Adding SSD drive to iMac
I have an iMac 27” 2017. I opted for 1TB SSD. I am assuming this is a blade drive on the back of the logic board. Am I right? If so, this would mean I could potentially add a second SDD, which I would install in the place where regular spinning drives are put in the fusion configuration, right?
If so, is the SATA connector cable already there waiting to be used, or would I have install one (what about the thermal sensor ???) and plug it in the SATA port on the board somewhere???
Update (05/11/2019)
Nothing under PCI.
Under SATA/SATA Express:
Intel 10 Series Chipset:
Vendor: Intel
Product: 10 Series Chipset
Link Speed: 6 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.31 Suppo
... and under Storage:
Macintosh HD:
Available: 515.54 GB (515,539,804,160 bytes)
Capacity: 1 TB (1,000,240,963,584 bytes)
Mount Point: /
File System: APFS
Writable: Yes
Ignore Ownership: No
BSD Name: disk1s1
Volume UUID: 7E42863E-7593-36FC-8695-2D4F3E3A3085
Physical Drive:
Device Name: APPLE SSD SM1024L
Media Name: AppleAPFSMedia
Medium Type: SSD
Protocol: PCI-Express
Internal: Yes
Partition Map Type: Unknown
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Lets double check what your drive is. Go to About This Mac > System Report... Click on PCI you should see the SSD listed their, if not click on SATA/SATA Express. Tell us what you found.
by Dan