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@darlinggarcia85449 ай бұрын
imac 2019??? posible?
@ja54674 ай бұрын
I would have replaced the pram battery while I had the motherboard out they are inexpensive and really hard to get at unless you’re replacing the cpu as you did in this video! Great video! I’m thinking about upgrading my iMac and your video showed that with care it can be done! 👍🏻
@pokololo50 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I’ve ruined my CPU socket while doing a CPU upgrade. So I definitely would NOT recommend to do that. The Problem are the screws and the bricks when you turn over the board (15:29). It is nearly impossible to insert and fix the 4 screws with one hand while you are holding with the other the CPU cooler. In this Video it is not shown how the guy inserted the second screw in the opposite side. They are suddenly and magically in. It is needed to use pressure on the screw that it can grip the hole. And minimum wiggle lets the CPU dance lambada on the other side without your noticing that. And when you however successfully grip and turn in the screws your pins on the socket are messed up. This was in my case so.
@DaveEtchells10 ай бұрын
Hmm - this concerns me: I have to renew the thermal paste on my 1419 because it’s apparently dried out (fans max out when just browsing web pages). No choice, but thanks to your note I’m gonna be extra- super-careful(!) Any tips for keeping everything aligned when putting back together? (Or maybe what *not* to do?)
@pokololo5010 ай бұрын
@@DaveEtchells Yeah, you can fix the CPU on the two corners with a mini drop of hot glue gun (don‘t know the exact english name for that) so that the CPU is fixed on the socket and can’t wiggle.(really a mini mini drop). As second yo can pre-bend the corners of that X typed Metal sheet a on the backside little bit, so that not max pressure is needed to fix the screws. I would also recommend to that with two persons one is holding everything stable the other is trying to put the screws in. Good Luck.
@DaveEtchells10 ай бұрын
@@pokololo50 Ah, great suggestion about the hot glue! I will have to be careful to use just tiny amounts of it though, so it won’t interfere with the pressure needed to hold the CPU against its contacts. Also a *great* idea to have two people: I could hold it in place and push down the tabs one by one, while my wife gets the screws started. Thanks so much for the suggestions! (Hmm, bending the tabs down to reduce the pressure would work too, but once it’s all together, you want a lot of pressure to squeeze the thermal paste as thin as possible. I wouldn’t want to bend them back and forth too much, but it might be possible to flatten them to get the screws in place, then one by one with the other 3 screws tightened down, bend each one back up to its original position and replace and re-tighten the screw.) It’s bad that the video doesn’t make a point of this. 🙁
@pokololo5010 ай бұрын
@@DaveEtchells In my case after I had replaced the Board I‘ve exactly done these two things (glue the CPU with socket and pre bend minimal this X Formed metal sheet on the Backside of the CPU). For me it worked well. But of course you can try without bending that plate but here is the recommendation, if you anyhow notice that screws won’t grip then do not to try with violence to put anyhow the screws in. Better is stop at that point check and then try again. Don’t be afraid. If you are very careful then it should be ok. I also agree. They could give a couple of more hints about these screws in this video. It looks very easy but it isn’t.
@DaveEtchells10 ай бұрын
@@pokololo50 Thanks for your advice: I think I was successful. - I say I think because I haven’t tried booting it yet. (It’s going to be a process, because I swapped out the SSD, so have to do a bare-metal MacOS install and it’s very late here tonight so I’m going to tackle it tomorrow.) The actual heat sink reattachment ended up not being too bad. (Documenting here so someone else can hopefully find it at some point) I did tack the CPU down with some tiny (really tiny) dabs of hot glue in the corners. Then I screwed down the GPU heat sink first, which helped secure the CPU side. Next I put a screw in one side of the spring bracket, turning it only enough to insure that it was fully engaging the heat sink threads. (I only inserted one screw then worked on getting a screw into the opposite corner of the bracket, but think it would actually have been perfectly fine to just-barely put a screw in the other hole on the same side too.) With the heat sink pretty well immobilized at that point, it wasn’t hard to push one arm of the other side of the spring with a finger while I put in a screw to hold it, again just turning it enough to make sure it was fully engaged with the HS threads. From that point it was easy to do the same with all the screws for the spring, pressing each arm of the spring down with a finger while I tightened its screw. I actually did this last night and today has been a looong day so my memory is slightly fuzzy as to whether I actually managed to get the fingers of my hand around to the other side so I was “pinching” the spring or if I was just careful not to press the heat sink assembly too hard against the bench, so just a note to others to be careful when pressing down the arms of the spring with your fingers not to damage anything on the other side by putting too much force against whatever it’s sitting on. In any case, the spring bracket ended up being much less trouble than I expected it to me - thanks in large part to your suggestion of using tiny (emphasis on “tiny” to others reading this) blobs of hot glue to keep the CPU from moving around. Thanks so much for your advice! (To others reading this, I didn’t apply the glue directly with my hot glue gun. I squeezed a blob out onto a piece of cardstock, then used a heated, small-bladed flat screwdriver to pick up bits of glue and transfer it to the corners of the chip/socket.) (Update: This worked great; the fans only spin up under high workload, and almost never get to full speed like they used to. It was a bit tricky but worked well AMs was very worth the effort 😁)
@meinsgtv Жыл бұрын
thanks for this very clean& clear video instruction. PS: why do you put the m.2 SSD at the right of your video?
@justinmalone8518 Жыл бұрын
I would have done a ssd swap from that hard drive while you were in there
@jaspko1229Ай бұрын
yes, I would also replace the HDD with an SSD and probably add some more RAM while you have it dismantled.
@ReindeerBork22 күн бұрын
@@jaspko1229 Not sure what capcity but it already has an NVMe style SSD in it if you watch closely, the HDD is either secondary or unused. Ram is accessible from the rear door on 27" models.
@sebastian6364 Жыл бұрын
Hi, what cpu temperatures did You get after this upgrade?
@lezq21958 ай бұрын
16:00 I lost 1 screw out of the 4 of the CPU Heatsink screws. Will it cause any performance issues? I really needed answer/help and really much appreciate it. Thank you.
@photocanalla18 ай бұрын
Hey mate. Uneven pressure on CPU stone will most likely destroy it over time. You must purchase the missing screw and make sure the pressure is equal on each. I hope it helps.
@dirtthunder1638 Жыл бұрын
I have the same iMac with a i5 and want to upgrade it. Apple says the CPU has a 1150 socket. Will a 1151 like you use also fit?
@davidjonssonswedenАй бұрын
No
@mitridig Жыл бұрын
this is not the right tool to cut the adhesive, this is very dangerous, you may break the glass
@vesolcable8 ай бұрын
Its not very thin it has aluminium. Behind it.
@ReindeerBork22 күн бұрын
@@vesolcable No, it actually only has a black "Sticker" backer on the bordering glass itself. If you mess up you'll notice this peel off, even a razor blade can crack the glass if you're not gentle.
@carlosalejandro7315 Жыл бұрын
If you can disassemble a regular computer you can do this. Worth it.
@AdamGeorge-pb3fm Жыл бұрын
Sure, all regular computers have glued screens prone to crack.
@extraglutenplz37582 ай бұрын
Absolutely untrue. The cpu retention method is extremely risky since the cpu is held down by the heatpipe and when you unscrew the cooler, the risk of a socket pin bending is real and very easy to accidentally do. I bricked my imac the other day and I've been building pc's since 1998.
@cani2804 Жыл бұрын
Not all versions of this iMac model have an NVME port, only those that come with 4 or 8TB.
@AdamGeorge-pb3fm Жыл бұрын
You mean HDD?
@jani00779 ай бұрын
the fusion drive ones have the port, I just upgraded it on mine for a 2TB OWC and it's a beast now.
@vincentdenoiret50099 ай бұрын
What thickness of thermal pad do you use for the vram of the gpu ?
@Eric-qi9us Жыл бұрын
since this is a really basic process, why do people on the internet say that you can't swap the cpu of a 2015 imac?
@JuanjoNarive Жыл бұрын
Because 21.5" models in that year came with soldered components, still doable but a much more difficult job, easier just sell that computer and buy another with the desired specs.
@LOGESHWARANMANI Жыл бұрын
Hi, I am from India, I do have I mac 27 inch 2017 module with i5 7500. Can I upgrade for i7 or i9? Which is better? I comes to know that upgrading will create over heating issues and increase fan rpm too. Whats your recommendation?
@bitshuffle Жыл бұрын
The strongest cpu you can put into your computer would be the i7 7700k, since there is no core i9 for 7th gen intel processors. The 7700k though is well known for being a hot pocket, so maybe look for good thermal paste if you plan to upgrade to the i7. The i7 7700 non K is slightly worse and slightly less hot. Might be an idea too.
@KitchenPlatform Жыл бұрын
Don't waste your money. May be an SSD upgrade is a good idea.
@pigknickers2975 Жыл бұрын
What I did was a 3.4Ghz i7 - much better thermals and turbos to 4Ghz anyway.
@DaveEtchells10 ай бұрын
@@bitshufflethanks for that note!
@DaveEtchells10 ай бұрын
@@pigknickers2975Ah, thanks for that tip! I might do it but the tip to go with the 3.4 GHz sounds good.
@BOXERBOSS Жыл бұрын
Hello, what's the way to find the correct thickness for the thermal pad? Best regards
@DmitrySkvorcov11 ай бұрын
No way. Wrong recomendations...
@philharris963110 ай бұрын
Buy a mixed pack of thermal pads - I think mine has 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2mm - and use that to match up to the pads you remove. (I may have added the 2mm pads to the set separately.) It’s easy enough to see if a pad is compressed or not - if there’s an uncompressed edge then match the pad thickness to that, if the whole pad is compressed then go 0.5 or 1mm thicker than the compressed thickness.
@extraglutenplz37582 ай бұрын
use thermal putty
@mehrdadmeshkat20924 ай бұрын
Great video. thanks🤩
@ganash11 Жыл бұрын
Why after doing all that not update the nvme ssd? One other I would be really careful with that blade, it's easy to cut into one of the chips around the outer edge of the display and have a Solid black line on the display. All im all nice job.
@lidoazul Жыл бұрын
hi, I have an imac 5k, 27-inch 2020 with an i-5 3.1 processor, I could swap it for an i-7 as well.
@xiaoMi-c5u11 ай бұрын
Oh really? can you upgrade its SSD?
@masloder. Жыл бұрын
What thickness of thermal pads do you use on the chips?
@vincentdenoiret50099 ай бұрын
Good question. And not yet answered in the comments below. I would be very interested too 🙂
@burenkhaanzanabazar7734 Жыл бұрын
im sure, late 14th will change into late 22, right?
@anonymous-r1s Жыл бұрын
for CPU purposes its the same. but things like SSD and Harddrive change.
@noureddinesaidi6470Ай бұрын
Hi is it possible on an imac pro 2017 upgrade too cpu 2,3ghz 18 core ? I have 3,2ghz 8 core
@LerimerSantana Жыл бұрын
I have a late 2014 iMac with a i5. I was planning on upgrading to an i7, but since I was told its a lga1151 I was wondering if a i9 will work on it, if not, what's the best CPU for this iMac?
@MikeinAustin Жыл бұрын
Did you try the i9?
@philharris963110 ай бұрын
…no, it won’t work, just because the socket is the same across different generations it doesn’t mean that the CPUs across different generations are interchangeable..
@RonaldoAlvesdeAbreu Жыл бұрын
Hi, does the power supply supports the 91 w from Core i7 7th gen?
@TechToTunes6 ай бұрын
6700k was a factory option. PSU most likely the same across all variants.
@agoodjuan Жыл бұрын
What do the new thermal pads do exactly?
@alemacasc4 ай бұрын
if you open the imac this way, you WILL broke it for sure! you need to be very, very carefull to remove de tape. it'll take at least 15 minutes just to cut the tape. the right side is worst because the tape is larger where it covers the wi-fi antenas.
@LeicaM117 ай бұрын
I would upgrade from HDD to SSD too
@beboploo11 ай бұрын
how about renewing the button battery must be tired an old by now an how about new ssd ...is it a fix for a friend
@mewas89669 ай бұрын
ty
@catalincazacu3319 Жыл бұрын
@howfixit What thermal pad thickness had you used for this?
@cashbonanza9635 ай бұрын
5:58 is it safe to hold the PSU like that?
@FrancoPastorino Жыл бұрын
I've a question 4Ghz i7-6700 is fine also for a Mid 2015 27"?
@FrancoPastorino Жыл бұрын
Noboby knows nothing about it?
@ianedwards1477 Жыл бұрын
You need the 4Ghz i7-6700k@@FrancoPastorino
@FrancoPastorino Жыл бұрын
You sure? Also for a Mid 2015?
@PatriceBoivinАй бұрын
Can the Radeon GPU chip be upgraded as well?
@pokololo5018 күн бұрын
No. It is soldered on.
@carldock52238 ай бұрын
Good
@glitteriesrblx Жыл бұрын
does anyone know if there’s anywhere I can go to get this service done for me?
@kretosik19027 ай бұрын
termopad for grapfic memory how?0.5mm 1mm?
@dang63697 күн бұрын
Wait, how can you put an LGA1151 chip into this board? I thought it was LGA1155....
@catalincazacu3319 Жыл бұрын
What's the socket for the processor? LGA 1157?
@bitshuffle Жыл бұрын
The socket in this machine should be LGA 1151 v1.
@catalincazacu3319 Жыл бұрын
@@bitshuffle Thank you
@endtimewarriorsofjesus Жыл бұрын
Can I upgrade iMac 27inch 2017 cpu to i9 9900?
@anonymous-r1s Жыл бұрын
YEAP, it takes both the i9 9900k and i9 9900kf
@endtimewarriorsofjesus Жыл бұрын
@@anonymous-r1s have you tried it before? Cuz some people say it won’t work since it’s more watts
@bitshuffle Жыл бұрын
You can’t. 2017 models use 7th gen intel CPU’s and the socket is incompatible to all existing i9 processors. the first (ever) i9 processor is in intels 9th gen which can only be put into 2019 models.
@dowran_official Жыл бұрын
@@bitshuffle hey there, I have a 2020 27" 5K iMac with intel core i5 10600 3.3 GHz processor, what is the biggest processor i can install on this one?
@bitshuffle Жыл бұрын
@@dowran_official That would be the intel Core i9 10910 or the i7 10700k.
@Cooln00b101 Жыл бұрын
You can do that?
@Tedroy4 ай бұрын
Boot from an external SSD. Make life easy.
@pipingdogtooth2 ай бұрын
Thermal paste -14:00
@pablocorral Жыл бұрын
The method you use to remove the screen is very dangerous
@hamasathecold7842 Жыл бұрын
What’s a better way? Genuinely wondering
@Tincanman5010 ай бұрын
Use a pizza cutter. Much safer @@hamasathecold7842
@jani00779 ай бұрын
@@hamasathecold7842 use the ifixit mac screen removal tool - it uses a roller blade instead of a knife blade like the one used in the video - it has the correct depth, so you cannot cut any cables inside, plus these displays are prone to cracking if one uses too much pressure on the edges.
@Maynardjones100 Жыл бұрын
This is so painful to watch. Why am I here?
@rayhenderson9661 Жыл бұрын
🥱
@extraglutenplz37582 ай бұрын
voice accent super annoying
@lokangteng2 ай бұрын
if you are first time imac cpu upgrade, 99% will be cpu broken. do not cpu upgrade at imac. he is professional man. not you.
@technicmovieАй бұрын
Hi! What is the reason for this? What's happening with the CPU? Thx.
@pokololo5018 күн бұрын
CPU is not fixed. If you turn over the board it can slip over and betn the socket pins or bent the CPU. You can fix the CPU with a very little drop of hot glue on the corners.