Any (uMBP) WD 500GB Scorpio Blue users?

[XP Defector]

Actually I find this drive slightly noisy, not too bad but you can definitely hear it spinning and clicking every so often. Anyone else experience this or should I be worried?

Thanks.

 

[ECJ]

I have the same drive in my uMBP 17", and don't hear it and I work in a low noise environment. I've had mine installed for about 6 months.

 

[Jason Beck]

I want one

 

[jamesryanbell]

I can barely hear mine and only if it's absolutely silent in the room. It's not a problem for me. Love the drive. It's reasonably quick for a 5400rpm drive too.

 

[analytical44]

Have the same clicking sound but only audible in low noise environments. Not really a problem, just a slight annoyance. It's a normal "problem" that others have posted about in previous threads. Seems to only be an issue in newer model mbps (unibody) and is due to the drive constantly spinning down to save power.

 

[machacker]

I don't have any clicking or anything, but I have noticed that the startup time is incredibly long. For some reason it just takes forever and a day to boot up. But that's the only complaint I have really.

 

[zw-gator]

I have one. It's nosier then the stock 160GB drive, but I got used to it after a week. When I'm on campus you can't hear it all al though.

 

[XP Defector]

Have the same clicking sound but only audible in low noise environments. Not really a problem, just a slight annoyance. It's a normal "problem" that others have posted about in previous threads. Seems to only be an issue in newer model mbps (unibody) and is due to the drive constantly spinning down to save power.

Ok that is good to know.

I don't have any clicking or anything, but I have noticed that the startup time is incredibly long. For some reason it just takes forever and a day to boot up. But that's the only complaint I have really.

That's strange, on this machine (MBP 2.53/4GB) SL boots in several seconds.

 

[takamine]

I get it on mine too. Mine boots in about 28 seconds, so I'm not complaining

 

[jon08]

I got my Scorpio Blue 500 GB for my Early 2008 MBP the other day, and I'm also experiencing the clicking noise. It sounds like the head parks itself on HD, and then other times its another type of a click that sounds like something moved inside and it intensifies the disk's "humming" slightly, then decreases it again. It's not really humming, but it more resembles the sound that the fans make. It's really hard to explain, but I guess you know what I'm talking about.

I'm pretty frustrated with this because I didn't see it coming. And it happens 1-3 times in a min I would say...

 

[kap09]

basically no noise from mine.

boot times are totally respectable. not much different than the stock 250GB i took out of it.

 

[nitromullet]

I installed a WD 500GB in my 13" uMBP this past weekend, and I am not too pleased with the increased noise/vibration. To call it "loud" would probably be a little unfair, because it certainly isn't. One would definitely not hear the WD HD when taking the laptop out and about, but I hear it when I have it at home. My uMBP was silent with the stock 160GB HD, and I liked it that way.

 

[kinkster]

Has anyone solved the clicking problems with the Scorpio Blue by installing Snow Leopard? A previous thread suggested it might help.


Also another problem I have after putting it in my 13" MBP is it doesn't seem to be solidly fastened in there. Where did I go wrong? I'm pretty sure I screwed that little plastic piece in right..but after I did I could already tell it wiggled around a bit. I thought putting on the bottom cover would make it tight enough but it didn't, so it rattles around just by rotating the laptop in the air