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
[doublepost=1563389605][/doublepost]found it
Its done and I didn’t break it
It was very dusty, never opened.
There some pics what I did with these wires.
Also some temps and fan speeds but feels like hdd fan speed didn’t change a lot
I just let it read/write about 100gb, it took long time with hdd
Before…
Idle/Some hdd tested
And after
Overall it went well and I think its good enough for my parents web surfing and paying pills.