iMac 27" EMC 2309 and 2374 Teardown

Geschrieben von: Miroslav Djuric

Veröffentlicht: 20/10/09

Kommentare: 170

iMac 27" EMC 2309 and 2374 Teardown

Veröffentlicht: 20/10/09

Teardown

Einleitung

Wir führen einen Teardown des neuesten (und größten) iMacs in Apples Produktpalette durch - den 27" Intel iMac! Wir haben diesen iMac am 21. Oktober 2009 zerlegt.

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Hier ist die die superschnelle Video Slideshow des Teardowns! Mit Banjo-Musik!

Werkzeuge

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Wir haben keine Kosten gescheut, um dir das Neueste und Beste zu bieten. Wir haben in unserem Studio den größten iMac, den man für Geld kaufen kann.
Der neue iMac stellt den 20" iMac, den wir Anfang des Jahres auseinandergenommen haben, in den Schatten.
Das auffälligste Merkmal dieses neuen iMac ist das neue 27-Zoll-Display mit LED-Hintergrundbeleuchtung. Der Bildschirm verfügt über eine Auflösung von 2560x1440 Pixeln, 16x9 Full HD.
Außerdem befindet sich in der Schachtel eine nagelneue Magic Mouse. Diese haben wir auch schon auseinandergenommen.
Die meisten Werbefotos von Apple zeigen den iMac eingeschaltet, aber ohne Stromkabel. So sieht er viel hübscher aus, aber leider benötigte unser Gerät das Netzkabel, bevor es sich einschalten ließ.

I'm missing unboxing step what is inside etc.

Thanks for nice work !

Jasiu -

Brilliant teardown. Couple of points;

1. Is there a "spare" SATA connector, and what would it take to add an external port ? From your earlier posting I think there's room on the back panel.

2. Cable management - and this has always been a bugbear on the whole iMac range - why not cut a slot in the stand to feed all cables through for neatness ?

3. Have you tested the HDMI input, and what does it look like ? Would you watch TV on this with the addition of a USB tuner ?

4. Let's see it go back together...:-)

Seriously, fantastic teardown. I showed the Mrs and she hit me, yelling NO, NO... go figure...

moldor -

Hi brothers,

On your pictures, is it a 24" faicng the 27.1" ?

SuperTiti -

Zitat von moldor:

Brilliant teardown. Couple of points;

1. Is there a "spare" SATA connector, and what would it take to add an external port ? From your earlier posting I think there's room on the back panel. [...]

I too am wondering if an eSATA port can somehow be added. To me, that's the biggest thing that's missing from the latest Macs. I've heard about the forthcoming Apple/Intel Light Peak optical interface but nothing is going to beat native SATA for an external storage interface (no bridge/translation necessary).

derektom -

Yep! There it is! Bigger, wider and brighter!

Vrumm -

Zitat von SuperTiti:

Hi brothers,

On your pictures, is it a 24" faicng the 27.1" ?

The comparison shots show a 20" Early 2009 iMac next to the new 27" iMac.

Luke Soules -

Zitat von luke:

The comparison shots show a 20" Early 2009 iMac next to the new 27" iMac.

Thanks ! So, as an owner of a 24" I think a 27" won't be that great change I was expecting...

SuperTiti -

Schritt 2

Neun Anschlüsse. Sie sind identisch mit der vorherigen Version, aber der Mini DisplayPort hat einen neuen Trick in petto.
Dieser iMac verfügt über eine coole neue Funktion, mit der du Videos von externen Quellen auf dem internen Display anzeigen kannst. Anscheinend ist das dazu gedacht, deinen Blu-ray-Player extern anzuschließen, da das Gerät immer noch kein internes Blu-ray-Laufwerk besitzt.
Leider erfordert diese Funktion einen Adapter. Wo ist der Adapter? Nicht in der Schachtel. Im Handbuch steht: "Benötigte Kabel und Adapter sind separat erhältlich". Nicht, dass uns das überrascht, alles, was du an Kabeln kriegst, ist ein Stromkabel. Apple hält Kabel für Teufelswerk.

Why is the 21.5" iMac does not have video-in capabilities? What is the difference in those two MotherBoards?

Vrumm -

The option that I can see is to be able to plug in a second monitor and or connect it to the TV for a nice large screen

Fetlifer - 03/12/17

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Wie bei früheren iMacs sind die RAM-Steckplätze unter einer "Zugangstür" an der Unterseite des iMac verborgen. Ein Kreuzschlitzschraubendreher Nr. 2 macht mit den drei Schrauben kurzen Prozess.

What is the stock configuration of DIMMS? 4x1GB? 2x2GB?

PhotoTim -

Zitat von PhotoTim:

What is the stock configuration of DIMMS? 4x1GB? 2x2GB?

This iMac came with 2x2GB chips.

Luke Soules -

Is this the complete step for accessing the RAM space to add more RAM? (I plan to add 2x2GB more.) That is, just open the access door and there it is?

dano3006 -

Zitat von dano3006:

Is this the complete step for accessing the RAM space to add more RAM? (I plan to add 2x2GB more.) That is, just open the access door and there it is?

Yup, just remove the access door and pull the black plastic strip attached to each RAM tray away from the bottom edge of the iMac to eject the chips.

Andrew Bookholt -

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Du kannst jetzt satte 16 GB RAM in deinem iMac installieren! In einem sehr begrüßenswerten Schritt hat Apple die Anzahl der Steckplätze verdoppelt, so dass du nun vier 4 GB PC3-8500-Riegel installieren kannst.
Natürlich mussten wir uns einfach selbst davon überzeugen. Apple macht keine Witze, wenn du das nötige Kleingeld hast, kannst du wirklich eine 16 GB RAM in deinem iMac haben! 16 GB kosten dich $1.400 bei Apple oder $400 bei uns.

Schritt 5

Der neue iMac verfügt über ein randloses Glas. Dies unterscheidet sich von der 4-mm-Aluminiumblende, die beim vorherigen iMac das Glas umgab. Nach der Aufrüstung des Arbeitsspeichers in unserem iMac stellten wir fest, dass das Glas auf einer Seite leicht verschoben war.
Zwei Saugheber, zwei ruhige Hände und die riesige Glasscheibe lässt sich anheben.
Hoffentlich machst du zu Hause nicht mit, denn das kann ein bisschen schwierig werden. Wenn du einen älteren iMac hast, der repariert werden muss, haben wir jetzt detaillierte Reparaturanleitungen für viele iMac-Modelle.

Could we replace the original edge-to-edge glass for a Multi-Touch model?!?! Would it be a possible mockup?!?! It would be very nice in Business Shows to present de digital leaflet and keynotes. And at home to be just set it as enormous "tablet". the point is how to make it for a low price?

Vrumm -

hi!

how is the glas mounted on the enclosure? only by magnets? is it real glas or perspex? thanks for your answer!

Robert

robert -

Hi can you describe better how the glass attaches to the frame. Is the black border on the glass metallic so it can be supported by the magnets. Thanks.

Zoom -

Zitat von robert:

hi!

how is the glas mounted on the enclosure? only by magnets? is it real glas or perspex? thanks for your answer!

Robert

Im pretty sure its real glass and yes it is only held in place by magnets

AussieMac -

I own a 27" iMac that has this edge-to-edge glass broken at left side.

Monitor is still intact. I cant exactly understand how to remove this surrounding glass.

Do i need to use the suction cups on the surrounding glass so to remove it from the magnets? Cause on the photo the cups are placed on the Monitor..

Thanks

gUrU -

Zitat von gUrU:

I own a 27" iMac that has this edge-to-edge glass broken at left side.

Monitor is still intact. I cant exactly understand how to remove this surrounding glass.

Do i need to use the suction cups on the surrounding glass so to remove it from the magnets? Cause on the photo the cups are placed on the Monitor..

Thanks

There have been a number of reports on the Apple forums of the glass being broken on the bottom left side. If you have an Apple store nearby, you can ask them to replace the glass (they will have to get the replacement glass shipped to the store), otherwise call Apple support to obtain a replacement machine.

dotm8rix -

Zitat von gUrU:

Do i need to use the suction cups on the surrounding glass so to remove it from the magnets? Cause on the photo the cups are placed on the Monitor..

Thanks

Actually, in both photos the suction cups are attached to the glass. The display is recessed about .125" below the glass panel, and the two components are not connected. To remove the glass, lay your iMac stand-side down on a table. Stick two suction cups along the top edge of the glass and pull it away from the rear case of the iMac. Rotate the top edge of the glass panel slightly away from the rear case of the iMac to clear the mounting pins, then slide the glass toward the top edge of the iMac to free the flat tabs along its lower edge.

Andrew Bookholt -

Is the LCD itself glossy, or just the glass? I am considering getting a 27" iMac but hate the glossy display -- would it be feasible to run it with the glass removed? Maybe sealing the edges with some carefully-placed electrical tape or something...

cromas -

Zitat von cromas:

Is the LCD itself glossy, or just the glass? I am considering getting a 27" iMac but hate the glossy display -- would it be feasible to run it with the glass removed? Maybe sealing the edges with some carefully-placed electrical tape or something...

yes, the display is also glossy

AussieMac -

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Der LCD-Bildschirm wird mit acht T10 Torx-Schrauben befestigt.
Nachdem die Schrauben gelöst sind, ermöglicht das Anheben des LCDs einen ersten Blick auf die darunter liegenden Schätze.
Bevor du den LCD-Bildschirm anheben kannst, musst du zuerst vorsichtig das Kabel für die vertikale Synchronisation vom Logic Board abtrennen.

I think I have break the sync cable... Can anyone tell me what will be the effect of it? Thanks.

Antonio -

Strangely I found that reinstalling the 8 screws to keep the LCD panel in place my T-10 torx kept demagnetizing. (I only have a slight magnetization in place to keep the screws from falling inside)

mark -

I keep my tools stuck to a voice coil magnet I pulled from a 3.5" hard disk. I haven't had a problem of screwdriver being *too* magnetized, so far.

Boyd Waters - 03/06/17

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Der von LG hergestellte LCD-Bildschirm wiegt fast 5 Kg! Andererseits ist es aber auch eine massive 27-Zoll-Schönheit.
Die Auflösung beträgt sehr beeindruckende 2560x1440. Das ist die gleiche horizontale Auflösung wie bei einem 30" Apple Cinema Display!
Dieses Display verwendet die In-Plane-Switching (IPS)-Technologie, die einen größeren Betrachtungswinkel und eine bessere Farbwiedergabe als die billigere Twisted Nematic (TN)-Technologie bietet.
Das Panel ist sehr glänzend. Es eignet sich hervorragend zum Ausspionieren von Leuten, die hinter dir stehen, und zum Ansehen von Filmen.
Es scheint die Modellnummer LM270WQ1 zu sein. Eine Google-Suche mit diesem Modell ergibt derzeit fünf Ergebnisse, und nur eines davon ist auf Englisch.

Please tell me that display is matte?!!

Toushi -

Zitat von Toushi:

Please tell me that display is matte?!!

Definitely not. It's quite shiny, in fact.

Kyle Wiens -

Zitat von kyle:

Definitely not. It's quite shiny, in fact.

Darn it. From the pictures it looked matte.

Toushi -

Zitat von kyle:

Definitely not. It's quite shiny, in fact.

Ah, shite.... I wanna matte display !!!

moldor -

If you want a matte screen, you should add your detailed petition at http://macmatte.wordpress.com where there are 600+ detailed petitions.

MacMatte -

Zitat von moldor:

Ah, shite.... I wanna matte display !!!

haven't seen a matte mac display since... CRTs

mavis -

Zitat von mavis:

haven't seen a matte mac display since... CRTs

Most of the CRT's I've had weren't matte. Thus the reason I had glare shields for most of them :)

macavenger -

Zitat von macavenger:

Most of the CRT's I've had weren't matte. Thus the reason I had glare shields for most of them :)

24" iMacs had matte displays (model identifier iMac6,1) when first introduced (all white)...one of two reasons I haven't upgrade my 6 24"iMacs.

The other reason Bluetooth full size keyboards (model A1016, white) are only available today with a USB cord. I don't have the specs on the new cabinet width, but the 24" iMac: is nearly 23" wide. A 17" wide, full size keyboard is too big to put in front of a 27" iMac?

Progress?

BobForsberg -

I agree on the lack of a numerical pad--disappointing. I wonder how long until someone does an indepth review of that display? LED IPS displays are $$$ especially if this one renders color as well as some of the other high displays. That makes the price of this machine so much more reasonable.

joelsvoice -

LED Display - is it RGB LED? Is it side lit or back lit?

wkchan -

Zitat von wkchan:

LED Display - is it RGB LED? Is it side lit or back lit?

RGB LCD with LED backlight. It is not an OLED display, which is a common source of confusion (OLED vs LCD, LED backlight vs CCFL).

Diggsby -

Zitat von Diggsby:

RGB LCD with LED backlight. It is not an OLED display, which is a common source of confusion (OLED vs LCD, LED backlight vs CCFL).

Hmmm ... my origin question was not too clear.

I meant to ask:

1. if the LED backlight uses "RGB/tri-color" LEDs or just "white" LEDs (as in the MacBooks).

2. if the LED backlight on the edge of the display or the back of the display.

LG makes a 1920x1200 17.1" LCD panel, LGD01b3, with RGB LED backlight, edge-lit. The LGD01b3 display has a wide color gamut, high contrast with vivid colors but suffers from non-even backlight color (I call it "wild gamut" because I can never get the color profiling right).

Cannot find any info on this LM270WQ1 LCD panel and was hoping that the Teardown guys can tell if the backlight uses RGB LEDs and if the panel was edge-lit.

This LCD panel is IPS and if it also uses RGB LED, then the iMac 27" is really a price break through!

But on second thought, went through the specs and never see "wide gamut" being mentioned -- so likely at this price point, it is likely just a white-LED backlight.

wkchan -

Zitat von kyle:

Definitely not. It's quite shiny, in fact.

Can you please clarify if the actual screen underneath is also glossy? Not matte? If I take off the glass, will I basically have a matte iMac? Thank you in advance!

tokyogiants -

Zitat von tokyogiants:

Can you please clarify if the actual screen underneath is also glossy? Not matte? If I take off the glass, will I basically have a matte iMac? Thank you in advance!

The glass and the LCD itself are both highly glossy.

Andrew Bookholt -

Zitat von andrew:

The glass and the LCD itself are both highly glossy.

Thank you! One last question... Is there any way that I can take off the glass on the glossy LCD without ruining the monitor? Thanks!!!

tokyogiants -

Please disregard the previous question. I just don't know enough about monitors and I dread buying a Mac with a glossy screen.

tokyogiants -

I'm also interested in an answer to wkchan's question regarding whether the imac is backlit by white or tri-color LED's. Thanks!

dotm8rix -

OK, I still don't think we have a definitive answer as to how the new displays are actually "lit". Has it been confirmed whether the screens are edge-lit or back-lit?

Also, regarding some recent display anomalies... I've been involved in a few discussions over at Ars Technica [URL=http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/1...]here[/URL] and [URL=http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/foru...]here[/URL].

Ed M -

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Das ist nicht annähernd so hübsch wie die Vorderseite, aber es gibt doch einige Dinge, die es wert sind, hier erwähnt zu werden.
Das LCD wird über vier Kabel mit dem iMac verbunden:
DisplayPort
Temperatur-Sensor
LED-Hintergrundbeleuchtung
Synchronisierung der LED-Hintergrundbeleuchtung
Das Wichtigste ist, dass es keine spezielle Verbindung von der LCD-Anzeige zum externen Mini DisplayPort-Anschluss gibt. Das Signal muss über das Logic Board gehen, sodass dein iMac eingeschaltet sein muss, wenn du etwas von einer externen Videoquelle aus abspielen möchtest.

Re: Mini DisplayPort, you write:

> you'll need to have your iMac powered on if you want to

> display from an external video source.

This means "powered on and running OSX", right?

So, this iMac won't become a decent second display if the logic board goes south, or after quad 2.66GHzs are no longer "fast enough" to read email on?

reynhout -

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3924

Ed M -

I'm wondering the same thing. No one has done a run through of how using the display port as input works, yet.

Zitat von reynhout:

Re: Mini DisplayPort, you write:

> you'll need to have your iMac powered on if you want to

> display from an external video source.

This means "powered on and running OSX", right?

So, this iMac won't become a decent second display if the logic board goes south, or after quad 2.66GHzs are no longer "fast enough" to read email on?

Serengeti007 -

Isn´t it possible to make a mDP "HUB" by the DisplayPort connector shown on this picture?

Vrumm -

"DisplayPort has Direct Drive"

Vrumm -

What is "led backlight sync"?

fredmundstiegler -

WARNING: be very careful when disconnecting the big flat cable from the motherboard. It doesn't take much to pull it when you try and disconnect the 4 cables, and it might tear/damage the socket on the motherboard. Happened to me :P

H Landsem - 11/03/15

I found the flat cable (display to motherboard) easier to remove (and, more importantly, to replace) if I first removed the tape from the back of the display and disconnected the cable from that end instead of from the end that connects to the motherboard.

barryjaylevine - 12/03/15

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Hast du dich je gefragt, was sich hinter dieser monolithischen schwarzen Anzeige verbirgt? Nämlich Folgendes: 27" displayloser iMac. (Eigentlich sind wir ziemlich sicher, dass die 27-Zoll-Abmessung völlig bedeutungslos ist, jetzt, wo der Bildschirm weg ist).
Beachte, wie der Ständer vollständig nach oben geschwenkt ist. Ohne das zusätzliche Gewicht des LCD-Bildschirms gibt es nicht annähernd genug Kraft gegen die Feder, um die normale neutrale Position aufrechtzuerhalten.
Die Festplatte befindet sich in der Mitte des Geräts, während das optische Laufwerk und der Lüfter auf der rechten Seite deutlich sichtbar sind.

With a bit of work, that would make a great desktop image

zoara -

Hey, I am still a Big Mac!!! Don´t mess with me. My brother mini, doesn´t have a display and no body cares ;P

Vrumm -

Thatd be great to have a High-resolution full-on photo of the internal at the resolution of the new 27" iMac for a background wall paper.

it would look so b@d@ss to have that as a desktop wallpaper sort of like an XRay image

XIII -

DO YOU ALSO SELL THE 2 GB PC3-8500 RAM CHIPS

GRW -

I'm quite irritated with Apple for not providing a slot for a second 3.5" drive. They're the masters of Tight Squeezes; they clearly could have shuffled things around slightly more to add a second drive bay.

A gorgeous media computer like this simply craves twin terabyte drives running in RAID.

MD5Hash -

So how many fans does this iMac have? The final image with the parts arranged neatly looks like it has three.

doctordon -

Zitat von doctordon:

So how many fans does this iMac have? The final image with the parts arranged neatly looks like it has three.

Yes, there's three fans total. One for the CPU, one for hard drive, and one near the optical drive.

Luke Soules -

I second that! That would be an awesome screen background.

Zitat von XIII:

Thatd be great to have a High-resolution full-on photo of the internal at the resolution of the new 27" iMac for a background wall paper.

it would look so b@d@ss to have that as a desktop wallpaper sort of like an XRay image

Thrak -

Hops.

I just upgraded my brand new iMac 27"'s processor from I5 to I7 2.8 GHZ, but must have done some mistake by re mounting it, and the screen keeps black, and makes one beep every 3 seconds.

Any suggestions?

Manuel Agus -

[quote|Manuel Agus]Hops.

I just upgraded my brand new iMac 27"'s processor from I5 to I7 2.8 GHZ, I cant get the CPU thermostat to work, and I don't even find the connector for it.

Manuel Agus -

Step 16

Which one is the GPU and which one is the cpu? the radeon red color is not thereT_T

peaksen chua -

I noticed that the picture doesn't show any Kapton tape on either end of the Airport cable. Is that the way the iMac came or was the tape removed before the picture was taken?

Richard Murray -

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Zwei T10 Torx-Schrauben halten die Festplatte an ihrem Platz.
Sobald sie entfernt sind, lässt sich die Festplatte leicht nach oben und aus dem System entfernen.
Der 27" iMac wird mit einer Serial-ATA-Festplatte mit 1 TB und 7200 U/min geliefert (Apple bietet eine optionale Festplatte mit 2 TB für zusätzliche 250 $ an).
Hier drin ist nicht wirklich Platz für eine zweite Platte, aber die kannst du sicher selbst austauschen. Du könntest theoretisch eine SSD installieren, aber dies scheint ein so guter Mediencomputer zu sein, dass es eine Schande wäre, ihn auf die aktuellen SSD-Kapazitäten zu beschränken.
Dies + das = einfaches Time Machine internes Backup!

You say that there isn't room for another drive; does that also go for 2.5" SSDs? Are there extra SATA ports on the logic board for more than the single drive anyway?

CrimsonS -

Zitat von CrimsonS:

You say that there isn't room for another drive; does that also go for 2.5" SSDs? Are there extra SATA ports on the logic board for more than the single drive anyway?

You could fairly easily replace the optical drive with a 2.5" hard drive or SSD. We sell an enclosure that enables you to install a SATA drive instead of the optical drive. There are no extra available internal ports that we noticed.

Luke Soules -

Hi Luke,

To confirm, this enclosure is compatible with the latest Quad-Core i7 27" iMac, correct? Also, do you know of any external enclosures where I could use the superdrive once removed? Or can you recommend an external DVD burner to purchase as a replacement once the internal one has been replaced by an SSD drive?

bradwill -

If i install a SSD instead of the optical drive, could i boot up OSX from the SSD and use the internal 3,5 HDD for media Stuff?

Zitat von luke:

You could fairly easily replace the optical drive with a 2.5" hard drive or SSD. We sell an enclosure that enables you to install a SATA drive instead of the optical drive. There are no extra available internal ports that we noticed.

cocoJim -

Zitat von cocoJim:

If i install a SSD instead of the optical drive, could i boot up OSX from the SSD and use the internal 3,5 HDD for media Stuff?

That should work just fine. You would just select the SSD in Startup Disk as soon as you get the drive in there with OS X installed.

Joe -

What model WD 1TB is this one? the Caviar Black or the RE4 model?

franquinet -

Zitat von joe:

That should work just fine. You would just select the SSD in Startup Disk as soon as you get the drive in there with OS X installed.

There should be a 3.5" drive with both an SSD and a high capacity HDD on it (dual SATA). The SSD wouldn't need to be that big, say 32 or 64GB , since the most active files and swap space would reside there. I guess it would only apply to the iMac though.

Given how much the SSD in my MBP has sped things up, I almost feel installing an SSD in a new iMac is a necessity.

MatTrue -

You would have to downgrade the internal Hard Disk to less than the size of the optical bay HD or use the optical bay HD as the boot drive for Time Machine backups.

The Time Machine backup disk must always be larger than the disk it backs up from, AFAIR.

TonyWong -

Zitat von TonyWong:

You would have to downgrade the internal Hard Disk to less than the size of the optical bay HD or use the optical bay HD as the boot drive for Time Machine backups.

The Time Machine backup disk must always be larger than the disk it backs up from, AFAIR.

Nope, you can choose what you backup, and if it fits, it'll do it.

Magneto -

Which 1TB hard drive is used - is it the Hitachi?

And I wonder which drive they've chosen for the 2TB option?

string -

Zitat von CrimsonS:

You say that there isn't room for another drive; does that also go for 2.5" SSDs? Are there extra SATA ports on the logic board for more than the single drive anyway?

You can maybe use SATA port multiplier and, from photos, I would say that there is enough space for 2,5" SSD behind GPU heat-pipes ? right ? (although maybe it is not best idea to put SSD close to heatpipes :D)

kovacm -

Zitat von franquinet:

What model WD 1TB is this one? the Caviar Black or the RE4 model?

It's a Caviar Black, model WD1001FALS.

Luke Soules -

Zitat von kovacm:

You can maybe use SATA port multiplier and, from photos, I would say that there is enough space for 2,5" SSD behind GPU heat-pipes ? right ? (although maybe it is not best idea to put SSD close to heatpipes :D)

I'd like to try the following:

SATA 1: 120GB OCZ Vertex SSD

SATA 2-> port multiplier

1: 120GB OCZ Vertex SSD

2: SATA to eSATA and thread out cable from iMAC

Then put the SSDs in software RAID 0 and still have a nice eSATA port coming out...

Of course this would require the SATA controller to support port multipliers, any idea what chipset it is??

zeigerpuppy -

HI, is there any heating sensor will have to be disabled, if I replace the optial drive with SSD. I notice someone replace the HDD with SSD, then the heating sys reports error and the fans go nuts. So how about optial drive, the same?

simonzhao -

Specifically what HDD model was in the iMac? Does it have 16mb or 32mb cache also?

Thanks.

amtechfox -

Zitat von franquinet:

What model WD 1TB is this one? the Caviar Black or the RE4 model?

It is a 1TB Seagate.

Manuel Agus -

Apple added a build-to-order option for a 256GB SSD in the 2010 iMacs, and you can have both the SSD and a 1- or 2-TB hard drive. Anyone know where the SSD goes? Can you buy a 2010 iMac without an SSD and add one yourself?

Michael -

This article was written about the "Late 2009" edition. The Mid 2010 update now has the option for both a Serial ATA Drive + a Solid State Drive. How do both of these drives fit into the enclosure? Has there been substantial changes to the internals to allow this? Can you add the second after purchase?

Mark -

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Trennen der Antennen und Entfernen der AirPort Card.
Eine einzelne T6-Torx-Schraube befestigt die Standard-PCI-e Wireless-Karte an der eigens konzipierten Karte, auf der sie montiert ist.
Selbst nach Entfernen der silbernen EMI-Abschirmung ist es schwierig, den Wi-Fi-Hauptchip zu lesen. Es handelt sich um einen Atheros AR9280.
Bei den beiden identischen Chips in der Nähe der Antennenanschlüsse handelt es sich um SiGe-Halbleiter-Leistungsverstärker 2593A20.

Schritt 12

Ein paar Schrauben später, und....
Das Netzteil ist raus
Oooh, hübsche Farben!
Sowohl der blaue als auch der rote Teil sind Kondensatoren. Leider hatten sie nicht genügend Markierungen, damit wir ihre Kapazität identifizieren konnten.
Die Kapazität der beiden roten beträgt 27,5, die des blauen rechts unten 15 und die beiden anderen beiden blauen 20. (alle in Mikro-Farad)
Das Netzteil liefert 25,8 Ampere bei 12 Volt, was einer Gesamtleistung von 310 Watt entspricht. Das ist das größte Netzteil, das wir je in einem iMac gesehen haben.

The tech specs for the 27" iMac say it can be up to 365W, so I suspect the Quad Core variant has an even larger power supply.

djfriar -

Zitat von djfriar:

The tech specs for the 27" iMac say it can be up to 365W, so I suspect the Quad Core variant has an even larger power supply.

I think Apple may be talking input power, while we're talking output. An input of 365 watts and output of 310 watts is 85% efficiency, which is typical for a good power supply.

Luke Soules -

Zitat von luke:

I think Apple may be talking input power, while we're talking output. An input of 365 watts and output of 310 watts is 85% efficiency, which is typical for a good power supply.

And I learn something new from this site yet again. :)

djfriar -

Whatinhell is the second board by the PS? It's definitely something not seen before.

NikkiWraith -

Zitat von NikkiWraith:

Whatinhell is the second board by the PS? It's definitely something not seen before.

I believe that's the backlight board for the display.

Ben Eisenman -

Why did you ignore the Electrolytic Capacitors and their values?

These caps are the components most prone to failure.

This is especially true of PS built in the latter part of the 2000 decade. Somewhere around 2006 - 2008 the electrolytic capacitor supply chain was flooded with caps with a built-in failure mechanism due to being made with incomplete data from industrial espionage gone wrong. My Late 2009 iMac PS failed and its capacitors showed the physical signs of this failure mechanism. Replacing caps is easy and cheap. I had a VISIO Television that had the bad caps and failed. It cost $15 to repair a TV that originally cost just under $1,000.

virtuousflapper - 26/10/17

Schritt 13

Die Bluetooth-Platine befindet sich in der Ecke des Computers und ist mit dem Gehäuse geerdet. Wir begannen mit dem Ausbau, indem wir das blaue Antennenkabel abgezogen haben.
Die Platine ist eine der wenigen Komponenten, die mit einer T8 (im Gegensatz zu T10) Torx Schraube befestigt wird.

Schritt 14

Dies ist vielleicht die am wenigsten überwältigende Komponente in diesem iMac, das 8x SuperDrive-Laufwerk.
Die Tatsache, dass hier kein Blu-Ray-Laufwerk drin ist, schmerzt echt.
Komm schon Apple, iMacs im Jahr 2005 hatten 8x SuperDrives. Das SuperDrive scheint einfach nicht mehr so super zu sein.
Die gute Nachricht ist, dass es sich um ein optisches 12,7-mm-Slimline-SATA-Standardlaufwerk handelt. Das Laufwerk, das Apple mitgeliefert haben sollte, ist dieses Panasonic UJ-135 Blu-ray-Laufwerk.
Apple fehlt die Software-Unterstützung für die Wiedergabe kopiergeschützter Blu-ray-Filme. Wenn du also ein Blu-ray-Laufwerk installierst, musst du in Windows booten, um die Show genießen zu können.

Are there any slot loading blu-ray drives we can replace this with?

Toushi -

Zitat von Toushi:

Are there any slot loading blu-ray drives we can replace this with?

Yup, the Panasonic UJ-135-A will work just fine.

Kyle Wiens -

Zitat von kyle:

Yup, the Panasonic UJ-135-A will work just fine.

Can this trik be done also on a iMac 24" - 2007 (2.4GHz) ?

rudver -

Blu-ray display 1080p. What is the experience indeed of watching a movie with that black bar tags? And wait I am not considering here in "FullScreen" Youtube, mobile DTV, iTunes Movies and DVD "Super" Drive. All of that might seems very "distorted" by the 2560x1440 resolution. The ATI will have to work a lot to upscale all of this.

Vrumm -

Zitat von Toushi:

Are there any slot loading blu-ray drives we can replace this with?

A stand alone Blu-ray might be in the works, similar to the external usb/firewire devices for the MacBook Air.

Built in, they really are a "bag of hurt", as Steve pointed out.

BobForsberg -

What about putting a SSD drive in here instead

rapdigital -

Zitat von kyle:

Yup, the Panasonic UJ-135-A will work just fine.

The web site says 12.7 mm while the original drive says 12.5 mm. Small difference, but could be a problem closing the case or aligning the disc in the slot.

BradMacPro -

Zitat von BradMacPro:

The web site says 12.7 mm while the original drive says 12.5 mm. Small difference, but could be a problem closing the case or aligning the disc in the slot.

I think they were just a bit lazy with the measurements here.. look at the image of the superdrive and google the code. I'm pretty sure that it is actualy a 12.7, not .5 (i've NEVER seen a 12.5 drive.. anywhere), so it will be a perfect fit.

I recommend the UJ-235A over the 135 they mention in the article too, as it can burn blu-ray discs at 4x.

iTems -

Zitat von iTems:

I think they were just a bit lazy with the measurements here.. look at the image of the superdrive and google the code. I'm pretty sure that it is actualy a 12.7, not .5 (i've NEVER seen a 12.5 drive.. anywhere), so it will be a perfect fit.

I recommend the UJ-235A over the 135 they mention in the article too, as it can burn blu-ray discs at 4x.

iTems, you're right, that's a typo. It is indeed a 12.7mm drive, so there's no difference between the SuperDrive and Panasonic's slim Blu-ray drives. If you want to burn Blu-ray (and have a bigger budget), the UJ-235 drive should work fine as well.

Luke Soules -

Hey Luke,

Just installed Panasonic's UJ-235A into my mid 2010 27" iMac & it accepted a disc but that's all it's doing. Clicking 'About this Mac' then 'More Info' & the drive is detected - OS X recognises it & lists all its capabilities but can't see it in Finder, VLC or any other program. The keyboard eject button doesn't work. Tried getting the disc out using the 'drutil eject' command. The drive makes a noise like it's going to eject, but doesn't.

Have you, or anyone else, installed this drive & had any luck using it.

Any suggestions would appreciated.

Thanks! Paul

Paul Rossi -

imacs in 2003 had superdrives too!

Chris Green -

Is it possible to put a 1TB WD laptop hard drive here instead? I would think you would need some sort of mounting apparatus.

silvergirl1283 -

I accidentally slipped in a SD memory card into the superdrive thinking it was the SD slot. Does anybody know it would be possible to take apart the superdrive?

Danny Huynh -

Zitat von Danny Huynh:

I accidentally slipped in a SD memory card into the superdrive thinking it was the SD slot. Does anybody know it would be possible to take apart the superdrive?

The guide to remove the optical drive can be found here. Please do not use this teardown as a repair guide, as there are many many steps missing. As explained at the top of the page, "Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions." A guide for opening up your optical drive can be found here. Hope that helps!

Andrew Bookholt -

Schritt 15

Apple nutzte den zusätzlich verfügbaren Platz gut aus, um große, leise Lüfter mit vielen Flügeln und niedriger Drehzahl einzubauen.

Schritt 16

Das Entfernen des riesigen Logic Boards erfordert zwei Hände. Versuche, bei geöffnetem RAM-Schacht unter dem iMac, das Logic Board mit dem Daumen in Richtung des oberen Teils (in Richtung der iSight-Kamera) zu drücken, um das Lösen zu erleichtern.
Es ist zu erkennen, dass GPU und CPU weit voneinander entfernt sind, und dass sie getrennte Kühlkörper haben, die zu gegenüberliegenden Seiten des Computers führen. Diese ziemlich komplexe wärmetechnische Konzeption ermöglichte es, den iMac so aufzurüsten, dass er Intels Desktop-Prozessoren nutzen kann.

Schritt 17

Apple hat dem iMac endlich einen SD-Kartensteckplatz hinzugefügt. Dies ist vielleicht eine der preiswertesten Funktionen, die Apple hinzufügen konnte, sollte sich aber als sehr nützlich erweisen. Jetzt können wir all unsere USB-SD-Lesegeräte wegwerfen!
Der Kartensteckplatz ist mit nur einer T8-Schraube am Gehäuse befestigt. Der Chip ist mit GL137A beschriftet.

Schritt 18

Wir entfernen den Infrarot (IR)-Sensor, der für die Verwendung der Apple-Fernbedienung erforderlich ist.
Auf dem zweiten Bild entfernen wir den zentralen Kabelbaum und heben das Logic Board heraus.
Dieser Computer verfügt über mehr Kabelmeter als jeder iMac, den wir jemals auseinandergenommen haben.

"feat of wire"? That's quite feat!

rpmurray -

A nice deconstruction as always.

Hahaha step 23 had me in stitches... the Apple logo now serves as a secret antenna for wifi.

How sly of Apple.

Just a thought... My Unibody Macbook Pro has a fairly enclosed design where is the wifi antenna inside?

I think its a shame that Apple have neglected the stunning internal design of the early iMac G5s!... they were a work of art inside.

But now... theres all this cable and clutter... I wouldnt mind if they made the imac less tapered on the back (it'd still be the thinnest and most stunning all-in-one) if they would make better cooling and repairing easier with the internals better laid out.

IMHO.

Still love the new iMac tho!

lemas1 -

Zitat von lemas1:

A nice deconstruction as always.

Hahaha step 23 had me in stitches... the Apple logo now serves as a secret antenna for wifi.

How sly of Apple.

Just a thought... My Unibody Macbook Pro has a fairly enclosed design where is the wifi antenna inside?

If it's anything like the original Macbook Pros, which I used to be a technician for, they wrapped the antennae cables around the edges of the screen. Since those screens are now 100% glass, I wouldn't be surprised if they left the wires there since it's the only part of the system not made of aluminum!

MD5Hash -

just curious, after pulling this baby apart, how would you rate its value on a parts basis?

golook -

Zitat von lemas1:

Just a thought... My Unibody Macbook Pro has a fairly enclosed design where is the wifi antenna inside?

In the iFixit teardown of the unibody MBP, they mention that the wireless antenna is located in the black plastic display hinge.

waffle911 -

Zitat von lemas1:

I think its a shame that Apple have neglected the stunning internal design of the early iMac G5s!... they were a work of art inside. But now... theres all this cable and clutter...

Yes, seriously!

http://files.macbidouille.com/mbv2/news/...

A swansong for the G5, I guess ;)

Diggsby -

Equally gorgeous on the inside, a Black PCB, very classy.

That's quite some ventilation though, can't imagine what the 4850 would use in the way of copperware...

deetex -

Zitat von Diggsby:

Yes, seriously!

http://files.macbidouille.com/mbv2/news/...

A swansong for the G5, I guess ;)

Yes, it is/was a beauty to behold, but that was largely due to the fact that there were several "user installable" parts. For example, midplane board, hard drive, RAM, etc. Funny thing is that people still needed help simply installing RAM! Apple rethought this strategy, because subsequent iMac models did away with this clean internal design (and so many user-installable parts).

Jeremy D -

Zitat von Jeremy D:

I'll take that flame bait, but not hook, line and sinker...

First of all, you must be easily amazed, because Apple has always had higher premiums on their components. They can only leverage their monopoly on stuff like NAND flash memory prices.

Not a "magic" WD hard drive, but neither are the Seagate drives (their other drive supplier). Apple generally maintains more strict product tolerances from vendor for things like RAM latency, hard disk burn-in and MTBF. This usually means Apple staff "qualifies" goods before getting them into your hands. This adds to cost--esp if Apple has their own special recipe of firmware to drop onto drives (e.g. server-grade drives).

Ok, I'll stop there.

All Mac users missed the myriad adverts touting "2TB hard drives only $179!", because we're ignorant Mac zealots.

You can go back to building your frankenstein PC--complete with blinky blue/green/red UV-lighted case mod and we'll stick with our stupid Macs.

Maybe you should remove this site from your bookmarks and/or Google search history, too? Oh, wait... you're a web troll--it's your job to categorically dismiss "stupid" Mac users.

I guess your mission is accomplished. &&!&!

well, im sorry that you feel that way, mac was the best personal computer, of the 1980's and early 1990's and i do agree that the technology is ususally a step behind the standard, and a higher price than what it's worth, but "Mac Zealots" is kind of an overstatement, sure some people like macs, some people love macs, and some people hate macs, but for my self, i am a PC, and a Mac, I've been doing PC work since the 486, but the mac always has and still has an advantage over a PC, (My Core 2 Quad PC would out-perform any mac mini, any day) but PC's have something macs will never have, (open development, expandability, most 3rd party hardware and software, and for the longest time, a standard CPU archetecture) and macs have something PC's will never have (a rock solid, and secure OS, a sleek style, look, and computing power higher than that of an equaly speced pc)

Chris Green -

[quote|macs have something PC's will never have (a rock solid, and secure OS, a sleek style, look, and computing power higher than that of an equaly speced pc)[/quote]

The term PC does not mean windows bud. You forgot about linux, mainly, Ubuntu. Rock solid OS, OPEN SOURCE software that is community maintained, and the speed to run circles around any mac of equal spec, all with a flexibility and low price of building a PC one part at a time. YOU can choose exactly what goes in it.

Joe C -

Zitat von Chris Green:

... but "Mac Zealots" is kind of an overstatement, sure some people like macs, some people love macs, and some people hate macs, but for my self, i am a PC, and a Mac...

@Chris - the intent of my post was to take the pi$$ out of what appeared (to me) to be Mac flame-bait from. "Mac zealot" was a self-depricating reference to steal Joe C's "thunder" if/when using said term himself.

The point is that life is not as black and white as "I'm a Mac"/"I'm a PC"--as Joe C insightfully points out in his later post re: "PC" definition. Apple's and Microsoft's ad campaigns try to stoke this outmoded argument. We know how common it is for people to work on Windows PC at the office and Macs at home.

But "PC" statistically refers to Windows PCs (given the slight market share Linux has).

(Reasonably) technically savvy users reading/posting to this site should be somewhat aware of how versatile, lightweight and supported different flavors of Linux can be--compared to Macs and/or Windows PCs.

Nevermind . . . this a waste of everyone's time. Sorry for the trivial distraction. Thanks Joe C. Happy New Year.

Jeremy D -

Schritt 19

Lautsprecher! Große Lautsprecher.
Wir haben den Ton getestet, bevor wir den iMac zerlegt haben, und waren ziemlich beeindruckt. Apple hat den Ton des iMac der vergrößerten Bildschirmgröße angepasst.
Während sich die Lautsprecher in den unteren Ecken des iMac befinden, hat Apple das Mikrofon klugerweise oben (in der Nähe des iSight) platziert. Dadurch sollte es möglich sein, das interne Audio-Setup für Video-Chats zu verwenden.

May I reuse these two speakers to a audio jack output?

md.tsai - 22/06/20

Schritt 20

Nach dem Ausbau des Logic Boards kommen wir an weitere Lüfter heran.
Wir entfernen die Schrauben und holen jeden Lüfter aus dem Computer heraus.

What’s that center fan called? The one under the hard drive?

Thanks!

whereisraffi - 27/01/19

Schritt 21

Um den iMac kühl zu halten, hat Apple sechs Temperatursensoren, drei Lüfter und zwei riesige Kühlkörper eingebaut.
Um die massive Größe der Kühlkörper zu verdeutlichen, sieh dir die relative Größe der USB-Anschlüsse unten links auf der Platine an.
Beachte die PRAM-Batterie auf dem Logicboard (runde Silberscheibe) zur Speicherung von Datum und Uhrzeit, wenn der Strom abgeschaltet wird. Achte beim Auswechseln des Akkus darauf, dass die Plastikkappe, die den Akku befestigt, nicht nicht beschädigt wird.
Der Prozessor ist gesockelt, aber über einer der Schrauben des Kühlkörpers befindet sich ein Aufkleber mit der Aufschrift "Garantie erlischt, wenn er entfernt wird".
Unser 3,06 GHz E7600 Core 2 Duo-Prozessor (E7600) ist eine LGA 775 T CPU. Es gibt einige Core 2 Quad-Chips, die den gleichen Sockel verwenden, aber wir wissen nicht, ob sie funktionieren würden. Die i5 und i7 Quad-Cores, die im High-End 27" iMac enthalten sind, verwenden einen anderen Sockel, LGA 1156 H.

Is it possible to drop in a quad core later? I am thinking about getting this one and dropping in the quad later when I have the money.

Toushi -

You mean this thing has a generic-sized portable graphics card that can be swapped with something else? Brilliant. Should have shipped with a 1GB card at least.

AeronPeryton -

Zitat von AeronPeryton:

You mean this thing has a generic-sized portable graphics card that can be swapped with something else? Brilliant. Should have shipped with a 1GB card at least.

I really hope so. The graphics card it the only thing that is stopping me from getting one right now!

Simie -

Zitat von Toushi:

Is it possible to drop in a quad core later? I am thinking about getting this one and dropping in the quad later when I have the money.

There's not that much difference in price between the two - I think you're better off getting it from day 1.

moldor -

Great work Guys, and done with lightning speed just after the release. Hats off and looking out for The Apple Tablet That Will Rule Them All, grin

multimedia -

Is there any mini-DisplayPort "chip" controller? I mean what differer at Mother Board, in order to not allow video-in at the 21.5" iMac. I really want to now!!! What is the specification and model of the mDP? Is it mDP 1.0 or 1.2? Is it compatible to the HDMI 1.4, yet?

Vrumm -

Does the 21.5 inch model also use a socketed CPU? I have a low-power quad core (Q9550S) waiting for a worthy home...

alienlogic -

Zitat von Toushi:

Is it possible to drop in a quad core later? I am thinking about getting this one and dropping in the quad later when I have the money.

No. This iMac uses a different socket than the i5 or i7. If you want a quadcore iMac, just buy one ;)

TakkU -

What's the chipset used in the Core2Duo logic board?

Chispa -

Zitat von TakkU:

No. This iMac uses a different socket than the i5 or i7. If you want a quadcore iMac, just buy one ;)

There are quad core chips out there that are not i5s or i7s. I am just as curious what is the socket type, if it is a LGA 755 type I could see the potential to put in a Q9550S.

trance2 -

Zitat von trance2:

There are quad core chips out there that are not i5s or i7s. I am just as curious what is the socket type, if it is a LGA 755 type I could see the potential to put in a Q9550S.

I so want to drop in a Q9550 into my new iMac. If it weren't for that warranty voiding sticker.. Anyone want to try? In theory it should work. Works in my Hackintosh just fine.

negatv -

Zitat von Toushi:

Is it possible to drop in a quad core later? I am thinking about getting this one and dropping in the quad later when I have the money.

Can we put a extreme i7 in the quad core model??? and how about a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 in place of the existing 4850 card??

nimoryan -

Zitat von nimoryan:

Can we put a extreme i7 in the quad core model??? and how about a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 in place of the existing 4850 card??

OK so duh on the processor so let change that to 2.93ghz i7 and the 4870 x2 video card

nimoryan -

Come on guys, show us what's under the heatsinks, that would be great, i want to upgrade my cpu, but i want to see it first

Chris Green -

Zitat von Toushi:

Is it possible to drop in a quad core later? I am thinking about getting this one and dropping in the quad later when I have the money.

Oh, a wonderful idea! I'd love to see the iFixit folks give this a try and report on the change in performance. Then they could sell us the proper CPU and provide the instructions for accomplishing the task.

barryjaylevine -

Does anyone know if there are any mainboard (off the video card) graphics chips (e.g., scaler), or are the DisplayPort signals routed directly from the GPU to the LCD panel and DisplayPort connector?

Chris -

Concerning C2D Quad-core replacements:

After looking at the CPU specs in detail for the E7600 and E8600 C2D parts and comparing them to the various available C2Q parts, it seems to require one of the 45nm QxxxxS parts to even have a chance of working, with the Q9505S or Q9550S being the most likely of the higher-end ones. The power regulator specs/etc. are different for the non-S parts.

I'd be happy to try it, pretty sure the worst thing that will happen is that it won't boot due to lack of C2E (Stop-Grant) support or confusion about having 4 cores instead of 2. It could also come up but refuse to recognize the other 2 cores.

Erich Boleyn -

Zitat von Erich Boleyn:

Concerning C2D Quad-core replacements:

After looking at the CPU specs in detail for the E7600 and E8600 C2D parts and comparing them to the various available C2Q parts, it seems to require one of the 45nm QxxxxS parts to even have a chance of working, with the Q9505S or Q9550S being the most likely of the higher-end ones. The power regulator specs/etc. are different for the non-S parts.

I'd be happy to try it, pretty sure the worst thing that will happen is that it won't boot due to lack of C2E (Stop-Grant) support or confusion about having 4 cores instead of 2. It could also come up but refuse to recognize the other 2 cores.

Hmm. Is a Q9550S CPU the only thing that you are lacking?

kmohanram -

Hi is it possible to replace the USB ports on this Mac? I have 2 dead out of 4 and its driving me crazy!!

Julian - 16/05/14

"View high resolution shots of the front and back."

Sorry, but those "front" and "back" links are dead. Please update with new links. Those are very important photos. Thanks.

James Wages - 15/07/17

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Ausbau des GPU-Daughterboards.
Unser günstiges 27-Zoll-Modell wird mit einem ATI Radeon HD 4670-Grafikprozessor mit 256 MB GDDR3-Speicher geliefert.
Die schiere Menge an Etiketten auf der Rückseite der Grafikkarten-Tochterkarte ist überwältigend. Was haben sie sich dabei gedacht?
(Es ist offensichtlich, dass die Ingenieure von Apple diese GPU nicht entworfen haben. Es handelt sich um eine Standardkarte, die in einer Reihe von Produkten verwendet wird).

it's possible to remove graphic card and replace it with the same but 512mb vram?

vinyltrack -

I'd be interested to know if you can replace it with a better one. You say these are generic parts? Where can we get them? Or are they only available to manufacturers?

Simie -

I really want to know if this is true!? i need to upgrade... bad.

Jason -

Please add pictures with the heatsinks removed both for the GPU and the Logic Board

ibrian -

So is that still a laptop card, or like the proc, are we getting desktop class cards now?

joelsvoice -

Zitat von ibrian:

Please add pictures with the heatsinks removed both for the GPU and the Logic Board

I agree! You never take the heatsinks off! Come on!

ericathornton -

What's the name of that supposedly standardized slot? I've only ever seen Apple use it; I recall it was the same in the previous two revisions as well.

MD5Hash -

Zitat von MD5Hash:

What's the name of that supposedly standardized slot? I've only ever seen Apple use it; I recall it was the same in the previous two revisions as well.

AXIOM (ATI) respectively MXM (NVIDIA). IF Apple uses that (do they?)

ibrian -

I don't get it. On this model you can change the graphic card?

Bilstoy77 -

so is it possible to replace graphic card in any 27 inch imac?

i was rly sad when i have seen that 512mb card in i7 model

xyras -

Does anyone know what size the counter-sunk screw are securing the GPU heatsink? I snapped one over the weekend doing a teardown to redo the thermal paste.

Akshunhiro - 12/02/17

Thoughts on what you do if the case for the Pram battery gets disconnected slightly?

Scott Schneiderman - 31/03/19

hi efi chip???

luis cruz -

Schritt 23

Ist das eine Antenne, die zum hinteren Apple-Logo führt? Wir denken, dass es das ist... warum nur?
Das Apple Logo ist jetzt nicht mehr nur ein Logo, sondern hat eine weiter Aufgabe. Frühere iMacs aus Aluminium hatten eine Vorderseite aus Aluminium und eine Rückseite aus Kunststoff. Im Gegensatz dazu hat dieser iMac ein Vollaluminiumgehäuse, das zwar gut aussieht, aber für das Wi-Fi sehr schlecht ist.
Das Apple-Logo ist der einzige Kunststoffbereich auf der Rückseite des iMac, daher hat Apple eine AirPort-Antenne in diesen Bereich integriert.

Schritt 24

Nach einem so mühsamen Teardown kann man es uns nicht verübeln, dass wir einfach alles zu einem gigantischen Haufen von Teilen aufhäufen.
Verflucht sei unser schlechtes Gewissen, denn als die netten und großartigen Profis, die wir sind, verspürten wir den Drang und ein leichtes Verantwortungsgefühl, es richtigzumachen.
Hier ist das endgültige Layoutbild. Viel Spaß dabei!
Wenn du das Gefühl hast, dass dir dieser Teardown nicht gereicht hat, dann schau dir noch den "Magic Mouse"-Teardown an.

Hi, I recently change the logic board of one of this imacs, and never starts MacOS... Always stay in the apple logo... And It's extremely hot on left side (powersupply)... Some ideas?

I rebooted with ALT but begin a Firmware upgrate proccess

Mr Drap - 20/06/14

Update1: The repair COMMAND+R Works, open the Disk Utility the Machintohs HD doesn't mount... Serial info problem??

UPDATE2: Finally with blank board serializer I put the serial info and works great

Mr Drap - 20/06/14

Tinte & Feder

Miroslav Djuric

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21 Kommentare

Cannot wait for the mac mini server teardown.

elurker -

I cannot wait for the 21.5" iMac teardown comparison to this regarding the mDP video-in capabilities. Great job!!! Very nice and impressive work :)

Vrumm -

Zitat von elurker:

Cannot wait for the mac mini server teardown.

We're not planning on doing a teardown of the Mac mini server (we're already done three teardowns this week), but our friends over at macminicolo.net did a teardown of the new mini.

Luke Soules -

Awesome pics... I'm craving one of these iMacs, big time.

It wasn't mentioned: what's the brand of the internal HD?

dcp -

Apple western digital/seagate depending on the location

Tomek Fazlejew - 03/02/21

i wnat to know if i can't remove the foot of the new imac 27 to travel with this

julesdakar -

apple screen isn't lcd it's led

hiimbob -

Zitat von hiimbob:

apple screen isn't lcd it's led

It's an LED-backlit LCD.

David Patierno -

Can anyone confirm if it would be possible to feed a SATA cable into the Memory Door area, thus allowing the cable to exit via the memory door opening? I can't tell from the pictures if there is enough room to get the cable into that area and then out the door. Obviously with the door removed the cable would feed out so it's more a question of getting the cable into that area. Then I could modify the door to allow the cable to feed out while still remaining closed.

Bruce Gates -

Apple has the option for both a Serial ATA Drive + a Solid State Drive. How do both of these drives fit into the enclosure? Can you add the second after purchase?

Mark -

That would be interresting to know. Sounds like it would be quite easy to add this SSD later.

Simon Haugsten Hansen -

hey i have one iMac late 2009 27'' model, with ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB GPU, and a 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU. do you guys know how i can upgrade them, (if possible)? I don't care about the warranty cause it's expired anyway

Raj Patel -

Anyone still here? Need to get out of the grey screen!

vpkc15 - 23/10/14

Just curious if anyone has ever taken apart an iMac and used it's guts to create another pc without the internal display?

Paul Garcia - 12/04/16

Paul,

That's an interesting idea (forget the internal display and use the rest in another case with a stand-alone display connected through the Displayport/Thunderbolt port). Just so happens I have an iMac with bad internal video (black screen, only two LEDs on motherboard lit). I'll try plugging in a Displayport display I have here and, if the unit actually works, I'll start the disassembly and re-packaging using a spare PC case I have in my garage. Nice project idea!

barryjaylevine - 13/04/16

Thank you for details and wit.

• Step 5 - yah, I found the magnet that's in the upper LH corner by accident (I use it to hold documents with a paperclip when I need to reference them when typing..).

• Step 7 - Yes, the screen is VERY glossy! Contrary to some beliefs re: placement of a desk, I tried placing my desk such that I'm facing the door, but my back is to a window.. turns out that I don't miss out on seeing what's going on outside after all.

Club - 25/04/16

Would a screen from a 27 inch 2009 fit on a late 2013 model?

Zo B - 07/06/16

is there anyway I could order all of the components to a 2015 imac retina 5k and install them into a 2010 27 inch model?

Curt mccarl - 16/06/17

I'm trying to remove the stand but my screws got stripped. Is there's anyway to take the stand off from the inside??

Pnoise - 21/06/17

Pnoise…did you have any luck with this…

Mathew Wright - 30/07/18

hello,

I have an old mid 2010 iMac 27” i7, which I upgraded with a SSD. It works perfectly but I have problems in data transfer. I want to know if I can use one of the internal SATA ports (that of the Super Drive or another spare one) to come out with a USB 3 port. Thank you for your Help

Fabio - 30/10/18