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MBP Unibody 2.53 HDD sounds

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pdechavez

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Whenever I lift it up or accidentally bump my mac, I hear a click from the harddrive. This has never happened to my early 2008 MBP, is this a defect? Or is it normal that the sensor is stopping the discs? I was watching a video file and when it clicked, the movie stopped for a few seconds.

Is this normal?

Thanks!
 
Nipz said:
New feature?
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The feature isnt new, but its kind of annoying to hear the click always coming everytime I lift my laptop. This never happened before with my previous portables.

Im just wondering if other Unibody macbook/macbook pro owners are having this experience too?
 
Yep i get it too.

I didnt get it with my BlackBook i had before thats why i thought i may be a new thing. Obviously its been around for ages but the way it does it must be new if the clicking hasnt been heard before?
 
pdechavez said:
The feature isnt new, but its kind of annoying to hear the click always coming everytime I lift my laptop. This never happened before with my previous portables.

Im just wondering if other Unibody macbook/macbook pro owners are having this experience too?
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Why?, your HDD isn't dying ( you mention no question marks at boot up ) its the head parking you would be pretty pissed if it didn't so why should it bother you blimey it's a click not the world coming to a end,sorry if that sounds blunt

I'm on my spare MBP ( 06 ) and that does it so it aint nothing new, maybe yours is just a little louder than most
 
Nipz said:
Yep i get it too.

I didnt get it with my BlackBook i had before thats why i thought i may be a new thing. Obviously its been around for ages but the way it does it must be new if the clicking hasnt been heard before?
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Hmm, feels like a bad feature. I've never experienced this before with any portable, except an old Discman. COuld it be cause of the large capacity therefore being more vulnerable? I hope its something good coz now my movies get interrupted and all my data is here.
 
When it happens to be a i dont get any freezing etc? well not that i have noticed.

Maybe ring Apple to see what they say if your a little worried?
 
drichards said:
Its the same feature that lets you drop your mac from 40 inches without data loss, and the same feature that lets you play macsaber and make wicked cool lightsaber noises.
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Thats what saved my laptop when it rolled off my bed and snapped my Mini Display Port adapter!!! And the lightsaber thing! Now i can fight with my MBP or iPhone!
 
Nipz said:
Thats what saved my laptop when it rolled off my bed and snapped my Mini Display Port adapter!!! And the lightsaber thing! Now i can fight with my MBP or iPhone!
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And your wii controller too with wiisaber.

Tough break on the rolling off the bed bit, but hey, there are worse things you could break than a $10 or under adapter.
 
Oh on with it, its give and take. Yous get far more government services to pay for, all those health and safety cost quite a few quid ya kno.
 
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