"a 12.5mm depth measurement, which means they can't be retrofitted to notebooks with a 9.5mm deep 2.5-inch drive bay."
It won't be long before a 9.5mm version comes out though.
"a 12.5mm depth measurement, which means they can't be retrofitted to notebooks with a 9.5mm deep 2.5-inch drive bay."
I have the exact same problem, I know someone else does too. I have contemplated taking it apart to put some sort of pad in there to apply pressure between the HDD and case to absorb the fanish.
What do you guys think, am I crazy?
"a 12.5mm depth measurement, which means they can't be retrofitted to notebooks with a 9.5mm deep 2.5-inch drive bay."
I saw the 1TB Scorpio Blue and thought "aww crap". but at a price of 250 MSRP, my 100$ 500gb is more than enough. I actualy have never issued any clicking. Just like i said the weird humming, or perhaps the "ear next to a seashell" example. gona try and use the piece of black foam that came with the macbook in the box and cut a little piece of foam the size of the hard drive and simply place it between the case and the drive. either that or try to re tighten the screws/rubber mounts for the hard drive.
Regarding the new 12.5mm drive, I've seen it mentioned on here that if you have one of the unbodies with the removeable battery, there might be enough space for one of these hdds.
As for the Scorpio Blue, I've installed it in to my 13" uMB and don't have any problems with excess noise compared to the original stock item. I went for the 500Gb 5400 rpm item.
I heard the new hard drives wouldnt fit the macbooks? Also concerning the hard drive. I wonder if its because you are in a louder environment perhaps? Or maybe you ended up with a quieter hard drive then the rest of us
I tried cutting up a piece of foam from the box of the macbook, but it still makes the little humming noise that only goes away when i rest my palm, or put my hand above the hard drive![]()
Glad I came across this thread, just ordered a 500GB Scorpio Blue and should be getting it on Friday, now know I have to get a T6 Torx lol, shall be doing that tomorrow. Glad to hear some other people with Unibody MBP's haven't been experiencing the clicking/noise issues, will report back on Friday evening on my experiences with it.
Yeah I havent experienced any clicking issues, just a loud whooshing sound, probably caused by vibrations. im going to RMA it and try the momentus from seagate.
Just search www.silentpcreview.com and search "scorpio blue" for the review
For a desktop PC, either of these drives should be soft-mounted for best noise benefits. As a replacement notebook drive, the Seagate gets the nod; its noise will be less evident in idle, which is the dominant mode even for power users. (Owners of older laptops should ensure that their machine accepts the SATA interface of these drives.)
http://www.silentpcreview.com/500gb_laptop_drives
In case people were too lazy to search it up. Its a great site if your building a silent pc. used it many times and it has never failed me.
there is no way i can install using the restore disc mac provide without first formatting the drive EXTERNALLY?
as in i cant swap the drive and load in the restore disc and mac will prompt to format my drive first before installation like in windows?
Yes of course you can. After booting to the install disk, select "Disk Utility" from the "Utilities" menu. You can erase the boot drive from there. Once formating is complete, you can quit disk utility and return to installing OS X.
any updates from the people that installed it in a mid 09 umbp?
To those who have replaced their stock drives with this one: and advantage to Installing OS X then using Migration assistant to get the data over vs. just using CCC or Super Duper to create a bootable clone and throwing that directly in from the beginning? I cannot think of a downside, but perhaps someone has had a bad experience with the latter and thus recommends the former? (The latter just seems much quicker to me).