iMac Hard Drive to SSD Replacement

[@studiozanetti]

Thank you I am up and running, thanks for the great instructions :)

[@edvanwillegen3131]

You disconnected 3 cables from the hard drive. The temp sensor, the data cable and the power cable. What happens with the power cable?

[@mihailskijasko1876]

Hope nobody will blow directly to the CPU fan not holding it. The fan motor works as a generator and can damage MB by generated current. :)

[@URTechDotCa]

I don't think so. I have being doing this for more than 30 years and never damaged a fan. While I am sure you are correct that is is possble, I think it is highly unlikely.

[@mihailskijasko1876]

In my experience, it is luckily the same, but my colleague once damaged MB by blowing to fan, probably it depends on many other factors. But there a lot of debates exist about it. Citation from Cisco "IT essentials" course: "CAUTION: When you clean a fan with compressed air, hold the fan blades in place. This prevents overspinning the rotor or moving the fan in the wrong direction."