> On May 6, 2016, at 5:40 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio <fluxstrin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was not familiar with your model. I thought maybe it had a PCI slot behind > a trap door.
No iMacs have ever had PCI slots. > If you have had it for a while I am rather surprised you do not have the > disassembly down to a fast routine. > iMacs, at keast post the white plastic models, have been remarkably long lived. RAM is easy to get to, the Hard drive is retty much the only other thing that’s not part of the logic board. Working on them is not rocket science, but it’s not simple, either. I replaced the HDD in my mid-2010 model ad it took me an extra several days because I broke a tiny $2.95 cable that used a slightly different connector than the directions I had said. Making sure I didn’t break the heavy, delicate, horribly dust-attractive glass screen on my 27” model was the biggest hassle. Also I ended up fabricating a useful tool form a heavy paperclip to help pull up the LCD screen. <https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/e1yysSwMNh6o4xqh> > My experience has been that if I was going to keep an old machine going I had > to learn to work on it. I hate opening laptops but I will do it rather than > pay hundreds. > > A set of step by step diagrams is a good thing to have. ifixit,com has good takeapart diagrams for most macs. > But I understand the reluctance. > A power screw driver and some bits makes it a lot easier. > > Casually looking at 2.4 Core 2 says it had a 7200 rpm drive. > You put a huge 5400 rpm drive in it. 2 bottle necks right there if that is > the case. That makes a huge difference. A professor bought some Mac Mini’s for his lab as general-purpose computers (these were 2011 models, iirc) they were horribly slow, the HDD speed even reduced the network speeds. replacing them with SSD’s was like night and day. > Some partitioning into a new boot volume with smaller space, might that help ? Nope. Personally I’d bite the bullet and open it upto replace the HDD, just be real wary of the LCD vertical synch cable, it’s quite delicate and easy to break…make sure you get a good grip on the connector. In my case my forceps slipped off, grabbed the wires and quite efficiently ripped them out of the connector. This is complicated by the fact that you can only raise the LCD about two inches to reach the cable. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
