I guess this is bad.

[Lacero]

I went to my local OEM shop, they don't even carry any 7200 rpm drives, and the man behind the counter said they were low on stock. I asked about the 7200 rpm HDs and he basically said he doesn't recommend them because, as he said, they tend to fail more often, puts out too much heat and uses too much battery life.

I worry mostly about the heat. He suggested I go with an 80 GB 5400 rpm drive. So that's what I ended up buying. A Toshiba 5400 rpm 80 GH HD with 16MB cache. They didn't have any 100GB in stock, and I hate waiting.

It's still sitting in the wrapper. I have to go out now to buy a set of screwdrivers to crack open the PB with. I'll report back once I have it installed and loaded up.

 

[mpqtpie]

Just curious...have you installed a HD before? I thought it was as simple as putting in new RAM but then I watched a friend of mine install it. You literally gotta take the entire computer apart. It's not intuitive. Seems kinda complicated. Even when you open the HD box they say to let a pro do it.

 

[mkrishnan]

thats why the porn for me is on external HD ^_~

God bless those 300+ GB SATA drives!

 

[Lacero]

Just curious...have you installed a HD before? I thought it was as simple as putting in new RAM but then I watched a friend of mine install it. You literally gotta take the entire computer apart. It's not intuitive. Seems kinda complicated. Even when you open the HD box they say to let a pro do it.

First time. Yeah, it's complicated. I would not want to do it again for a while. However, it was fun taking a peek inside the Apple magic. The hardest parts for me was taking off the top cover. It seemed to get stuck near the HD corner. The second hardest part trying to put back the F1 - F12 keys.

It's pretty complex. Something like 35 screws in all. Make sure you have the right tools or else you'll be fracked. pbfixit.com was a tremendous help.

 

[im_to_hyper]

-- Whoa --

You're from Japan -- that shouldn't be too weird

 

[mpqtpie]

Screwed...

First time. Yeah, it's complicated. I would not want to do it again for a while. However, it was fun taking a peek inside the Apple magic. The hardest parts for me was taking off the top cover. It seemed to get stuck near the HD corner. The second hardest part trying to put back the F1 - F12 keys.

It's pretty complex. Something like 35 screws in all. Make sure you have the right tools or else you'll be fracked. pbfixit.com was a tremendous help.

Cool site. I bookmarked it in case I ever have to replace anything in my new ibook.

Glad to hear that the installation was successful. Yeah there are really a crazy number of screws and for some reason when we opened my old pb there was a ton of tape too.

One of my friends installed a HD in a PB and when he was finished and had put the top back on and everything, he found a single screw hiding in the carpet.

 

[brap]

Never mind, then.