Remove the screws from the right side display connector, and carefully pry the connector loose (refer to illustration below).Remove the 8 screws on the left and right side of the LCD display assembly using a Torx wrench.Place the aluminum frame upside down above the main case to get it out of the way. Pull up slowly along the top of the casing, being careful to not yank on the small cable that goes between the aluminum and the main case, then pull the case towards the iMac's base a little bit to get the frame detached from the bottom casing.Lift up on the bottom of the iMac and remove the RAM/memory access door.Place them either in a bin or on a piece of paper in the order in which you removed them. Remove the 12 torx screws around the border of the screen with a Torx wrench.
#INTERNAL HARD DRIVE FOR IMAC 2010 CRACK#
NOTE: Be careful when lifting the glass-glass can crack pretty easily! With the iMac laying down facing up (you should see the screen), secure two large suction cups (2" or larger is good) on opposite corners of the screen, and pull up to get the glass removed via its magnetic mount.Also have a little tray or paper and scotch tape ready for the screws you'll be removing. Clear a large, flat surface, either on a table top or the ground, and consider using a large towel or something soft and large on which to place parts as you go.Here's the simple man's guide for replacing the hard drive inside an Intel iMac (the ones with the glass-covered screens) – refer to the video above for illustration: This whole operation is rather tricky, and could result in your iMac being inoperable. Suction cups (some good, strong ones - 1.5-2" diameter preferred - I used these)ĬAVEAT: I take no responsibility for your computer getting messed up as a result of your own repair work.Jeweler's-size flat-head screwdriver (for help in prying cables loose).
#INTERNAL HARD DRIVE FOR IMAC 2010 DRIVER#
I won't go into any gory details of hard drive types, speeds, recommendations, etc. I used the instructions found on the Amfiteatar website to compile my more condensed instructions here. Rather than spend a few hundred dollars to get the drive replaced, or using an external FireWire drive to boot the iMac, I decided to replace the drive with a larger/faster model myself. My iMac's hard drive was recently borked (I was getting node errors and i/o errors when I ran fsck in single-user mode, and I couldn't format and reinstall OS X), so I had to replace it.
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