imac hard drive replaced!

[C(-)ris]

This one 922-9229.

Chris

[bazookaman]

decay wrote:
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/13/hdd-fan-c...acement-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-Ha...20092.html

or http://www.ebay.com/itm/280729641144

Ok. I am in fact, using the software mentioned in your first link.

But what's the deal with the cables? It's not like I'm missing the cable. Also the built-in cable plugged right into the hard drive I ordered. It just didn't work.

[C(-)ris]

bazookaman wrote:
[quote=decay]
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/13/hdd-fan-c...acement-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-Ha...20092.html

or http://www.ebay.com/itm/280729641144

Ok. I am in fact, using the software mentioned in your first link.

But what's the deal with the cables? It's not like I'm missing the cable. Also the built-in cable plugged right into the hard drive I ordered. It just didn't work.
The cables have temp sensors on the end and replace the cable that plugs into the HD. Just because the cable fit on the end of your new HD doesn't mean there is anything on the other end inside the hard drive actually doing anything.

[Black]

OWC needs to update their page that states that you can replace a hard drive in a 2009 iMac simply by going with the same manufacturer. It should have been changed when this topic was hot (whenever it was the 2011 iMacs came out) but it wasn't.

[decay]

C(-)ris wrote:
[quote=bazookaman]
But what's the deal with the cables? It's not like I'm missing the cable. Also the built-in cable plugged right into the hard drive I ordered. It just didn't work.

The cables have temp sensors on the end and replace the cable that plugs into the HD. Just because the cable fit on the end of your new HD doesn't mean there is anything on the other end inside the hard drive actually doing anything.
^ THIS.

the cable is connected, but without the Apple ROM/firmware on the hard drive, it's not doing its job.

[Black]

decay wrote:
[quote=C(-)ris]
[quote=bazookaman]
But what's the deal with the cables? It's not like I'm missing the cable. Also the built-in cable plugged right into the hard drive I ordered. It just didn't work.

The cables have temp sensors on the end and replace the cable that plugs into the HD. Just because the cable fit on the end of your new HD doesn't mean there is anything on the other end inside the hard drive actually doing anything.
^ THIS.

the cable is connected, but without the Apple ROM/firmware on the hard drive, it's not doing its job.
Supposedly the 2009 iMac can work without the Apple ROM as long as the replacement drive is close to the model of the original (e.g. same series, different capacity.)