Do I need a mount to instal a 2.5 inch solid state drive in my iMac?

Hello all,
I need to replace the hd in my iMac and was thinking of replacing it with a solid state drive. I found a 2.5 inch hard drive but before I purchase the drive I was wondering if I am going to need a different mounting plate as well? The drive I had in mind is OCZ Agility 4 AGT4-25SAT3-512G 2.5" 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD).
Thank you for nay help.

Looks like an old unanswered question, you need a cheap and simple U-like metal stand, which has the contour of a 3.5 inch HDD, upon which you fix the SSD or any 2.5 ' HDD. This is not absolutely necessary, but you need to fix is somehow there, otherwise you need an adhesive strip or else.

Similar Messages

  • Has anyone ever installed OWC 1.0TB Aura Solid State Drive and Envoy Storage Solution for MacBook Air 2012? Did it work out?

    Has anyone ever installed OWC 1.0TB Aura Solid State Drive and Envoy Storage Solution for MacBook Air 2012? Did it work out?

    Has anyone ever installed OWC 1.0TB Aura Solid State Drive and Envoy Storage Solution for MacBook Air 2012? Did it work out?

  • Can I install a solid state drive in my CQ62-215DX

    I need to replace my hard drive in my laptop and I'm curious first on whether or not I can install a solid state drive in this laptop and if so, are there any recommendations?

    Hi,
    Yes you can, SSD's are much cheaper now. You can buy from the following reliable vendor, it guaranties its products will work:
        http://www.crucial.com/upgrade/HP+-+Compaq-memory/​Presario+CQ62+Series/Presario+CQ62-215DX-upgrades.​...
    You can buy from 120Gb to 960Gb. I bought one Crucial 960Gb last week but from Amazon
    Regards.
    BH
    **Click the KUDOS thumb up on the left to say 'Thanks'**
    Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem.

  • Can i install samsung 850 pro 1 tb solid state drive in my "macbook pro 2012 mid".

    Hi, anyone know. can i install samsung 850 pro 1 tb solid state drive in my "macbook pro 2012 mid". any compatibility issues?

    "In addition to TRIM, I just stumbled on this discussion. One of the posters is having some odd difficulties with that combination."
    Yup and that's why I've avoided any 3rd party SSDs.
    I only deal with:
    http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC
    I've done 6 so far and no problems at all; formatting, installing nothing. Total no brainer. I did have a small formatting problem on my last one but I called them and solved the problem before the guy got on the phone. He immediately offered a return sticker (RMA) but I didn't need it and the MBP is running fine.

  • Should I install a Solid State Drive..?

    Hello I am editing and rendering HD 1080p and sometimes 4k video from an XD Cam in Final Cut Pro 7 running on a 17" 2011 MacBook pro i7 2.2ghz, 8GB DDR3 1333mhz RAM with 720GB 5400rpm Hard Drive. the video is captured on an external 2TB Hard Drive connected via Fire Wire 800. What I would like to know will it be worth me installing a OCZ Vertex 4 512GB SATA 3 Solid State Drive inside my computer and putting 16 GB of RAM in. will it make a difference in the performance of quality, rendering times and other functions on my software and video I output to Blu-Ray..? remembering that the video is coming from the fire wire 800 drive and going back on there until I burn it to blu-ray. Would I need to set my scratch disk to my SSD to see any benefits of having a SSD instead of a normal HDD. Cheers Danny.

    Why not use a Thunderbolt drive? Adding ram isn't going to help but won't hurt. FCP 7 address only a max of 4 GIGs of ram. Your weakest link is the 5400 rpm drive.
    I'm thinking about getting 2 Thunderbolt drives. One for the System OS and the other for media storage.

  • HT1661 Problems mounting Imac in target disk mode on retina laptop with a solid state drive as host

    I'm trying to use an Imac in target disk mode to copy files from it to a new retina display laptop with a solid state drive, but the target drive will not mount even tho it does start in target disk mode. I have all the proper firewire connection. The Imac will not respond for more than a few minutes before crashing when started from its own system. I would like to salvage a few files from it before I perform a clean install of the system.
    Anyone has any idea why it wont mount in Target mode onto the retina laptop? Help!
    Thanks in advance. :-)

    Mac OS X doesn't offer a "clean install" option.   
    I'm assuming your target Mac is running 10.6?   
    And you setup the target Mac without adding a Firewire cable until after the Firewire logo appears on the screen?

  • X200 SSD (Solid State Drive) with clean-install of Vista or XP?

    Hi all,
    I apologize for starting a new thread on a new forum; however, I am running out of research time.
    I am about to buy a X200 with the 64GB SSD (Solid State Drive) (and it needs to be bought by tomorrow Can I ask couple questions? :
    1) I am legally using this for business purposes with an MSDN license, so I can and will install any clean OS immediately. With the option to install any Windows OS; which will work best [or at all] with the SSD? (I have read conflicting articles, but most are outdated due to SSD's being so new.)
    2) With only the SSD and without a MediaBase, I read several guides such as This Thread on this Forum on how "fun" a clean install can be...are there any extra difficulties with the SSD?
    I am a software engineer and would normally piece this together my research; however, I am running out of time before I have to decide if the SSD is a viable and installable option at this time (and if I should buy it!)
    Thanks a lot!
    MikeY

    Hello to all.
      I'd like to know why AHCI mode is being suggested to use for SSD's?  Please tell me why. I just don't understand. I think using Raid 0 Array would be the better choice. How does AHCI mode vary compaired to Raid 0 ?  Is AHCI a better Mode? Does it give better performance then Raid 0?
     I see alot of you are having problems setting up SSD's.  I have read the first thing you need to do is make sure the firmware on any SSD you use should be updated.
     I also see a lot of people here talking about the need to install Raid drivers.  This is true with all other OS's, but I have found that after a fresh format, even on a new HD, I just installed Win 7 64 bit ultimate I went right into device manager to see what drivers are needed, & to my surprise all the drivers were already installed, including Raid driver & controller. I set up my Raid 0 Array at the F10 prompt, rebooted with OS disk with master drive after setting up boot sequence, & continued from there no problem with 2 150GB Raptor HD's in Raid 0.
     I have gone as far as to use a Western Digital HD CD utility disc that has a write zero utility & used it to fast write zero's to the first 63 tracks & sectors including track 0 sector 0 where the MBR is written, & I've reformatted & reinstalled Win 7 from that point, & all the drivers still get auto installed. You can go right into device manager & see for your self. The only driver I ever need my be a sound driver update & Graphics driver.  I'm not forgetting that the drivers that are auto installed are generic & may need updating, but what I'm saying is, I haven't seen any yellow question marks or exclamation points in device manager like you do with other OS's before Win 7.

  • [SOLVED] Need Some Tips on Solid State Drive

    Hello everyone. I need a few tips on my solid state drive, to make sure I have everything configured correctly, and if there is anything I should change. I followed the Wiki, and took a lot of time to make it as perfect as I can, but I guess I need a little sanity check.
    First, I followed the Wiki to align my SSD. Here is the output of fdisk -lu:
    Disk /dev/sda: 256.1 GB, 256060514304 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31130 cylinders, total 500118192 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x000d46a6
    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sda1 2048 206847 102400 83 Linux
    /dev/sda2 206848 21178367 10485760 82 Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/sda3 21178368 63121407 20971520 83 Linux
    /dev/sda4 63121408 500117503 218498048 83 Linux
    Is that aligned properly? I've heard that all you have to do is make the first partition start on cylinder 2048 but just want to be sure.
    Second, I read in the Wiki to make /tmp mounted in RAM. Here is my fstab:
    # /etc/fstab: static file system information
    # <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
    /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
    /dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
    /dev/sda3 / ext4 defaults,noatime,discard 0 1
    /dev/sda4 /home ext4 defaults,noatime,discard,user_xattr 0 1
    none /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noatime,size=1000M,mode=1777 0 0
    Does that look good, and/or should I add anything else to it?
    Last edited by jlacroix (2011-11-17 00:38:06)

    graysky wrote:
    Been too long since I've used MBR - I use GPT so it's auto aligned via gdisk, but what you are showing looks fine to me.  Your fstab looks fine; for comparison here is mine:
    $ cat /etc/fstab
    tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid,size=7G 0 0
    /dev/dvd /media/dvd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
    # SSD ; root=sdb1 ; home=sdb2
    /dev/disk/by-uuid/61001fcb-641e-4f69-bfbf-f7e346f64263 / ext4 defaults,noatime,discard 0 1
    /dev/disk/by-uuid/7301fd9e-6db3-42d1-bdf6-d472ea582a60 /home ext4 defaults,noatime,discard 0 2
    # HDD ; var=sda2 ; boot=sda5 ; data=sda7
    /dev/disk/by-uuid/bc42df3b-db11-48fa-8ddb-02cc0e1afcf5 /var ext4 defaults,relatime 0 1
    /dev/disk/by-uuid/0fc5ed20-0b1e-4e26-860c-6e63dd3a35ea /boot ext3 defaults,relatime 0 1
    /dev/disk/by-uuid/44361d8d-71dc-40df-9c47-781509166094 /media/data ext4 defaults,relatime 0 1
    Thank you for the response. I'll go ahead and mark this solved. I just needed a sanity check, and if you think it's fine, then I'm happy.
    But if anyone has any other tips/tweaks, feel free to share them, as I'm making a new Clonezilla image on this laptop and wouldn't mind tweaking it a bit.

  • What is largest solid state drive I can install in MacBook Pro 8,2?  I want to perform a clean install of Mavricks and dump my old hard drive.

    What is largest solid state drive I can install in MacBook Pro 8,2?  I want to perform a clean install of Mavricks and dump my old hard drive.

    If the bank account permits, I suggest getting a 1 TB SSD anyway.  One cannot have too much storage. 
    Unless you are having issues with your current installation, a 'clean' install is not necessary.  It would be more efficient to clone your current drive to the new SSD, test it, and then do the swap.  The installation of Mavericks over Snow Leopard can be done either before or after the cloning process.
    Ciao.

  • I have a MacBook Pro, 15-inch, Mid 2009.  I would love to upgrade to a Solid State Drive.  What is the best possible upgrade I can buy.  I need the specs and even brand name.  Thank you to anyone who can help.

    I have a MacBook Pro, 15-inch, Mid 2009.  I would love to upgrade to a Solid State Drive.  What is the best possible upgrade I can buy.  I need the specs and even brand name.  Thank you to anyone who can help.

    A 15" mid-2009 MBP RAM specifications are: 204-pin PC3-8500 (1066 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM.
    As has been pointed out, OWC is an excellent source for Mac compatible RAM.  Crucial is another first rate source for Mac RAM.  RAM from either vendor will work just as well as any purchased from Apple with the bonus of being less expensive and having a lifetime guarantee.
    Ciao.

  • My Mac Book Pro has just had a new memory and solid state drive installed. After the installation, the Lightroom tools all became grey. There is no longer any color on the screen other than my picture. Even the color sliders are grey.  Can you please help

    My MacBook Pro just had a new memory and solid state drive installed. Since the installation, the Lightroom tools are now all grey. Even the color sliders are grey. Please help!

    My guess is that your operating system got updated to Mavericks and that you are running an old version of Lightroom:
    Sliders are white, look different | Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
    Be aware of a Lightroom bug with color management in mavericks that makes shadows too deep in the Develop module: Jao's photo blog: Serious color management bug in Mac OS 10.9 "Mavericks" and Jao's photo blog: Further quantification of the Mavericks color management problem.

  • SOLID STATE DRIVE, WHICH ONE TO GET?  I NEED HELP me please!

    So I am looking to get a SOLID STATE DRIVE but not sure which one to buy, I had gotten the intel x25 80gb but its too small and not too much different from my stock hdd. I mean sure its fast but not worth $200 thats for sure. I need a top quality, flying fast and worth the money SSD, SO WHICH ONE DO YOU RECOMMEND? I was going for the c300 from crucial the 128gb to be exact, but I have heard so many bad things.
    My current setup is 13" i5 2011 version, with 8gb ram upgrade.
    Im running OS X 10.6.7 and Windows 7 boot camp as well.
    I need to know before I go to store tonight.
    thanks!

    Many users on this forum are very happy with OWC's line of SSD. They're located in the greater Chicago area but I don't think they have a retail store you can drop into. Great vendor in that they offer good prices, they specialize in Macs, great service and they're stuff is high quality. You can visit the SSD section at:
    http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internalstorage/Mercury_Extreme_SSDSandforce
    BTW please don't type in all caps, it comes across as yelling. We can hear you fine.
    Roger

  • Installing Photoshop CS4 on a Solid State (i.e. flash) Drive SSD

    Hi there-
    I am purchasing a laptop with a Solid State Drive (SSD), for added speed and less energy use. I have read somewhere that you cannot install PS CS4 on flash memory, which technically could include SSDs. Is this correct? SSDs are becoming more and more popular, it would seem unusual that Adobe would restict it.
    If anyone know for sure, that would be really helpful, before I go out and buy CS4.
    Thanks.

    If I recall correctly, the limitations of installing Photoshop related to USB flash drives (ie external).
    The SSD in the laptop will be an internal drive like any other and should not present a problem.

  • Mac Pro fans run full speed after installing Solid State Drives

    I recently visited the Genius Bar at my local Apple store because my Mac Pro's fans were running at full speed after installing 2 solid state drives. The genius told me that it was because the drives themselves are so small they don't touch the metal tab on the motherboard that reads the drive's temperature, so it defaults to running full speed. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? I've tried smcFan Control but it doesn't let me set the actual fan speed. I'm getting 5200 rpms on my Boost A and B fans, and this causes an insane amount of noise. Can anyone help?

    Which model Mac Pro?
    I have an SSD in a 2009  (MacPro4,1). I removed it from the 2.5 in stamped metal can, and just installed the bare circuit board onto the SATA connector. It does not make any contact with the metal tab below the SATA connector. The only trouble I have is that Tech Tool Pro says its temperature is not optimum when it does disk tests.

  • I need help in re-installing Photoshop Elements 12 on my hard drive.

    I need help in installing Photoshop Elements 12 on my hard drive. While trying to install program, I get a message that reads "Installation on case-sensitive volumes is not supported. Please choose a different volume for installation"
    I have no clue what this means , all I want to do is re install program on my hard drive.
    Any suggestions ?

    Kglad
    I clicked the link you supplied and still can't figure out how to attach a screen shot.
    However I found out that I did leave out a part of the screen shot message when I
    I sent it to you. Here is the message in full. The part I left out is in bold. The reason
    I missed it is that it was in the top of the blue border surrounding the text.
    Licensing for this product has stopped working
    This product has encountered a problem which requires that you restart your
    computer before it can be launched.
    If you continue to see this message after restarting your computer, please contact
    either your IT administrator or Adobe technical support for help, and mention the
    error code shown at the bottom of this screen.
    This is the total message verbatim, If this does not help I thank you for trying.
    Dougbrurob

Maybe you are looking for