In this video we're tearing apart the $15 Grape iMac G3 to install a modern SATA SSD! This is a first-gen tray loading iMac revision D released in 1999, so the best fastest version of the original iMac. We're going to make it even faster (and way quieter!) by installing a cheap modern SSD from Amazon, along with a cheap SATA to IDE adapter.
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If you're looking for a SATA to IDE converter to do this yourself, you'll need to make sure it has a jumper to select if the drive is master or not.
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Here's the SSD I used: www.amazon.com...
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26 сен 2024