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Hard Drive Failing?
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Digital Skunk
macrumors G3
I have the Seagate version and it's okay.
I got the 5k version over the 7k because every review and speed test I read about says the 7k is only marginally faster than the 5k so I saved $30.
The only gripe I have about it is when it's worked, it's LOUD and it BEEPS constantly until it idles down.
That being the only issue though, I think it was worth the $100 I paid for it.
I've had it for about three months now.
I got the 5k version over the 7k because every review and speed test I read about says the 7k is only marginally faster than the 5k so I saved $30.
The only gripe I have about it is when it's worked, it's LOUD and it BEEPS constantly until it idles down.
That being the only issue though, I think it was worth the $100 I paid for it.
I've had it for about three months now.
Well.. the reason im wanting a new drive and maybe I don't need one.. but I have the Western Digital 500GB ( WD5000BEVT ) and the other day I just finished downloading a 1GB file and when it was done my hard drive made a beeping noise.. it only beeped once but all the info I found while googling said it means its failing...
is that wrong.
pdxflint
macrumors 68020
I have the WD 500g Scorpio Blue (same drive as you have) and it's been in my MBP for a couple months of heavy duty - so far so good. Extremely quiet in operation, no vibrations. I haven't heard it ever do a beep sound like you're describing, but I recommend downloading and trying SMART Utility and seeing what it says about your drive.
Thiol
macrumors 6502a
is this bad? whats up with all the ( pre-fail) and old age?
Has anyone gotten SMART Utility to work with the Intel X25-M drive? Mine is either not reading properly or about to fail...
