Aluminium MacBook Pro (2006 - 2008) HD Help

ngraysva · Nov 25, 2012, 09:43 PM

im having a bit of trouble with my aluminum non-unibody 15'' laptop... the hard drive seems to be corrupt every time i verify disk and go into disk utility.. cant seem to erase it and fix it... was going to just throw a new HD in it.. anyone know what model i need? and what the highest GB is that i can put in?

thanks for the help!!

Ariii · Nov 25, 2012, 11:00 PM

You don't need any specific model. You can install any 2.5" SATA hard drive or SSD. You can still use hard drives over the maximum amount of storage of the MacBook Pro, it just won't address all of the space.

ngraysva · Nov 25, 2012, 11:25 PM

Awesome. I will be heading to best buy tomorrow to grab a new drive then. Thanks

ngraysva · Nov 27, 2012, 05:37 PM

Man this sucks. I upgraded the memory to this to 4gb, and also put a brand new 500gb hd in my lappy. And it still gets to beginning blue screen and freezes. Takes forever to get past it. Think this could be the motherboard ? What other options do I have besides getting a new one lol.

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makaveli559m · Feb 11, 2013, 05:30 AM

It could be two things, either one you didnt ground your self when you touched the inside of your computer or two if you have the GT 8600m its beginning to fail the same thing with ATI X1600.

Quad5Ny · Feb 11, 2013, 03:08 PM

"Beginning blue screen"? Aren't all Apple's boot screens Gray or Black? Heck even kernel panics are gray/black.

Volkan1984 · Feb 13, 2013, 04:15 AM

Old topic guys

Nov 25, 2012, 09:43 PM	#1
ngraysva macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: mars	Aluminium MacBook Pro (2006 - 2008) HD Help im having a bit of trouble with my aluminum non-unibody 15'' laptop... the hard drive seems to be corrupt every time i verify disk and go into disk utility.. cant seem to erase it and fix it... was going to just throw a new HD in it.. anyone know what model i need? and what the highest GB is that i can put in? thanks for the help!! __________________ iMac 24", 1TB HD, 3.06GHZ Intel, 8GB Memory Macbook Pro 2006 Aluminum Non-unibody iMac G4 17".....iPhone 5.....iPhone 4S.....iPod Touch 32GB.....iPad 16GB
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Ariii macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Chicago	You don't need any specific model. You can install any 2.5" SATA hard drive or SSD. You can still use hard drives over the maximum amount of storage of the MacBook Pro, it just won't address all of the space. __________________ •Indigo iBook Clamshell, MacOS 9; Lime iBook Clamshell, Panther; MacOS 9 users: Use Classilla \| MacOS 9 Lives I'm on IRC at #macrumors on irc.krono.net Tumblr
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Nov 25, 2012, 11:25 PM	#3
ngraysva Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: mars	Awesome. I will be heading to best buy tomorrow to grab a new drive then. Thanks __________________ iMac 24", 1TB HD, 3.06GHZ Intel, 8GB Memory Macbook Pro 2006 Aluminum Non-unibody iMac G4 17".....iPhone 5.....iPhone 4S.....iPod Touch 32GB.....iPad 16GB
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Nov 27, 2012, 05:37 PM	#4
ngraysva Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: mars	Man this sucks. I upgraded the memory to this to 4gb, and also put a brand new 500gb hd in my lappy. And it still gets to beginning blue screen and freezes. Takes forever to get past it. Think this could be the motherboard ? What other options do I have besides getting a new one lol. __________________ iMac 24", 1TB HD, 3.06GHZ Intel, 8GB Memory Macbook Pro 2006 Aluminum Non-unibody iMac G4 17".....iPhone 5.....iPhone 4S.....iPod Touch 32GB.....iPad 16GB
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Feb 11, 2013, 05:30 AM	#5
makaveli559m macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2012	It could be two things, either one you didnt ground your self when you touched the inside of your computer or two if you have the GT 8600m its beginning to fail the same thing with ATI X1600. __________________ 15" MBP (mid 2010) Core i5 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, 500GB Momentus XT Hybrid HD, Nvidia GT330m/ Intel HD.
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Feb 11, 2013, 03:08 PM	#6
Quad5Ny macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2009	"Beginning blue screen"? Aren't all Apple's boot screens Gray or Black? Heck even kernel panics are gray/black.
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Feb 13, 2013, 04:15 AM	#7
Volkan1984 macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2013	Old topic guys
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