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Hello all, I’m sure this has been covered at some point but I just want to be certain of my information before I take apart my iMac. The iMac came supplied with a single solid state drive which I assume is connected to the SATA connector which is visible immediately when the screen is removed. This is an assumption on my part. I was hoping I could fit a Blade type SSD (NVME or M.2) to the logic board but I can not find any definite information as to whether this model iMac carries a logic board that will allow this if it has already been supplied with a SSD (500Gb) when delivered. Has anyone fitted a second SSD on a late 2014 model iMac that already contains a single SSD? Was there a slot available on the logic board? If so can you think of anything else I need to consider before opening my iMac. The processor is an I7 quad core. Thanks in advance for any advice that can be offered. David
If this came originally configured with an SSD (as in, it was bought new from Apple with just an SSD) it will already contain a proprietary Apple blade type SSD. Probably a 12+16 pin variant. You can double check this in System Info. It will likely still be listed under SATA devices, since I believe the 2014 still uses the SATA standard, just in a different form factor. If it lists an Apple drive, then it’s this type, since Apple never produced a 2.5” SSD. If you purchased it used, then it may have been that the stock HDD was swapped for an SSD in which case it should still list what type of drive is installed. Either way, you can put the other sort of drive in. I believe the 2014/15 models do have the correct slot for the blade type, even if it was not originally shipped with one. You can get a third party one that’s made to natively fit this slot, or an adapter which will allow you to connect an m.2 drive to it. If it only has the blade type now, you can still put a 2.5” one in, but you will have to get the appropriate hard drive cable, to plug into the logic board, since it will not have one presently. Although it will have the correct port.
