Use a clean area and preferably lay down some plastic foam or newspaper so that you don’t scuff your iMac while working on it. Use common sense and leave your computer unplugged for a while before starting the repair. some kind of suction cup or packing tape to remove the screen cover.a 2.5 flat head screwdriver helped save my ass.a set of Torx head screwdrives, specifically with T6, T8, and T10 heads.large work area with lots of space to put the removed front cover and LCD monitor screen.Here’s what you’ll need before you get started: Any computer repairs of this nature should be conducted with extreme care and only by trained professionals. I assume no liability for any damage to person or property caused by the use of the information in this blog post. Frankly, I also want to gloat about what a fucking badass I am for fearlessly ripping apart my shiny iMac and fiddling around with its internals without breaking it.Īttention: do NOT attempt this yourself. I do not recommend doing this, but I pulled off the repair without much in the way of trouble, and I figured I’d share some notes on the experience for posterity. So I figured, fuck it, I’m pretty used to working on PC internals, I’ll take a chance and attempt the repair myself. I did some digging around and found a relatively solid guide on replacing a 24″ iMac’s hard drive courtesy of OctoMac.
Hard drive for imac a1208 install#
Mac Station wasn’t much better: they offered to install a 1 TB hard drive for around $320. The Apple Store was willing to wave labor charges on account of my warranty having only just recently expired, but they quoted me at about $420 for the replacement drive. No big deal, right? A brand new 1.5 TB hard drive is only $110. About a month ago, and only six weeks out of warranty, the hard drive in my iMac up and died.
Hard drive for imac a1208 mac os x#
This is my first (and so far, only) Mac OS X based PC, and I bought it primarily to finally experience first-hand what all of the Mac fans are so excited about, as well as with the idea that if I just threw some odd $2000 at a factory assembled computer then I could have a relatively stable system for at least a few solid years. In the fall of 2008 I bought a top of the line Intel 24″ iMac Aluminum, the one with the GeForce 8800 card in it.
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