My iMac6,1 just crashed with the dastardly "clicking" on trying to restart. I'm assuming that I need to install a new harddrive. What should I buy? Suggestions please. The rest of the machine is great.

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My iMac6,1 just crashed with the dastardly "clicking" on trying to restart. I'm assuming that I need to install a new harddrive. What should I buy? Suggestions please. The rest of the machine is great.

My iMac6,1 just crashed with the dastardly "clicking" on trying to restart. I'm assuming that I need to install a new harddrive. What should I buy? Suggestions please. The rest of the machine is great. 2006 core 2 duo intel with 2G ram. It's all backed up, just need to get it running.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), iMac6,1

Posted on Aug 28, 2015 4:52 PM

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Kappy

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Aug 28, 2015 5:07 PM in response to AngelaRH

Go to OWC for replacement HDDs or suitable SSDs if you prefer. The iMac uses standard 3.5" format SATA I (1.5 Gb/s) disk drives.

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AngelaRH Author

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Aug 28, 2015 5:26 PM in response to Kappy

Thank You!

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AngelaRH Author

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Sep 14, 2015 12:15 PM in response to AngelaRH

I bought a new hard drive and now I'm trying to take the case apart. I took out the ram screws and plate. I took out the 4 bottom screws. I've been trying for 45 minutes to get a credit card to pop the inner levers to release the screen. I'm having a devil of a time!! I've watched this on youtube several times. The credit card is pushed up into the slot and the screen pops open. Then I figured that I wasn't strong enough to use a credit card so I had better buy the "apple tool" but I can't find the tool anywhere on the website. Please help!!

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AngelaRH Author

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Sep 14, 2015 12:33 PM in response to AngelaRH

IGNOR. I was trying to open it the wrong way. I've now got it apart.

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