Meanwhile, an upgraded 2015 Retina 27" iMac might become my main computing device (because a friend is getting rid of one), and if so, I've decided I'm sorting out the HDD temperature sensor nonsense, because apparently nobody has reversed that yet?
You could stick an m.2 NVMe SSD in there with an adapter, and keep the HDD. I actually intend to upgrade the HDD to a bigger one and add an SSD this way. Word is the MacBook adapters work, just may not sit perfectly.
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I do wonder how functional the original drive needs to be... I wonder if it would still talk the correct temperature talk if the PCB was removed from the drive (for space) and only power and the temp sense wires connected... hmmm...
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I *think* it relies on the drive firmware being up and running, so that probably won't work... My understanding is that they repurpose the activity LED output as some sort of digital encoding of the temperature, FW change only.
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