HDD Temperature sensor gone in 2011 iMac?

"Timothy Poon



Rep: 107




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"Y splitter cable works if you are upgrading to SSD. I don’t know why Dan keeps recommending OWC cable. maybe kickbacks from OWC. it’s overpriced and meant to take advantage of naive user.

more info about this sc*m can be found here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMsk1o1W..."

"Thanks Hanno for this hint!

It should be noted here that on the SATA side of the cable the wires 1 and 4 have to be shorted (and NOT wire 2 and 7). This is much easier then Apple's official solution where you have to take the iMac almost completely apart.

For better understanding I have added below some (low resolution) photos. (Sorry for the bad quality).

CAUTION!!! This modification is ONLY VALID when you switch to a solid-state drive (SSD).

DO NOT use this mod to connect a normal harddisk drive! This will most likely result in massive overheat of your iMac."