iMac G5 20" Model A1076 Hard Drive Replacement

Geschrieben von: Walter Galan

Kommentare: 4

iMac G5 20" Model A1076 Hard Drive Replacement

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Moderate

Schritte

Zeitaufwand

Keine Schätzung

Einleitung

Werkzeuge

Schritt 1

Remove the following three screws:
One shouldered 12.4 mm Phillips.
Two 7 mm T10 Torx.

My model have 3 phillips screws, no torx

Nicolas Varney -

Same here. No torx. Very easy to do. Not a moderate difficulty at all. As long as you don't rush anything and ease the electronics out. Did I say ease? I meant "tease." Tease the connectors out. Slow and steady. Easy as pie.

airira - 29/07/14

Schritt 2

The following action is optional. If you skip this step, be very careful not to strain the thermal sensor cable as you disconnect the hard drive cables and transfer this bracket to your new hard drive.
Lift the hard drive slightly and disconnect the hard drive thermal sensor connector.

I broke mine trying to disconnect it. It was very fragile. Better to just skip disconnecting it. Leave it connected to the hard drive bracket, and unscrew the bracket from the hard drive. Then screw the bracket to the new hard drive.

caper -

Perfect! I didn't disconnect it and the cable had plenty of slack! Great job!

Ryan -

Schritt 3

Insert the flat end of a spudger into the gap between the SATA data connector and the hard drive.
Twist the spudger to separate the SATA data connector from the hard drive, then disconnect it from the hard drive.
Repeat this process for the SATA power connector.