User Guide
Table Of Contents
- iMac (24-inch Early 2008)
- Contents
- Take Apart
- General Information
- What’s New
- Product Configurations
- Opening the Computer
- Note About Images in This Manual
- General Tools
- Required Special Tools
- View of the iMac with the Front Bezel Removed
- View of the Modules with the Display Panel Removed
- View of the Rear Housing and Cables
- Back View
- I/O Ports
- Cleaning and Handling the Glass Panel
- Do’s and Don’ts
- Handling a Broken Glass Panel
- Safety
- EMI Shielding
- Access Door
- Memory
- Glass Panel
- Cleaning and Handling the Glass Panel
- Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA)
- Cleaning the Silicone Roller
- Do’s and Don’ts
- Metal Alignment Pins on the Glass Panel
- Magnets on the Front Bezel
- Removing the Glass Panel
- Replacing the Glass Panel
- Installing a Replacement Glass Panel
- Cleaning Tool Kit
- Cleaning Tool Resources
- LENSPEN Screen Cleaning Device
- Ionizing Air Gun
- Front Bezel
- Camera Board
- Battery
- IR (Infrared) Board
- AirPort Extreme Board
- Bluetooth Board
- LCD Display Panel
- LCD Temp Sensor Cable
- Left Speaker
- Ambient Temp Sensor
- Ambient Temp Sensor Cable
- LVDS Display Cable
- Right Speaker
- Inverter Cable
- Optical Drive Fan
- CPU Fan
- Power Supply, AC/DC
- Hard Drive
- Hard Drive Sensor Cable
- Optical Drive
- Optical Flex Cable
- Optical Sensor Cable
- Logic Board
- Video Card
- Hard Drive Fan
- Audio Board
- Hard Drive Data Cable
- Clutch Cover
- Stand
- Clutch Mechanism
- Chassis
- Camera Cable
- Microphone Cable
- Cable, DC, Power Supply/SATA
- Rear Cover
- General Information
- Troubleshooting
- General Information
- Symptom Charts
- How to Use the Symptom Charts
- Diagnostics
- Apple Hardware Test (AHT) Error Codes
- Power Issues
- Glass Panel
- System Shuts Down
- Display
- Hard Drive
- Optical Drive
- Fan Sound
- AirPort
- Bluetooth (also see Wireless Issues topic)
- IR Remote
- IR Sensor/Receiver
- Built-in iSight Camera
- Speakers
- Mouse (also see Wireless Issues topic)
- Keyboard (also see Wireless Issues topic)
- Wireless Issues (also see Additional Wireless Topics)
- Additional Wireless Topics
- Error Beep(s)
- USB
- Views
iMac (24-inch Early 2008) Take Apart — Hard Drive 12 2
Connect the hard drive data and power cables to the hard drive.
3.
Press the hard drive the rest of the way into the rear housing. You will hear a snap when the 4.
black plastic clip at the top hard drive clicks into place on the chassis.
Make sure the temp sensor is connected to the sensor clip on the hard drive. Install a new
5.
foam gasket on top of the temp sensor. A new foam gasket is included with the hard drive.