Hard drive scrape?

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  1. mackage, Apr 10, 2011

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    Does anyone hear their hard drive (HDD) scrape (make a little noise) sometimes when they move their computer around? It has happened to me like 5 times tonight. I had never noticed it before.

    Is this normal?
     
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  2. borisiii, Apr 10, 2011

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    Yes, that's the sudden motion sensor (SMS). It's designed to protect your hard drive if you drop your laptop. The click/scrape noise is the hard drive quickly parking its head. The newer models (2010 and later) are a bit trigger happy when it comes to acivating the SMS, but still it may suggest you are handling your MacBook a bit too rough.
     
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  3. mackage, Apr 10, 2011

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    I am referring to a late 2008 version. All I am doing is tilting it sideways slightly when taking it off my lap to get off the couch. That isn't considered rough is it?
     
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  4. NZed, Apr 10, 2011

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    Its definitely the SMS

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_Motion_Sensor

    It comes with all Apple portables starting from the 2005 PowerBooks.

    Thats not rough at all.
     
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  5. Macsavvytech, Apr 10, 2011

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    Wow I always thought it was me wrecking the HDD...
    Feel a little safer now, just goes to show you learn something new everyday.
     
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