upgraded from a 120gb drive to 250gb drive on my macbook. it was quick and painless too. just as simple as installing ram.
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Anybody upgraded their MacBook Hard Drive?
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I am interested too in knowing if changing the HD is voiding the apple care warranty.
Anyone have any info about the warranty
also what about the speed increase
over 5400, and 7400
I don't think changing the MB hard drive voids the warranty since they have an Apple DIY guide. It does void the MBP though since the procedue is more surgical.
Just installed a Western Digital Scorpio 320GB (WD3200BEVT). Dead easy to install. I have noticed, however, that it is louder than the Toshiba 120GB that it replaced. It's not that it's loud, just louder. It's only been a few hours, but so far does not seem to be affecting CPU temps.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=377
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=377
I think your'll find it only voids a MBP warranty if you screw something up
and then have to take it in too be sorted out
On a macbook replacing the HD is considered user friendly so does not void a warranty
I'll revise my earlier comment regarding the heat generated by the Western Digital 320GB WD3200BEVT. My MB is running approx 3-5 degrees C warmer with the new drive. That is after Spotlight has done indexing and no abnormal processes chewing up CPU.
Not worried just yet - still only 6 hours old technically. Lots of time to settle in and the let the OS (hopefully) optimise file locations and stuff.
Not worried just yet - still only 6 hours old technically. Lots of time to settle in and the let the OS (hopefully) optimise file locations and stuff.
Hmm, that's quite a bit warmer. Strange, I was considering that HD as well due to the large size. I have a C2D 2GHz MB (pre-SR) and I already find that it gets too warm to put on my lap.
maestrokev, I have the exact same machine.
Well, it's been 12 hours since installing the WD3200BEVT (with a few re-boots). In theory, the daily script would have run once a few hours ago when I was sleeping and the machine has been idle for approx the last 6 hours. Temps fell, of course, when it was idle, but during 'regular' use (NetNewsWire, Firefox, Preview, Path Finder, Mail, Skype) over the past 30 min I regret to report that my temps are noticeably higher.
What I have noticed is that the temperature itself is hugely variable by 8-9 degrees within very short periods of time (i.e., within 20 seconds). In other words, they're not as stable as they were when the old Toshiba HDD was installed.
I wouldn't mind so much if the fans didn't kick in until at least 70 degrees, but normally mine will spin up like a bloody banshee at 65C or so. I hate when people look over at my howling laptop and say "Like, is everything OK with your machine, man?". Design something quieter, Apple. Or use the better thermal paste. Either or.
Anyway, if you see no further posts, things will pretty much have not changed and I'll still have buyer's remorse. Not meaning to complain, but just in case others are considering this drive some of the above might be helpful.
Well, it's been 12 hours since installing the WD3200BEVT (with a few re-boots). In theory, the daily script would have run once a few hours ago when I was sleeping and the machine has been idle for approx the last 6 hours. Temps fell, of course, when it was idle, but during 'regular' use (NetNewsWire, Firefox, Preview, Path Finder, Mail, Skype) over the past 30 min I regret to report that my temps are noticeably higher.
What I have noticed is that the temperature itself is hugely variable by 8-9 degrees within very short periods of time (i.e., within 20 seconds). In other words, they're not as stable as they were when the old Toshiba HDD was installed.
I wouldn't mind so much if the fans didn't kick in until at least 70 degrees, but normally mine will spin up like a bloody banshee at 65C or so. I hate when people look over at my howling laptop and say "Like, is everything OK with your machine, man?". Design something quieter, Apple. Or use the better thermal paste. Either or.
Anyway, if you see no further posts, things will pretty much have not changed and I'll still have buyer's remorse. Not meaning to complain, but just in case others are considering this drive some of the above might be helpful.
I got away with using a VERY small flathead to fit in one of the staright line in the torx screw, but it is not recommended at all.
I bought a Western Digital 250GB Passport drive a few months back when they were on sale at Best Buy. I cracked it open, took the drive out, and swapped it with my Macbook drive. I put the Macbook drive back into the passport enclosure and booted from it, and then Superduper'd everything back to the new drive. It was so amazingly easy! Good luck to ya.
Thanks for the info. I wonder if the high heat is due to our model Blackbook. I wonder if the following 2 minor revisions fixed that. I'm not upgrading my HD if that's the case. My Blackbook runs at 50-52C as reported by iStatPro running the same programs you use. It's annoyingly warm. At 65C it's gonna iron my pants
Thanks for the info. I wonder if the high heat is due to our model Blackbook. I wonder if the following 2 minor revisions fixed that. I'm not upgrading my HD if that's the case. My Blackbook runs at 50-52C as reported by iStatPro running the same programs you use. It's annoyingly warm. At 65C it's gonna iron my pants
My MacBook (specs below) is running at 42°C right now browsing these forums running Safari (and several other idle apps).
Upgrading a macbook harddrive is VERY easy! Plus, if you put a 7200 rpm drive in, the morons on eBay will overpay for it when it's time to sell!
..gotta fund that new MBP somehow!
..gotta fund that new MBP somehow!
OK, a bit more to report. Today it was used in my office sporadically and it was reasonably warm (28 degrees C outside and prob about 19 in my office).
Fans have not come on as much, so I'm starting to think the drive is settling in.
CPU temps are higher than they were with the old drive, to be sure, but not high enough to trigger any more than 1800rpm from the fans. At 1800rpm, I don't hear it. Because the temps are higher, though, it takes less activity to put the CPUs up to where the fans crank up.
Right now: Firefox, NetNewsWire, Mail, Skype, PathFinder and iCal running. Temp is 53C, HDD is 33C. It's about 17 degrees in the room. Dunno, maybe that's not bad.
Fans have not come on as much, so I'm starting to think the drive is settling in.
CPU temps are higher than they were with the old drive, to be sure, but not high enough to trigger any more than 1800rpm from the fans. At 1800rpm, I don't hear it. Because the temps are higher, though, it takes less activity to put the CPUs up to where the fans crank up.
Right now: Firefox, NetNewsWire, Mail, Skype, PathFinder and iCal running. Temp is 53C, HDD is 33C. It's about 17 degrees in the room. Dunno, maybe that's not bad.
Wow, that's quite a bit cooler. Does it stay at 42C regularly? Under regular web browsing and news reading over wireless, my Macbook always hovers close to 50C
80gb 4500rpm to 200gb 7200rpm
I'm not able to provide any benchmark results but it definitely seems a little more snappy -- like after downing a drink with triple-shot of espresso.
I'm not able to provide any benchmark results but it definitely seems a little more snappy -- like after downing a drink with triple-shot of espresso.
To the person who asked about speed, i did xbench before and after and the number after was slightly higher. You won't notice a huge difference. The two major improvements were reduced boot time and reduced application boot time. File copy/paste time was reduced as well. Those are where you'll see the major differences. Some say the system feels "snappier" afterwards as well.