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Current version by Walter Galan,
Title:
Replace SD Reader for USB Slot
Text:
Hi everybody,
I've experiencing a problem that everybody who have a Late2009 iMac well know.
I want to put another HDD inside my computer to have one SSD and one HDD but i also want to keep my ODD. And I don't have the third SATA port. If search a lot on the forums but the only solutions I've found are 2HDD/no ODD. On OWC (macsales.com), they are talking about putting a third SSD instead of SD card reader. But nobody's talking about...
The SD card reader seems to be an USB device. So I wondering if it is possible to plug the ODD via a SATA2USB converter to the SD plug or something like that.
Does someone have already tried this kind of stuff?
Do you think it is possible to convert by a simple homemade cable the SD card Reader connector to a more common connector like USB or something else?
I've take the SD reader out the Mac and I can see 6 pin on the connector (I know USB is 4)
Device:
| iMac Intel 27" EMC 2309 and 2374 |
| iMac Intel 27" EMC 2309 and 2374 |
Tags:
ssd, upgrade path, sd card, upgrade parts
Status:
open
Edit by machead3,
Title:
Replace SD Reader for USB Slot
Text:
Hi everybody,
I've experiencing a problem that everybody who have a Late2009 iMac well know.
I want to put another HDD inside my computer to have one SSD and one HDD but i also want to keep my ODD. And I don't have the third SATA port. If search a lot on the forums but the only solutions I've found are 2HDD/no ODD. On OWC (macsales.com), they are talking about putting a third SSD instead of SD card reader. But nobody's talking about...
The SD card reader seems to be an USB device. So I wondering if it is possible to plug the ODD via a SATA2USB converter to the SD plug or something like that.
Does someone have already tried this kind of stuff?
Do you think it is possible to convert by a simple homemade cable the SD card Reader connector to a more common connector like USB or something else?
I've take the SD reader out the Mac and I can see 6 pin on the connector (I know USB is 4)
Device:
iMac Intel 27" EMC 2309 and 2374 and 2390
Tags:
| ssd, |
| ssd, |
Status:
open
Edit by machead3,
Title:
Replace SD Reader for USB Slot
Text:
Hi everybody,
I've experiencing a problem that everybody who have a Late2009 iMac well know.
I want to put another HDD inside my computer to have one SSD and one HDD but i also want to keep my ODD. And I don't have the third SATA port. If search a lot on the forums but the only solutions I've found are 2HDD/no ODD. On OWC (macsales.com), they are talking about putting a third SSD instead of SD card reader. But nobody's talking about...
The SD card reader seems to be an USB device. So I wondering if it is possible to plug the ODD via a SATA2USB converter to the SD plug or something like that.
Does someone have already tried this kind of stuff?
Do you think it is possible to convert by a simple homemade cable the SD card Reader connector to a more common connector like USB or something else?
I've take the SD reader out the Mac and I can see 6 pin on the connector (I know USB is 4)
Device:
iMac Intel 27" EMC 2309 and 2374 and 2390
Tags:
Status:
open
Original post by WNK,
Title:
Replace SD Reader for USB Slot
Text:
Hi everybody,
I've experiencing a problem that everybody who have a Late2009 iMac well know.
I want to put another HDD inside my computer to have one SSD and one HDD but i also want to keep my ODD. And I don't have the third SATA port. If search a lot on the forums but the only solutions I've found are 2HDD/no ODD. On OWC (macsales.com), they are talking about putting a third SSD instead of SD card reader. But nobody's talking about...
The SD card reader seems to be an USB device. So I wondering if it is possible to plug the ODD via a SATA2USB converter to the SD plug or something like that.
Does someone have already tried this kind of stuff?
Do you think it is possible to convert by a simple homemade cable the SD card Reader connector to a more common connector like USB or something else?
I've take the SD reader out the Mac and I can see 6 pin on the connector (I know USB is 4)
Device:
iMac Intel 27" EMC 2309 and 2374 and 2390
Tags:
imac, sata, sd card, ssd
Status:
open