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bomberboysk

Active Member
What u mean? What kind of processor what? It's an imac G5

Yes, because apple makes multiple models(mac mini, imac, powerbook/ibook/macbook line, powermac, mac pro). That HDD would fit into a imac G5 though as long as its not the education model(the one sold to schools/etc).
 

bomberboysk

Active Member
I have no idea how to open it

Well, you would need to know to replace the hard drive so might as well start now;)

Basically you unscrew the base. Unscrew the screws along the bottom back of the imac, then lift the back forward, being careful of the isight camera if it has one.
 

Trio

New Member
HDD's in laptops don't use wiring, they just plug in directly into the pins. Am I right? I haven't opened up any mac notebooks, but that's what I've seen in ordinary ones. Anyway, you just have to slide it out and replace it with the new one. It has to fit, of course, so the HDD has to be 2.5". They aren't huge like the ones you find in ordinary desktops.
 

bomberboysk

Active Member
HDD's in laptops don't use wiring, they just plug in directly into the pins. Am I right? I haven't opened up any mac notebooks, but that's what I've seen in ordinary ones. Anyway, you just have to slide it out and replace it with the new one. It has to fit, of course, so the HDD has to be 2.5". They aren't huge like the ones you find in ordinary desktops.

In an imac they use standard 3.5" desktop drives, and you have to remove the back panel to get in:
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But yeah, it would just be a connector, not the actual cables...
 

Rawlaw

New Member
I found the screws and this is a desktop but i cant seem to find a head that would fit it. I have this three hundred different kind of head kit and none seem to fit. And 2.5 inches?
 

bomberboysk

Active Member
Might need to find a smaller one then? Is it exactly like the one in the picture? As that is more like a mini philips head...
 
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