Hugh, There is no need to remove the power supply or the DVD drive. The logic board can be removed with these left in place

@ihari3321

2 жыл бұрын

Oh

@mulahasan8195

2 жыл бұрын

But its convenient and much less dangerous

@saikatdas126

2 жыл бұрын

Probably he is doing it to clean if theres any dirt or something....even i do so

@dejavustudio243

2 жыл бұрын

Oh ok mr.perfect 😺😂

@StormyBoi

2 жыл бұрын

I don't disagree, it does appear that that is the case. But with how many things he does do right that the majority of technicians slip up on, makes me trust his methods. However, I do agree that he probably didn't need to remove the PSU and DD to get at the LB.

Friend: “Hey, is the iMac upgradable?” Me: “Depends on how much you value your screen.” 🤷🏼‍♂️

@nanerb25

2 жыл бұрын

lmao

@synth6754

2 жыл бұрын

linus tech tips is typing...

@naraydaniels7832

2 жыл бұрын

From my experience, yeah this is it, I almost died on my first try cuz it didn’t come back on, only a black screen.

@cadenchurchill4296

2 жыл бұрын

@@naraydaniels7832 Holy crap that’s horrifying!

@PurpleSucks.

2 жыл бұрын

@@naraydaniels7832 mostly graphics failure

It's weird that a lot of older computers run way faster now with solid state drives, it's amazing that it took this long to get solid state drives to where they need to be reliable and usable for long-term use. I sometimes wonder where do you go from that besides faster and longer lifespan. It's like for the longest time storage was the main bottleneck.

@DuskHorizon

2 жыл бұрын

SSDs were reliable & usable for a long time. They just cost a lot more than what we were willing to pay. Now that the cost of flash memory has come down, and the price of SSDs has come down, mechanical drives will be displaced to data centre use only.

@doge7831

2 жыл бұрын

On computers 7+ years old i recommend installing Linux Mint on it. It’s more lightweight than Windows and everything should run faster.

@cdos9186

2 жыл бұрын

It might be just me, but I don't fully trust an SSD as they are not going to last as long as a hard drive will. Don't take new technology for granted, I don't believe a 10 year old SSD is still going to work like a 10 year old HDD will. There are still hard drives from the 90s that work so I don’t expect having a 30 year old SSD from now still working due to how SSDs function and wear.

@10GTech

2 жыл бұрын

@@DuskHorizon some consumers might still need mechanical drives for long-term storage as well, not just data centers

@rudder3084

2 жыл бұрын

@@10GTech you know that the lifespan of an SSD is derived from its TBW right?.... if it is a backup SSD lets say for pictures and video files and is not the main drive for the OS it should last almost indefinitely

"The viewer who wished to remain anonymous..." while showing his name on the box 🙂 Edit - ah I see it's your mate Nathan's name on the box. My mistake!

@inexpensivearms6952

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to post this too

@CRaDOS

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing and now my comment is the most liked on here lol

@RiskyMirror6213

2 жыл бұрын

BRO I THOUGHT THE SAME TOO

Another awesome video. Thanks Hugh! It goes under the radar because your talent steals the spotlight, but your editing and video and audio quality and execution is just as good. Great work man!

YAY the iMac restoration videos are back!!! Keep up the great work Hugh! :)

The love of technology coming out whenever companies release it will never get old. But what’s even more nostalgic feeling, is when you look back at tech from a great era of when it was emerging. Gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside.

Great to see this brought back to life! When I was a teacher, I had a few labs of these and it was always satisfying to remove all the dirt and grime from the year over the summer break since the case was so easy to clean 🤤 Putting on a podcast and cleaning 50 iMacs = a very nice day.

0:37 'The viewer who wished to remain anonymous' :) Nathan, we support you.

@911HRW

2 жыл бұрын

Thought the same. 👍👍😂😂

@Alifkbr

2 жыл бұрын

nathan is his buddy who shipped it for him

This was the first video of yours I’ve watched. Very nicely done. I’m a Mac addict myself as well as being a graphic designer and KZread creator and I love watching videos like these. I love upgrading, repairing and cleaning old Macs as well. I just recently upgraded my best friend’s 21.5” 2015 iMac hdd to an ssd. I had already done mine a year earlier so doing His was a breeze! Anyway, thanks for your videos and I’ll be watching. Take care.

That smooth "we're done" at the end of restoration is all I can ask for for a good night's sleep

@emilyslifewithautism6499

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

It's so good to see that a 10-12 years old computer is totally usable after some small upgrades. Slowly, apple has killed upgradibility altogether. Imagine that the new M1 or M1x macbooks and imacs will end up in landfills in less than 5 years. So sad to see that Apple has 'inspired' the industry to go this route.

@mecca6801

2 жыл бұрын

i agree, that 5 year thing is total BS, my 2013 macpro tower is still working!

@utkarshdharmadhikari6816

2 жыл бұрын

@@mecca6801 the major reason for it working is because its repairabile and upgradable. Apple has ensured that nee macbooks and imacs are so expensive to fix that it's better to buy a new one.

@idkjuststop

2 жыл бұрын

And they also commit that all the apple products are recycled and they just want to make it less fixable, recycle it and sell it wow what a nice strategy to make profit.

@Bakanelli

2 жыл бұрын

M1’s certainly won’t end up in landfills in 5 years

@realdennis79

2 жыл бұрын

@@utkarshdharmadhikari6816 Sad reality.

My dad gave me his old iMac, I swapped out the dying hard drive for a new ssd. It was a fun little day project. I love how repairable and upgradable they were. Though I did get a small shock because I wasn't as careful as I should be around the power supply.

Good to see this update. When (if) our 2009 21.5 inch iMac with original keyboard and optical mouse fails, I may look into updating it using this video as a guide. I wish current generation Apple stuff was so easy to dismantle.

“The viewer who wishes to remain anonymous” The box: “From Nathan Silveright”

@JAL_EDM

2 жыл бұрын

He shipped it he didn't donate it

@jbritain

2 жыл бұрын

That's his friend who shipped it, not the original viewer.

@yuvvrajkperson

2 жыл бұрын

That is Psiweveri. He is another KZreadr who fixes stuff in australia

@JAL_EDM

2 жыл бұрын

@@yuvvrajkperson psivewri you mean?

@itsmesb4399

2 жыл бұрын

Someone didn’t listen to the video lol

Hi Hugh, ive just been given one of these with the same fault. Great video and i will be following it as a guide as you are very thorough. cheers

Hi guys, welcome back to another Hugh Jeffreys video😁

@G.reviewz

2 жыл бұрын

Hugh guys welcome back to another hi jefferys video

@schwuppdiewupp7

2 жыл бұрын

Hi video another back welcome to Hugh Jeffreys guys

@brobrofog

2 жыл бұрын

The real Hugh Jeffery

the viewer who wanted to be anonymous......shows the name 😂 btw love your vids

@jingledfriskies5048

2 жыл бұрын

Nathan shipped it from the anonymous guy to Hugh.

@dott1x154

2 жыл бұрын

@@jingledfriskies5048 ohhh my bad

@jingledfriskies5048

2 жыл бұрын

@@dott1x154 np bro

Thanks for the video; it was indispensable when disassembling our 2010 iMac that needed an SSD upgrade; and the tip about re-applying thermal paste and replacing the NVRAM battery was well received (I likely would have overlooked it).

Hi Hugh! I am very familiar with the 2011 iMacs, and I wanted to make you aware of an issue that all models are affected with from the factory. The Radeon GPUs (HD 5000M and 6000M series) are prone to failure, and are guaranteed to fail eventually. I am aware you stated you could upgrade the GPU (with another officially supported version), but every compatible Radeon card for this generation has the same issues, and it is rather costly to begin with. So, I would recommend modding the iMac by installing a newer Radeon or Nvidia card, which is possible through some vBIOS flashing and patience, plus it's much cheaper! I did it to my personal 2011 27" model using an Nvidia Quadro K2100M and some research (2011 iMac Graphics Card Upgrade on MacRumors), and it works great! Also, keep up the great work! Your videos are always entertaining to watch while I do some computer work of my own haha! Edit: By the way, I forgot to mention that upon upgrading the GPU to something more modern, this enables you to install an unsupported OS (like MacOS Catalina) onto the 2011 model. This isn't possible with the Radeon 6000M card, mainly because it does not support GPU acceleration in newer OSes and is basically unusable.

@jamiechampion299

2 жыл бұрын

The Radeon HD 6000 series GPUs used in the 2011 iMacs are known to fail, but the iMac in this video has the lower end Radeon HD 6750M, and it doesn't fail as often as the higher end cards used in the 27" iMac. Still important to know about, but it isn't as big of a problem with the 21.5" iMac as it is with the 27" iMac.

@yardnuk

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamiechampion299 Thanks for the input! I am admittedly more familiar with the 27” model, but the computer store I worked at last year did have several 21.5” models come in with dead/failing GPUs. But yeah, I’ve seen many more 27” ones with bad GPUs. Regardless, it’s definitely a fun project to upgrade the GPU!

@jamiechampion299

2 жыл бұрын

@@yardnuk The 27" 2011 iMac is notoriously terrible for GPU failures (along with hard drive failures), and while the 21.5" can suffer from it too it just doesn't happen as often as with the 27" from everything I've experienced as well as everything I've read online. It's good that they do use socketed GPUs though, because GPU upgrades are a good project, even if they aren't cheap. I use a 2011 27" iMac as one of my primary computers, and right now it's still running on the original Radeon HD 6970M. That card has already failed twice, but after a reflow it's been working perfectly. It's been running nearly 24/7 for about a year and a half now with no signs of failure. I've decided that with this iMac I'm just going to wait and see how long it lasts until it does finally fail for good before upgrading the GPU.

@yardnuk

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamiechampion299 I mean, as long as you can keep it alive, that’s awesome!

@jamiechampion299

2 жыл бұрын

@@yardnuk So far so good! I don't treat it too kindly, that's for sure. The iMac runs three 1440p monitors (one internal, two external), and I often use it to stream my desktop PC (triple 1440p streams) through the network with Parsec. That's not a light load on the GPU at all, but it handles it alright.

11:45. For the 2019 iMac upgrade, I say go for it, it's actually not that bad, an apple watch is way more of a nightmare than an iMac. I did my Church's 2020 iMac with SSD, RAM and CPU Upgrade and it was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I've only taken apart like 3 other iMac's so, while not extremely fun, not that painful the the upgrades are so worth it.

Very handy I've still got the same update. I took it apart for fun after your video.

This is one of my favourite iMacs of all time. Good work Hugh!

this is some real upgrade ability as much as possible for something like this i wish companies still did this

The newer iMacs really aren’t that hard to take apart. You can use the ‘pizza cutter’ type tool to cut the adhesive holding the screen on. I got mine off in less than 10 minutes with no problems at all.

@TheAntho199

2 жыл бұрын

Just as a friendly remeinder, this imac cost nothing to put back appart and doesn’t need special tools except for the screw driver. It can be opened with suction cups from the dollar store. This is what he meant by easy to open.

@Fhwgads11

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAntho199 I had a 2011 27” and I didn’t even need a suction cup to get the glass off. You can do it with your fingernails.

@ArunKumar-oz3tr

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fhwgads11 lol yes

@uncrustable9923

2 жыл бұрын

sure but what if the screen is cracked?

@willm5032

2 жыл бұрын

Totally. But the latest generation have soldered RAM, SSDs and Processors. Apple claim its for optimisation across hardware but it also means if something dies its a new motherboard or a new computer...

Well done with the restoration 🔥🔥

I really enjoy your restoration videos!

Still have my iMac Mid 2011 (i5, 8G, 6770M), watching this video on it. Lovely.

I love your videos! 👍👍👍👍 There so fun to watch and I advise you to make more future ones!

Dude is consistent. Get a notification that a new video has been uploaded every Saturday at 7PM. Well done 👍

It's always a pleasure watching your videos

Happy New Year to you Hugh

It's just amazing. Well done!

Brave... fully reassembling without another quick test

such an entertaining and fantastic restoration video. hugh jeffrey is the goat when it comes to this

living 12000 miles away from you and still feel like next door, like very much watching you work greetings from Germany ...

Good on ya mate! Loved the video thanks for uploading

Nicely done. Great to see the Imac live again. There is so much e-waste and doing this keeps this going for years to come. While not top spec, your expenses are relatively low.

Great job! Something to keep in mind for next time though: it's a good idea to also replace the dry and crusty thermal pads on the graphics card's memory chips. Memory failure due to overheating is a common problem on older machines, as dry thermal pads lose the ability to conduct heat.

Nate is such a G always coming through

this channel is literally an addiction to me, i love watching people fixing things

i think my school has a few of these imacs in addition to the newer ones, the design has held up shockingly well for how old it is

love this fix, and still flawless design

Great job. It may be worth looking to replace those surface mount electrolytic capacitors before they start leaking and damaging the system board. Maybe use ceramic replacements. Recapping the power supply may also increase longevity.

I have a 2019 4K iMac and I'm planning to upgrade it. I would love to see your vid doing the same thing!

I have a 2011 21.5" base model iMac like this one. I've upgraded the RAM to 12GB but I've been meaning to open it up to clean the inside, replace the thermal paste and upgrade the HDD to an SSD. This video certainly gave me some tips on opening it up, but it all seems quite complicated. Just have to wait and see. I'm glad iFixit exists though

Nice to watch your video among the firsts viewers ! Nice video and nice job from France !

Hugh Happy New Year love watching one of your videos.

so kind of the guy who donated all the things

Awesome video if a iMac comes to my shop i will try to fix it. I had a mentor of sorts who fix computers so i got my aspirations from him. And fix laptops ever since.

I can watch your repair videos all day.

Lovely restoration

Good job removing the cmos battery, your the only one to point that out!

It feels like it was yesterday when I've had to do the same exact upgrades on one of these macs (except for the screen)... Wait! it WAS yesterday! :D LOL. Thanks for the great video ;)

I like these older fixable and upgrade-able Macs. I personally run a mid-2012 MacBook Pro for my daily driver; mine runs a Core i7 and 16 GB of ram that keeps it relevant even today. I’ve upgraded my HD to a SSD and upgraded that a few more times to a now Samsung 970; I also like still having a disk drive as in the business space a lot of older software is still only legacy CDs or DVDs and some just don’t like to be converted to ISOs for storage on a flash drive. I also like the blue ray upgrade which is a drop in for about $100 and works flawlessly to allow not only watching blue rays on the road, something less relevant with the prevalence of streaming but also allows blue ray burning and re-writing which can come in handy and is actually not too bad a way to long-term back-up data. I run a modern toughbook for most work stuff but this is a great go to as there are just some things that are easier or only done on a Mac; I just wish Apple didn’t keep killing “Pro” benefits to Mac, I miss the ability of doing things on the GUI, like the old disk utility, instead of having to go back to terminal to accomplish most anything advanced anymore. The whole point in GUIs was to get away from typing, though at least resources are better and I don’t have to keep getting “syntax error” prompts like on th old Apple IIs, which is where I started with Apples. To me they’ve really been going down hill as far as professional products since maybe 2016 around T2 and IOS 11, when they crippled iPhones and iPads by removing ARP Table access and the biking to utilize network diagnostic tools.

the best tech videos are from Hugh

I love imac and macbook restauration videos :D

Love your videos keep it up bro 👍👍

I am in love with this channel.

FINALLY A NEW MAC VIDEO

Nice retro all in one computer bring me good memories

I'd love to see a video about the 2019 Mac you mentioned!

Hugh is a true legend. Stopping land fill and keeping everything working and useable

@CrazyPlayer-pf2hv

2 жыл бұрын

If he now could recycle/repair dead LCDs and AMOLEDs

The last decent imac without glue in the screen and modular

Another Hugh Jeffrey video 🔥

I love when he repairs an Imac

life hack with those old imacs, if you just bridge the pins for the temperature sensors it'll make the fans not run at full speed :)

please do the 2019 imac video it would be so entertaining because i love when my favorite tech youtubers to computer things every once in a while

I would love to see someone completely spec out the 2019 I Mac! Please do it dude

After being a keen watcher of Louis Rossmann, it's kinda weird to see an iMac that's so easy to service!

I have a 2011 27” iMac. I’ve updated it to an SSD and 32 G of RAM, running High Sierra. It still is a fine computer.

@riotix1196

2 жыл бұрын

Upgrading a 2011 iMac running High Sierra to 32 G of RAM is not optimal, the OS is so outdated so hardware to improve performance won't last you long as you start losing support for things such as security, and the lack of access to everyday programs, considering the fact of not updating. :]

@MicrobyteAlan

2 жыл бұрын

@@riotix1196 - it’s just fine. My MacBook Air M1 is my daily driver.

@arkvsi8142

2 жыл бұрын

@@riotix1196 no one cares about "security" ........ use Linux if you do

The viewer who wished to stay anonymous has his name stamped on the box

@YourTypicalAverageAsianGuy

2 жыл бұрын

That's another youtuber psivewri who collected and shipped it to him lmfao

Definitely buying one of these and maxing it out, thanks for the idea.

@stephensnell5707

Күн бұрын

You prune,that isn't possible as Desktops no longer exist In the modern days ONLY Laptops are used

I have 2011 27 inch iMac and enjoyed using it for 12 years. last month its HDD failed so I cracked open the iMac and replaced it with SSD. Ever since new SSD upgrade, It's serving me well as Plex Server.

Not everyday you get to see hugh repair an iMac

Hugh, I find your videos utterly fascinating. Well done - and for crying out aloud, fix up your Dad's computer. The poor man probably paid for your education....

I love your mac videos!

I’m so excited. My Brother in law gave me this exact computer to fix it but I struggled a bit because there are no „good“ videos about that PC. I’m so glad I can try to fix it now with your Video 🎉 The one he gave me has a problem with the power supply, I hope that’s the only problem, and it seems easy to upgrade it and use it for uni. Thank you so so much 🙌🏼

Hi Hugh, can you please do a Kindle Oasis 3rd gen battery replacement? I would like to see how it can be done, and I think you are the best person to ask advice from in this topic. Love your videos!

I recommend replacing those thermal pad in one go. It's cheap and improve performance under load.

It looks beautiful

I subscribed to you, keep up with the good work, I love watching videos that people restore or repair objects like in this video

These videos never disappoints!😃❤️

@stephensnell5707

14 күн бұрын

You mean dissapoint

Its always a good day when hugh uploads love his videos.

Another Hugh Jeffreys video 🔥

I'd love to upgrade the CPU like you did!

Underrated multimedia machine

Genius Jeffrey

10:49 "...the fans even SPUN".

Last iMac gen to be RAM upgrade friendly with bottom port. Probably the reason mine died maybe as in vid, mine got to where it didn't want to boot up. Used to just let it stay on and go to sleep mode. Stayed working fine doing that.

Iconic design!

towards the end I was waiting for the "so there we have it" but he said "so this is it" 😆

perfect timing after i just broke my imac

I repaired one of these once and I also upgraded with an ssd, but then the fan ramp up at max speed because of the lack of the temp-sensor included inside the older hdd (and not sticked outside like the odd). Thankfully a couple of tools help me out, otherwise I should have modify a pin on the sata cable responsible for the sensoring

@g.c.9904

2 жыл бұрын

Posso chiederti come hai risolto? Ho lo stesso problema e non sono propriamente del mestiere...

@GaetanoEsse

2 жыл бұрын

@@g.c.9904 Ciao, c'erano delle guide su come disabilitare fisicamente il settimo pin del cavo sata (credo d'alimentazione) che era quello che si connetteva al sensore sull'hard disk. Altrimenti in modo più pratico esistono dei cavi appositi con il sensore collegato proprio per chi ha questo problema, in alternativa installa macs fan controller e abbassa le velocità delle ventole così che vadano al massimo soltanto durante il login

@g.c.9904

2 жыл бұрын

@@GaetanoEsse Spettacolo! Grazie mille, sei stato gentilissimo

@GaetanoEsse

2 жыл бұрын

@@g.c.9904 Ma figurati, è il minimo aiutarsi in ste situazioni 💪

Nice professional steps, with explanations. Appreciate Quality KZread channels (too many Hacks, lacking Bench skills & Basic knowledge).

The best part of this upload for me is free subscriber donation and friends helping friends making this possible and it does still look Cool

your videos helps me sleep. thanks

Yes please spec out a 2019 iMac!! That'd be so cool!

YESSSS MORE IMAC REPAIRS CAN YOU DO MORE OF THESE MORE OFTEN I LOVE EM

My uncle gave me his imac that also had a gpu problem, i took it out, baked it and it was working once again