I got a late 2009 macbook unibody white. With the original hd the hd seemed to get hot. I wanted faster so I put in a travelstar and its still gets really hot. And Im just surfing and chatting. Its my first mac did I install wrong or is that just the way it is?
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got a late 2009 macbook and hot hard drives
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Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) and the pram. it seems to be running much cooler.