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replacing imac 24" mid 2007 hard drive

hello everyone

recently my imac 24" mid 2007 320gb 2gb ram mac hard drive completely failed i have tried everything it starts up sometimes then freezes other times it doesnt even recognise the hard drive so i am currently using it through a boot on a external hard drive my question is if i were to replace the hard drive myself (using youtube videos i am quite tech minded so looks fairly easy) would i have to get a certain type of hard drive i know its 3.5" but is there a simple to the size 1tb/2tb and als oi have read the transfer rate may need to be tapered down is that true and if so how would i go about doing it ?

any help will be appreciated thanks very much

craig jenkins

iMac

Posted on Dec 16, 2013 3:45 AM

33 replies

WZZZ

Level 6

13,226 points

Dec 20, 2013 1:16 PM in response to craigjenkins89

craigjenkins89 wrote:

I don't see where they could go the row of pins is only one high instead of two and four wide Iv installed Mac OS and it seems to be managing fine

I'm looking at the AAKX right now. The jumper block is a double row of 4, exactly as pictured in the diagram above. Take another look at that to see what 5 and 6 are.

Dec 20, 2013 1:34 PM in response to WZZZ

Well I can assure you I'm not lying to you lol

WZZZ

Level 6

13,226 points

Dec 20, 2013 1:38 PM in response to craigjenkins89

I don't think you're lying, just that maybe you don't understand how to look at the jumper block. But if all is well then this is all moot.

replacing imac 24" mid 2007 hard drive