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Re: imac hard drive replaced! - Ken Sp. - 12-06-2011
I don't think same brand drive works, it must be the same model number also.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2526125?start=0&tstart=0
Was it one of these? Seagate? http://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive/
Re: imac hard drive replaced! - C(-)ris - 12-06-2011
There is a secret to making it work with any drive, but I would have to kill you.
Re: imac hard drive replaced! - hal - 12-06-2011
bazookaman wrote:
And what exactly is a 3rd party drive?
In this case, it would be one that doesn't have apple's firmware applied
Re: imac hard drive replaced! - freeradical - 12-06-2011
http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/drvsetup.html
http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/post4.html
Re: imac hard drive replaced! - bazookaman - 12-06-2011
freeradical wrote:
http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/drvsetup.html
http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/post4.html
Everything old is new again! Yay!
On a positive note. I can say that HDD Fan Control works perfectly. My fans idled down almost before the software finished installing.
Re: imac hard drive replaced! - rgG - 12-06-2011
bazookaman wrote:
[quote=freeradical]
http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/drvsetup.html
http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/post4.html
Everything old is new again! Yay!
On a positive note. I can say that HDD Fan Control works perfectly. My fans idled down almost before the software finished installing.
Glad you found a fix, but it should not have cost you $30 just because you had to replace a dead drive, which should have lasted longer anyway.
Re: imac hard drive replaced! - bazookaman - 12-06-2011
rgG wrote:
Glad you found a fix, but it should not have cost you $30 just because you had to replace a dead drive, which should have lasted longer anyway.
Yeah. But hard drives fail. It's not if, it's when. I suppose I just drew the short straw with this one. I don't even care about the $30. What chaps my hide is that Apple has gone back to it's same old proprietary crap. In the old days, you couldn't just buy any old hard drive. You had to get the Apple branded hard drive. Which of course cost more. And now it's the same thing all over again.
Re: imac hard drive replaced! - Black - 12-06-2011
bazookaman wrote:
[quote=freeradical]
http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/drvsetup.html
http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/post4.html
Everything old is new again! Yay!
On a positive note. I can say that HDD Fan Control works perfectly. My fans idled down almost before the software finished installing.
Which iMac is this?
Re: imac hard drive replaced! - bazookaman - 12-06-2011
Black wrote:
Which iMac is this?
Late 2009 27" iMac i7.
Re: imac hard drive replaced! - decay - 12-06-2011
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/13/hdd-fan-control-software-addresses-imac-hard-drive-replacement-i/
http://exirion.net/ssdfanctrl/Site/SSD_Fan_Control.html
maybe this would work instead of the direct connector sensor?
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/iMac-24-Hard-Drive-Temperature-Sensor-p-20092.html
or http://www.ebay.com/itm/280729641144