MBP 17" Unibody - Hardrive Noise

[crazylegsmurphy]

Could you all do me a favor and listen to your HD's on your new 17" MBP.

I have the 7200 rpm, and this is what I hear all the time:

MBP HD Recording

I recorded this by opening Garageband, selecting a new track, recording with internal mic at full recording volume. I opened Firefox and Mail, then back to Garageband. Then I just upped the volume by 6dB so you could all hear it without having to crank your volume.

This is what I hear whenever there is any sort of load on the CPU.

I have tried using HDAPM (I think it's called), but it didn't seem to stop the problem.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

[dingus]

It's my only gripe with this machine, and from what I've read Apple considers it completely acceptable. Reasonably priced SSDs can't come soon enough.

 

[capriseyhaze]

Mine basiclly silent. It sounds like its loose or it need lube or soMething. I dont know man

 

[kastenbrust]

My 7200 320GB stock hard drive in my Unibody 17" is completely silent, its even quieter on max speed than my 15" Unibody.

 

[belvdr]

That sounds like a physical issue, so I doubt anything will fix it short of replacing the drive.