until April 12, 2013
Why so specific? New Macs at that date? Who knows...
For those who had their HDD replaced by Apple before...do they install OSX before handing it back to you or they just dump in a blank HDD and let you go?
For those who had their HDD replaced by Apple before...do they install OSX before handing it back to you or they just dump in a blank HDD and let you go?
Thanks. Been looking into this as well. To let the Mac control the temp...
http://www.hardmac.com/news/2011/05/18/an-easy-solution-to-replace-the-hard-drive-in-a-2011-imac
I knew it, since Seagate have bought Maxtor their quality went deep down. For the past 4 years I've had to replace 7 Seagate drives of different kind-from 3.5" external, internal to 2.5" external and internal.
I will never buy anything Seagate ever !!!
I'm still not eligible!
I have a 27-inch, Mid 2011 iMac, purchased around June 2011. It's been running fine, but I've been wary of the hard drive. It's loud, noisy and can be very slow. When this program was originally announced I checked my serial number against their system and it said it was not eligible.
So today I did the same thing... again, and got the same message:
The iMac serial number you entered is not eligible for this program. No further action on your part is needed at this time.
Do I have to wait for the damn thing to fail for them to finally realize my hard drive is acting funny and should be replaced? I wouldn't be as worried if replacing the HD with another model myself would cause the fans to go nuts due to the whole temperature sensor thing.
Even without excessive heat, or a design flaw in the hard drive ... hard drives will fail - most likely before anything else on a modern computer.
Just another reason why it's so stupid that Apple designs the iMac to make it so difficult to swap out the drive.
I'm still not eligible!
I have a 27-inch, Mid 2011 iMac, purchased around June 2011. It's been running fine, but I've been wary of the hard drive. It's loud, noisy and can be very slow. When this program was originally announced I checked my serial number against their system and it said it was not eligible.
So today I did the same thing... again, and got the same message:
The iMac serial number you entered is not eligible for this program. No further action on your part is needed at this time.
Do I have to wait for the damn thing to fail for them to finally realize my hard drive is acting funny and should be replaced? I wouldn't be as worried if replacing the HD with another model myself would cause the fans to go nuts due to the whole temperature sensor thing.