iMac Disassembly Part 1

In the first part of this 2 part video, I show you how to take apart your Intel iMac and get to the main board and hard drive.

This WILL void your warranty, so if something goes wrong with the machine and it's still in coverage, take it in to an Apple Store or give AppleCare a call :-D.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• iMac
• hard
• drive
• replace
• disassembly
• disassemble
• take
• apart
• takeapart
• take-apart

[ega0117]

I have a iMac6,1 and I just want to open it up. What is up with all that foil???

[ElliottMediaGroup]

@ega0117 I believe it's meant to stop magnetic interference.

[twistedmacVIDEO]

Great video but for everyone watching please make note that you need to disconnect the top inside metal fingers. You don't just pull up on the front panel, you risk breaking something. I went to post a video on how to do this but would not allow me to do so.

[ElliottMediaGroup]

@twistedmacVIDEO That's a very good point! I forgot to mention that originally, but yes, you do need to disconnect the fingers.

[twistedmacVIDEO]

@ElliottMediaGroup I seen a number of videos doing this so I showed it here ..... replace the youtube url in front of this (/watch?v=FN3N_qxLlWk)

[ElliottMediaGroup]

@twistedmacVIDEO Cool. thanks!

[Bakdadivad]

Make up your mind!!!! What are you? British or American?

[thewrtingwriter]

Did you honestly do this on a fleece blanket...how dumb are you. Static electricity is your enemy.

[sethaaronrodriguez]

Please locate and remove USB 2.0 card, and replace with, if available, USB 3.0 card. Thanks.

[MACTECHca]

@healingtv ??? The comment was made that your not suposed to pull back on the front panel. He does a great job showing the steps but was just mentioning that your not suposed to pull back on the panel. Just because other videos showing pulling it off without properly pushing the metal fingers doesn't make it right. As for my video what do you mean it shows nothing .... did you even watch it???

[healingtv]

@twistedmacVIDEO

not even close. This kid takes it apart and shows all steps, the above link you mention shows nothing.

[02500l]

i did that to change my hard drive lmao

[Nemesis23213]

Thanks for your 2 part videos... I just upgraded the hard drive on my 2005 iMacG5_iSight 20". A little different than the one you should, but a lot closer to any of the other how to's I found... THANKS!!

[13heavymetal]

Thats what I can't stand about Macs. They use non-upgradable, laptop hardware, just so they can make their computers smaller.

[yukiko86]

what is the tool your using? I have the torx tip but all my screwdrivers are too thick in diameter to fit in the side of the imac ( to unscrew the torx screws for the monitor) Please Help!!!

[ginabunny10]

Where do you learn all this stuff?

[papapapa2010]

LOL Microsoft ad at the beginning