Replacing Imac HDD with SSD

[jenic]

Anyone done this on the old fat Imacs? Mine is a mid 2011.
Basically my HDD has gone bang, it's been on it's way out for a while now. I want to upgrade it but it turning out you need a temp sensor like this

Seems overkill money wise for what it is, anyone know a cheaper source of them or had success with the software fan speed solutions (not keen on this myself)?

 

[N0ddie]

I did it on my old 2011 iMac. Its a daunting prospect but there are a gazillion videos on Youtube on how to do it. You will need some tools to do it but it actually very very straightforward.

 

[N0ddie]

 

[jenic]

I did it on my old 2011 iMac. Its a daunting prospect but there are a gazillion videos on Youtube on how to do it. You will need some tools to do it but it actually very very straightforward.

Did you replace the temp sensor or use software to control the fans?

I'm confident doing the work, just too tight to spend £40 on the stupid temp sensor.


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[N0ddie]

I bought the sensor, though cant remember it being that much?

 

[adamlstr]

I would've thought temperature sensor could be done over SMART?

I want to do this to my late-2013 imac, but i've got the 2TB fusion drive, so I've got a little m.2 kind of SSD and a spinner which is a little bit more complicated.

 

[jenic]

I would've thought temperature sensor could be done over SMART?

I want to do this to my late-2013 imac, but i've got the 2TB fusion drive, so I've got a little m.2 kind of SSD and a spinner which is a little bit more complicated.

It can and I think various fan control software just uses SMART to control them.

It would nice if it worked natively though, just a pain having to buy the sensor.


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[Paprika123]

I'm running a Kingston drive in my 2011 iMac and don't use a temp sensor or software and the fans behave normally.

I've had to use HDD fan control in the past on other iMacs and have a spare key for that if you need it. It seemed to work well without any issues.

 

[jenic]

I'm running a Kingston drive in my 2011 iMac and don't use a temp sensor or software and the fans behave normally.

I've had to use HDD fan control in the past on other iMacs and have a spare key for that if you need it. It seemed to work well without any issues.

Cheers for the offer. Do you have a link to the Kingston you are using?


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[Paprika123]

Cheers for the offer. Do you have a link to the Kingston you are using?


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The model number according to Disk Utility is SV300S37A240G