[X4U] HD upgrade for a 24" imac (late 2006)

[alexandre]

On 26 sept. 07, at 15:23, Daly Jessup wrote:

> At 3:06 PM +0200 9/26/07, alexandre wrote:
>> hi
>> i'd like to upgrade the 250 gb hard drive in my imac, to a 750gb one.
>>
>> are bigger drives hotter? should i be worried about heat? i've  
>> googled a bit and haven't found anything stating that it's a  
>> problem. and i seem to remember that a 750gb drive was a BTO on  
>> this machine. but again, i'm not sure.
>>
>> any suggestions on the type and/or brand of drive i should be  
>> getting? cache, rpm, etc. (i'm not into videoŠ)
>
> I have a 24" Intel iMac with a 750 GB drive in it. The iMac runs  
> all the time (never sleeps, except the display), and is almost the  
> same temperature as the desk it sits on, barely warm.
>
> I can't figure out what brand of drive is in the iMac.  I do know  
> that I have been happy with Seagate drives, just regular 7200 RPM  
> 750 GB SATA drives I have bought for an external enclosure. Here's  
> an example:
> <http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101447>
>
> Daly
>

thanks daly.

i done a little more research in the mean time, i'll probably be  
getting a 7200rpm 16 or 32mb cache.

i haven't been able to come across a good upgrade guide though. my  
usual source, ifixit.com (i've upgraded countless ibooks and  
powerbooks with their guides) doesn't do imacs…

the only site i've found is: http://home.comcast.net/~woojo/DFFA53A0- 
F23D-4541-9015-481FD3B6532E/iMac_Disassembly.html

regards

alexandre
:: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.10 ::
:: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.10 ::