Loud Hard Drive! Help Please!

[xxbabysalasxx]

I notice that while streaming a movie, watching a dvd or playing a game my hard drive fan is so loud, its annoying. I have a 2008 White Macbook and i replaced the stock hard drive with a western digital 5400rpm 320gb and I only have 1gig of ram. I have no problem replacing the hard drive for a 7200 but i just need to know if its worth it. If i were to upgrade the ram to 2gigs would that solve the problem? Is it possible to install a 500gig drive into the white macbooks? Thanks!

 

[gr8tfly]

Neither would help, since I think you are hearing the cooling fan(s). The applications you mentioned load the CPU and GPU, so they generate more heat and the system cranks up the fan RPMs.

 

[NewMacbookPlz]

In response to your last question, yes. Any hard drive that's 9.5mm tall and SATA interface can be installed.