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iMac 21.5 2011 mid ssd installing and jumper wire

Posted on 12.02.2021 by Milan

I want to install 500gb ssd to my parents old imac but need confirmation about soldering sata wires to disable 100% fan speed.

What i have found that u need to solder together wire 1 and 4 on SATA power plug (reading from the SATA key side).

There is also guide to jump wire 2 and 7 but its on the board side and i don’t want to dissemble so much.

I am reading just now imac 2011 technician/repair guide and there it says some models come with ssd and its mounted under cd drive

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[doublepost=1563389605][/doublepost]found it

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Its done and I didn’t break it :D

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It was very dusty, never opened.

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There some pics what I did with these wires.

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Also some temps and fan speeds but feels like hdd fan speed didn’t change a lot

:D

I just let it read/write about 100gb, it took long time with hdd

Before…


Idle/Some hdd tested

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And after

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Overall it went well and I think its good enough for my parents web surfing and paying pills.

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