I have been getting an intermittent prohibitory symbol on start up the requires many restarts for it to finally find a "valid system folder." When I run disk utility nothing seems to be wrong. This is intriguing as I'm feeling the need to replace my 3TB Fusion drive in my Late 2014 K5 iMac (4 years already with a 5K screen?! Wow.) Thanks everyone for the advice in the thread - I appreciate everyone's helpful comments!Ĭan old threads be resurrected? Hope so. The walkthroughs online helped a lot, and I wish I had just done it myself from the get-go. It wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be - cutting into the adhesive was a little scary, but once that was done it was smooth sailing. A few days later, the cable arrived, I followed the instructions in their video and on iFixit, and an hour and a half later I had a nice, fast 2TB SSD installed in my iMac with zero issues. I did a little more research online, ordered the OWC cable and decided to do it myself. Feeling frustrated, I took the computer back, and left.
I showed him the OWC cable and asked if that would work, and he basically said that no, it wouldn't work. When he came out, he said that the swap was impossible, because of the extra cable I'd need for the temp sensor. I wanted to talk to one of the technicians about the performance benefits of keeping the 128GB from the fusion drive separate from the 2TB SSD.
They said "No problem, just bring it in." Awesome - so I brought it in that same day, got checked in, and gave them my computer. I called them and explained that I wanted an SSD swapped out for my failing HDD. My next option was Micro Center, a local Apple Authorized Service Provider. So I ended up cancelling the repair order through Amazon. Reading through the DIY instructions, I knew that a heat gun wasn't necessary, and the guy didn't really sound very confident in his ability to do it.I also didn't want him to feel bitter or resentful that he was essentially making zero money on this job. The technician called me the next day and said that while he could do it, he'd have to use a heat gun to loosen the adhesive, it would take a few days, and that he would normally charge triple what I paid through Amazon.
So I sent a message to the 3rd party technician I scheduled through Amazon and basically gave them a heads up that it's an iMac and I know they're a pain to service with the adhesive for the display and whatnot. Hey guys, just wanted to give you an update on my iMac - sorry for abandoning the thread for a bit!Īmazon's in-home repair option only gives you the option of choosing laptop or desktop - no options for Apple/PC, model, or anything else.
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