iMac 27" Superdrive thickness 9.5mm or 12.7mm?

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FlavioX

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Nov 19, 2009

• #1

I want to replace the Superdrive in my iMac 27" with an Optical HD bay and fit an Intel SSD which I have left over from my Windows PC.
Apparently there are 2 sizes of Superdrives used by Apple, 9.5mm and 12.7mm thick. Which one is used in the iMac 27"?

http://www.newmodeus.com/pics/OBHD/OBHD-Matrix-6.html

 

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Cockroach

macrumors 6502

• Nov 19, 2009

• #2

iFixit says 12.7mm. Check out the teardown.

 

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FlavioX

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Nov 19, 2009

• #3

Thanks.

Any idea if the optical drive has a standard SATA or Micro SATA connector?

 

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Cockroach

macrumors 6502

• Nov 19, 2009

• #4

It uses the one that is standard on slim optical drives know as "slimline". This is not the same as 2.5" drives, which uses the same as 3.5" drives.

 

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FlavioX

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Nov 19, 2009

• #5

Cockroach said:

It uses the one that is standard on slim optical drives know as "slimline". This is not the same as 2.5" drives, which uses the same as 3.5" drives.

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Thanks.