Aloha. Need some Mac expert assistance on this one.
Customer has two iMacs. iMac1 has been his personal machine, but has a history of dying. Logic Board and power supply have been replaced more than once by local Mac store (not me). Currently it's not working, and he does not want to pay for another logic board and power supply. Apple told him 'too bad" when he tried to get them to replace these parts again. So, he's done with this machine.
iMac2 was just given to my customer by a friend. It runs really slow (like the hard drive is dying). I booted from my external drive and SMART did not show any problems, but we all know how (in)conclusive SMART is.
In an ideal world, I would take the hard drive out of iMac1 and install it in iMac2 and everyone lives happily ever after. But, this is the real world. Assuming the hard drive in iMac1 is in good shape, is it possible to do this and have it work?
From what I can find searching the internet, both machines are using SATA drives, although iMac1 might be a 2.5" and iMac2 might be a 3.5" (hopefully this can be resolved with a standard 2.5" to 3.5" mounting bracket).
He also wants to move the RAM from iMac1 to iMac2. The Apple machine specs I've found on the web don't list the specific type of RAM based on Serial number of the machine. If someone has a link that will tell me this, I would love to have it.
Here are the details on the two machines:
iMac1 (dead machine w/ good hard drive)
iMac "Core i5" 2.9 21.5-Inch (Late 2012)
Model A1418
EMC No: 2544
Model Identifier: iMac 13,2
iMac2 (working machine that runs real slow)
iMac "Core i5" 3.2 27-Inch (Late 2013)
Model A1419
EMC No.: 2639
Model Identifier: iMac14,2
Let me know if you need more info about either of the machines,
Mahalo!
Harry Z
Customer has two iMacs. iMac1 has been his personal machine, but has a history of dying. Logic Board and power supply have been replaced more than once by local Mac store (not me). Currently it's not working, and he does not want to pay for another logic board and power supply. Apple told him 'too bad" when he tried to get them to replace these parts again. So, he's done with this machine.
iMac2 was just given to my customer by a friend. It runs really slow (like the hard drive is dying). I booted from my external drive and SMART did not show any problems, but we all know how (in)conclusive SMART is.
In an ideal world, I would take the hard drive out of iMac1 and install it in iMac2 and everyone lives happily ever after. But, this is the real world. Assuming the hard drive in iMac1 is in good shape, is it possible to do this and have it work?
From what I can find searching the internet, both machines are using SATA drives, although iMac1 might be a 2.5" and iMac2 might be a 3.5" (hopefully this can be resolved with a standard 2.5" to 3.5" mounting bracket).
He also wants to move the RAM from iMac1 to iMac2. The Apple machine specs I've found on the web don't list the specific type of RAM based on Serial number of the machine. If someone has a link that will tell me this, I would love to have it.
Here are the details on the two machines:
iMac1 (dead machine w/ good hard drive)
iMac "Core i5" 2.9 21.5-Inch (Late 2012)
Model A1418
EMC No: 2544
Model Identifier: iMac 13,2
iMac2 (working machine that runs real slow)
iMac "Core i5" 3.2 27-Inch (Late 2013)
Model A1419
EMC No.: 2639
Model Identifier: iMac14,2
Let me know if you need more info about either of the machines,
Mahalo!
Harry Z