so go through replacing hard drive in mid-2007 imac samsung 830 256gb ssd , additional 750gb seagate momentus xt in optical bay sata pata adapter. computer fast ssd it's night , day, recommend upgrade before opting new mac.
here issue, ssd works great, seagate has problem being recognized. in initial startup recognized , worked fine, when go open file freeze unmount itself. checked connections , appear good. i'm thinking hard drive might little overkill pata connection, since capable of 6gb/s , hard drive might not enough power going through, checked specs of original superdrive , it's not different.
fact has 32mb cache make difference? great, i'd know whether keep trying or replace hd else.
in advance.
hi freespeed,
imac8,1 opened yesterday night. still trying find working combination of ssd , hard disk, have same problem you. initial recognition in optical bay not work disks. depends on optical bay itself. old 200 gb 2.5" worked, ssd doesn't, same goes 3.5" disks. bet won't allow enough power go through thin cables. try , shortcut power adapters, on other hand might not worth it.
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