see quick boot and app launches, as random read/write won't be limited by FW400.
no, as i have tried it with my intel 160gb and even startup takes much longer ..
all this with my mbp 3.06ghz with 3.0 gigabit controller.
p.s. there would be no reason to put an ssd inside if it's nearly as fast in an extern box ..
all this with my mbp 3.06ghz with 3.0 gigabit controller.
p.s. there would be no reason to put an ssd inside if it's nearly as fast in an extern box ..
Hmm, thanks. I won't waste my money on this, then - will simply hope for an iMac with a quiet stock drive this time...
i have done also copying (superduper) from ssd (inside) to ssd (extern) and it's close same speed as cloning to an extern hdd (7.200rpm)
my i7 2.8 imac is on the way and i will also put an ssd (intel) inside ..
my i7 2.8 imac is on the way and i will also put an ssd (intel) inside ..
Yeah, it's just to keep it tidy and stop it possibly moving around and shorting something or getting caught in a fan etc. I actually put a strip of electrical insulation tape over it before I closed it up again.
forgot to tell you: great job !
the imac is tricky to disassemble but you made it...
i already have an intel ssd in my mbp, i'll put one for sure in all my future macs
what a huge difference compared to stock HD
my machine can even compete with faster macs...
can't wait to see in running on the imac
the imac is tricky to disassemble but you made it...
i already have an intel ssd in my mbp, i'll put one for sure in all my future macs
what a huge difference compared to stock HD
my machine can even compete with faster macs...
can't wait to see in running on the imac
Awesome thread!!!
Hey fellas, awesome thread. I just laid in an order for a new core i7 27" iMac, and the idea of adding an SSD for the system drive seems an excellent one! I hope you don't mind, but I've got a couple of questions for you.
I've been hoping to find a dual-volume "hybrid" SSD/hard disk, but they just don't seem to be on the market yet... I don't want to rely SOLELY on an SSD, and I don't want my only other storage solution to be my external via FW800 (a DROBO on its way). Ideally, I'd keep the stock HD in place, and use it for /Users, etc. I'd like to keep my optical drive until I can lay in a Blu-Ray drive, and even then, if I could use that for a second hard disk for a RAID-0 secondary drive that'd be pure sweetness. The question is this - I'm entirely willing to give up my mini PCIe Airport card for an SSD boot volume, but there's definitely not going to be room in the case for a random drive. I've seen mini PCIe cards that ARE SSD's, I'm curious if any of them will work in the MacOS. The ones I've seen list windows and Linux under OS support, but we all know that there's plenty of hardware that while not officially supported can easily work in OSX. Are there any cards like this where that's the case?
TIA,
K
Hey fellas, awesome thread. I just laid in an order for a new core i7 27" iMac, and the idea of adding an SSD for the system drive seems an excellent one! I hope you don't mind, but I've got a couple of questions for you.
I've been hoping to find a dual-volume "hybrid" SSD/hard disk, but they just don't seem to be on the market yet... I don't want to rely SOLELY on an SSD, and I don't want my only other storage solution to be my external via FW800 (a DROBO on its way). Ideally, I'd keep the stock HD in place, and use it for /Users, etc. I'd like to keep my optical drive until I can lay in a Blu-Ray drive, and even then, if I could use that for a second hard disk for a RAID-0 secondary drive that'd be pure sweetness. The question is this - I'm entirely willing to give up my mini PCIe Airport card for an SSD boot volume, but there's definitely not going to be room in the case for a random drive. I've seen mini PCIe cards that ARE SSD's, I'm curious if any of them will work in the MacOS. The ones I've seen list windows and Linux under OS support, but we all know that there's plenty of hardware that while not officially supported can easily work in OSX. Are there any cards like this where that's the case?
TIA,
K
Curses! Well, maybe I'll wait until one of them is. ...or just replace the optical drive.
Thanks anyhow man.Wait a second...
http://www.activemp.com/SSD/Asus-EeePC-SATA-MiniPCIe-SSD-S4.htm
Even stuff like this won't work? ...but it says Mac OS10.x.....?? Is it a limitation with not being able to boot off of PCIe?
http://www.activemp.com/SSD/Asus-EeePC-SATA-MiniPCIe-SSD-S4.htm
Even stuff like this won't work? ...but it says Mac OS10.x.....?? Is it a limitation with not being able to boot off of PCIe?
Someone please help me!! Tried to upgrade to ssd today....
Did I break the cable? If not how do I put it back...
I have tried for 2 hours already.... Please help me
Thanks..
Did I break the cable? If not how do I put it back...
I have tried for 2 hours already.... Please help me
Thanks..
So are some of you guys replacing the optical drive with an SSD allowing you to keep both the original hard drive and the SSD in the machine as well?
I'll be getting my iMac tomorrow and will post pics of how I replace both HDD and ODD. Please ask now for anything specific as I won't be opening it more times than I have to.
Hi, http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac-Intel-27-Inch/1236/1
at step 6 when it says disconnect the vertical sync cable from the logic board. Can you possibly take some photo or video of how you disconnect and reconnect it? I have tried today and have no idea how to reconnect it back...
Thank you very much. Antonio.
Interesting that the photo above says "Rev B".
And yeah, that cable looks busted to me, but I could be wrong. It looks like it should be in that black box there, and those kinds of cables simply don't slip out like that. Ribbon cables have connectors attached to them.
And yeah, that cable looks busted to me, but I could be wrong. It looks like it should be in that black box there, and those kinds of cables simply don't slip out like that. Ribbon cables have connectors attached to them.