upgrade existing SSD in late 2015 retina?

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iMac Intel 27" Retina 5K Display (Late 2014 & 2015)

Model A1419 / EMC 2806 / Late 2014 or Mid 2015. 3.3 or 3.5 GHz Core i5 or 4.0 GHz Core i7 (ID iMac15,1); EMC 2834 late 2015 / 3.3 or 3.5 GHz Core i5 or 4.0 GHz Core i7 (iMac17,1) All with Retina 5K displays

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upgrade existing SSD in late 2015 retina?

I’ve opened my late 2015 27” retina imac to replace the factory 512 ssd w/ a 2TB ssd (Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E2T0B/AM)), but there’s no ssd in the HD bay! Nor a cable!

I assume I can just get a SATA cable and plug it in, but:

which cable
where to plug in
what am I missing

Thanks in advance,

EDIT 7/8: Cable is due today. One last issue before I dive into this. This ifixit guide, step 56, shows connecting the SATA cable to a different header, one which looks to be a bit easier to access.

Any difference between these two? “other” header in in blue.

EDIT2: Finished, all good! Thanks for the help.

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The cable harness has two connections the power one (you've marked that one in Blue) and the data one I've marked in Red. Both are needed. The intent of my picture was to give you a better idea where the cable needed to go as the top edge one is so much easier to get to it really don't need explaining if you follow the guide.

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Hold on! You don’t want to remove your current 512 blade SSD! All you want to do is add your new SATA SSD following this guide: iMac 因特尔 27" Retina 5K 显示屏硬盘更换 You’ll need this cable: 27” Mac Retina 5K Hard Drive Combo Cable (L15/17/19) Apple P/N 923-00664 and you’ll need this adapter frame to hold the smaller 2.5” SSD in the 3.5” drive frame: OWC 2.5" to 3.5" Drive Adapter Bracket Tray.

You’ll need to lift the logic board up enough to slide your fingers to the back side of the logic board to plug in there SATA cable

Leave your OS and apps on the blade SSD, move your data and media to your new SATA SSD. This by far the best setup.

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This is my intent, but I need two pieces of info:

- Why the custom cable? Would a $8 combo off of amazon work as well? If not, where could I get this cable in the US?

- Where do I plug in the cable?

Thanks.

pete

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- You need to custom cable as its not standard search for the P/N 923-00664 to find other sources.

- Look at the image I posted for the location

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The cable harness has two connections the power one (you've marked that one in Blue) and the data one I've marked in Red. Both are needed. The intent of my picture was to give you a better idea where the cable needed to go as the top edge one is so much easier to get to it really don't need explaining if you follow the guide. — DanJ
This is my intent, but I need two pieces of info:

- Why the custom cable? Would a $8 combo off of amazon work as well? If not, where could I get this cable in the US?

- Where do I plug in the cable?

Thanks.

pete — keleher
- You need to custom cable as its not standard search for the P/N 923-00664 to find other sources.

- Look at the image I posted for the location — DanJ

iMac Intel 27" Retina 5K Display (Late 2014 & 2015)

upgrade existing SSD in late 2015 retina?

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