Replaced hard drive in 2007 white Intel iMac...

[Joey Cupcakes]

I've fixed/ upgraded many G5 iMacs, they were a piece of cake. Did a 2007 white Intel Core2Duo 20" for a friend yesterday. What a bear! Miles of EMF shielding, uncooperative bezel latches and a heat sensor glued to the hard drive... Success after hours (and running to Lowes to buy a long shank Torx T-10 driver 5 minutes before closing). Thank goodness for iFixit!

[hal]

I don't remember needing a TORX-10, let alone a long one... maybe I cheated...

[Joey Cupcakes]

Needed to detach the display from the backplate. The drive is under the display. No way to cheat... would love to know how you did it, but I suspect we're talking about different models!

[hal]

I must have used my standard torx-9 and got away with it. I've only done that model a couple of times...

[jdc]

I had to buy the Torx 10 and a magentizer for it so the screws wouldnt fall out.

near impossible on that mac

[Black]

I lieu of a magnetized tool, one can always use chapstick :-)

[Joey Cupcakes]

Black wrote:
I lieu of a magnetized tool, one can always use chapstick :-)

Wish I'd thought of that. I used a small magnetic slotted driver to retrieve after the fact, and a tiny loop of pvc tape for re-attaching.

[Ken Sp.]

I also do not remove the display completely like it says---I simply open at an angle. Still have to disconnect the LCD inverter cables.

[Joey Cupcakes]

Ken Sp. wrote:
I also do not remove the display completely like it says---I simply open at an angle. Still have to disconnect the LCD inverter cables.

Did the same thing. The adhesive on the EMP shielding is quite strong.

[Black]

Joey Cupcakes wrote:
[quote=Ken Sp.]
I also do not remove the display completely like it says---I simply open at an angle. Still have to disconnect the LCD inverter cables.

Did the same thing. The adhesive on the EMP shielding is quite strong. My 2006 20" White iMac was a refurb atnd the tape was already gone the first time I cracked it, Actually did use chapstick for the display screws each time.
Wouldn't yours be a 2006 by the way?