CNET Forums: Message List - Hard Drive Failure-iMAC http://forums.cnet.com/ The latest posts in Hard Drive Failure-iMAC. CNET Forums: Message List - Hard Drive Failure-iMAC http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/cobd/cnet/cnet_88x31.gif http://forums.cnet.com/ 31 88 CNET.com CNET http://www.cnet.com Hard Drive Failure-iMAC I have a friend with an iMAC running Snow Leopard. Her computer started acting up, sometimes not booting, so she took it ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306560.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306560.html 02 May 2012 13:42:21 PDT A couple of things A couple of things. First off, all AASPs are REQUIRED by the terms of the contract with Apple to source ALL repair parts ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306605.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306605.html 02 May 2012 15:52:58 PDT Great info Thank you so much - I really appreciate your insight. I work on Windows computers, but never Macs, so I have no clue abo ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306627.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306627.html 02 May 2012 18:48:19 PDT Sour apples There are only two kinds of hard drives in use today; those that have failed and those that are going to fail. That sai ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5307533.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5307533.html 04 May 2012 22:35:03 PDT You do realize You do realize that there are only like 4 companies left that actually make HDDs anymore, right? There's Western Digital ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5307620.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5307620.html 05 May 2012 04:35:23 PDT Really? Are you sure about that? I've only seen 90 day warranties for refurbished items. I was just at Newegg. Every bare / O ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5313142.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5313142.html 20 May 2012 07:12:10 PDT Authorized what? There is no need for authorized of anything. The days that Mac had unique hardware (Motorola cpu etc) are gone. Inside o ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5307578.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5307578.html 05 May 2012 02:57:02 PDT I think you mean I think you mean different in that instead of a BIOS it has Intel's EFI. However, as I already outlined, the drives ship ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5307601.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5307601.html 05 May 2012 04:13:55 PDT Unfortunately the iMac now uses a proprietary hard drive so you will not be able to purchase just any old drive and expect it the iMac to work correctly afterwards.<br><br>This ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306567.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306567.html 02 May 2012 15:30:37 PDT My thoughts confirmed Thank you - it is an older iMac and I'm sure it uses a regular SATA drive. I told her that they now come with 3-year war ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306635.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306635.html 02 May 2012 18:57:15 PDT Today? Yup. Look at the current new iPod warranty. 90 days there.<br><br>One of the easy things to do to get lower prices is to low ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306529.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306529.html 02 May 2012 13:53:25 PDT Good Point I don't buy Apple anything, <img border="0" src="http://www.cnet.com/i/mb/emoticons/wink.gif" alt="wink"> so I was no ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306583.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306583.html 02 May 2012 14:17:50 PDT Sorry, don't agree the new iPod warranty is 1 year parts and labor and 90 day phone support.<br><br>This from the Apple site<br><br>Your iP ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306556.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5306556.html 02 May 2012 15:23:05 PDT I'm out of date. The 90 day hardware warranty was something long ago and only on the ipod of that day.<br><br>It's now 1 year hardware wa ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5313220.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5313220.html 20 May 2012 11:00:28 PDT