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I'm about to do a come internal projects on my Late 2015 iMac.
I finally was able to find a reasonable OEM Vesa Mount taken out of a last 2015 iMac. I'll be replacing my Stand for the mount. I cant not for the life of me find a Pentalobe Screwdriver for VESA Mount.... Not in Portland, Not in Boston.. nowhere!!! Can someone help me, please! I've got the 3TB fusion, now and I also have a Samsung 960 Pro M.2 sitting on my desk (Wont work, so I hear), I also have a 2.5" Samsung 840 Pro also sitting on my desk.. I was thinking since I was in the machine to replace the stand for Vesa, that I would swap out the Blade drive and the Fusion. But I dont really need two drives inside, just need the Blade's write and read speeds! I've see a couple people online say they have done this and it was great, but no videos of people doing them I know how to take apart the iMac - it's just nice to see the before and afters when someones upgrades something Last edited by surjones : 2018-02-25 at 10:49. |
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iFixit will have pentalobe screwdrivers in the required sizes for much less than that...
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I've checked their site and didnt find anything.
Eugene: how about to the other things in my post.. Im at a stand stil of wher I shoudl go. |
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Correct!
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Any idea what the screw size is? I own a fastener company so I will search my suppliers and see if I can find anything to help you out.
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It's a Pentalobe - I've got a 6, and Im guessing its a 8-10 -
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I've searched several different suppliers and I can't find anyone that goes bigger then a #6. Wikipedia lists Pentalobes only going from sizes #1-6. It shows iPhones using a #1, Apple Watches using a #2, MBA and MBPr using a #4, and MBP Battery (2009) using a #5. I wish I could help you out more. I'm sorry.
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yea - I appreciate the help - Odd with so many mac that had the option to change out the mounts, no tools show up online....
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