Exactly two months ago, we wanted to open the cover of our iMac 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo to see the motherboard. We found out that reaching a hard disk drive was way tougher than we had imagined. This time, we really have to reach the existing hard disk drive behind the LCD panel. We’ve purchased a new 1-TB hard disk drive as a replacement. We want to have more space on a Windows partition. We want to have more space on a Mac partition as well. We have so many dreams… with little disk space.

Tools that you need in reaching the hard disk drive on this iMac model are the same as before. Actually, if you have a smaller torque driver than Size 8, that will help a bit. There are a lot of small torque screws used on the motherboard. I don’t know the exact size. But don’t worry about it.

Screenshot 01 – Source: MacHouse

Screenshot 01 shows our new 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drive manufactured by Hitachi Global Strategy Technology. The capacity is 1 TB (931.51 MB). The interface speed is 3 GB/s. The exact part name is Deskstar HDT721075SLA360. The price was 7,480 yen or about US$78.   Continue reading →