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  1. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7, CPU: adım 1, 3 resimden 1. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7, CPU: adım 1, 3 resimden 2. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7, CPU: adım 1, 3 resimden 3.
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    • Start by gathering your parts, tools, anti-static strap and gloves (gloves are for glass & LCD)

    • Remove glass

    • Then remove LCD. iFixit has step-by-step- write-ups on how to do this.

  2. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 2, 3 resimden 1. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 2, 3 resimden 2. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 2, 3 resimden 3.
    • Core i7 2.93GHz Quad Core processor, Arctic Silver thermal compound and iFixit + OWC tools

    • Processor is Intel Core i7 870 2.93GHz 8MB LGA 1156 Quad Core Processor 95W. I bought this CPU used on eBay.

    • http://ark.intel.com/products/41315/Inte...

  3. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 3, 3 resimden 1. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 3, 3 resimden 2. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 3, 3 resimden 3.
    • Remove HD, Superdrive and motherboard. Follow the excellent iFixit guides to remove these items.

    • To remove motherboard (a little tricky), I followed this excellent guide - http://www.btobey.com/learn/imac-ssd-ins...

    • Not mentioned in the guide is that you have to remove the IR sitting in back of the front Apple logo before you can remove the motherboard.

  4. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 4, 3 resimden 1. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 4, 3 resimden 2. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 4, 3 resimden 3.
    • Flip over motherboard, gently remove 4 x Torx 8 heatsink screws on the bottom (not the big Phillips screws on the top).

    • This step will void the warranty.

  5. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 5, 3 resimden 1. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 5, 3 resimden 2. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 5, 3 resimden 3.
    • Use Arctic Silver thermal compound remover and preparation solutions to get rid of factory compound.

  6. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 6, 3 resimden 1. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 6, 3 resimden 2. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 6, 3 resimden 3.
    • Goodbye Core i3 and hello Core i7.

    • Note arrow on CPU (bottom left in picture). New CPU must be installed in the same orientation.

    • Apply Arctic Silver thermal compound with finger covered in plastic. Spread evenly on CPU only. Guide is here - How to Apply Thermal Paste

    • Reverse to reassemble. Enjoy the new speed demon!

  7. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 7, 1 resimden 1.
    • More than 5 years later - now running High Sierra 10.13 - machine has been flawless!

  8. Upgrade iMac Intel Core i3 CPU to Core i7: adım 8, 1 resimden 1.
    • More than 6 years later - now running Mojave 10.14. Dark Mode makes the upgrade worth it.

    • http://dosdude1.com/mojave/

    • This 2010 iMac (11,3) built in video card is *NOT* Metal compatible so video acceleration is DISABLED with Mojave which makes your iMac screen refresh sluggish, Photos to go black and other graphics anomalies but everything else is stellar.

    • However... Don’t install Mojave or Catalina on this machine. It will barely run and the experience is terrible. This quote is from DosDude1 himself: “Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series video cards are not, and most likely never will be, supported under Mojave or later.“

    • After Mojave installation, your colours will be inverted. To fix - Go to System/Library/Extensions and put this file into the trash: AMDRadeonX3000.kext then reboot

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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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EnglandGreen

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Ok a word of caution about doing this. I installed an i7 in my 2010 27" i3 iMac and the system works, it reports the correct stats for the i7 but the cpu fan runs at high speed from boot. Annoying! I've researched a number of forums and found no way to resolve this, I also know there are a number of people with the same problem. So either I screwed up my logic board or it just doesn't like the i7 processor. It's the correct processor that people have used the i7 870. I'm at a loss and don't want to pull it out because it just runs so much faster for video editing but using the machine as an audio workstation is now impossible because of the noise from the fan. Also be extremely careful with the LCD screen. just having your shirt brush against it leaves marks and you can't clean it. If you think gloves will solve this you are wrong. DO NOT touch the lcd and be extremely careful with the connectors. If anyone has any ideas about the fan speed fix please let me know!

Carl Geers - Yanıt

Also, I assume that you are using this processor?

Intel Core i7 870 2.93GHz 8MB LGA 1156 Quad Core Processor 95W

http://ark.intel.com/products/41315/Inte...

EnglandGreen -

If you upgrade or change the Apple HD, you will need to buy HDDFanControl software to control the HDD fan which will run at full speed otherwise. I also use smcFanControl to monitor and control the other fans in the system.

As with any modification, your mileage may vary. This is a "Medium" difficulty mod and not recommended for novices to the hobby. I experienced none of the issues your have experienced.

I upgraded to Mountain Lion 10.8 when it was released to the Dev community with zero issues - currently at 10.8.2; I use this machine 'in anger' every day.

I did these mods 5 months ago, and this system has been absolutely ROCK SOLID with no crashes, no kernel panics and no freezes!

EnglandGreen -

If you do the CPU replacement and afterwards the optical drive fan and cpu fan are running at max speed (very loud) then you more than likely didn't plug in the CPU temp sensor. The guide here doesn't talk about it so you can easily forget it! The connector is on the other side of the board, which is different from all the other temperature connectors and not on the same side as the heatsink screws either.

I did this and the computer ran with noisy fans. I used a fan control app to quiet it down, but it was still loud on startup until login. More importantly, the performance without the CPU temp sensor connected was terrible. It was slower than the original i5 CPU. HD videos would stutter and benchmarks gave very low scores.

Make sure you plug in the CPU temperature sensor after you put the heatsink on.

mikk -

download ssd fan control, this program let you adjust the fan speeds.

Harjan van Dijk -

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