Will removing the ODD help to cool iMac interior?
I have a Late 2009 iMac 27" i7.
The GPU is failing and I am going to remove it and bake it. If I get another year out of the iMac, that would make it worth the trouble.
But while I have the iMac apart... The optical drive croaked a couple of years ago and I bought an external drive for CDs, DVDs, etc. If I were to remove the optical drive, would the empty space help the internal fans in cooling the interior? And if I do pull the ODD, will it mess up the System software?
I know I could stick a SSD in the ODD space, but first I want to get the GPU card restored. Thanks.
Is this a good question?
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FWIW, I'm the original poster and I didn't accept either answer. One of the answers was not conclusive and the one marked as "accepted" isn't even about the question. What's up with that?
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