Seagate 7200 - Is anti-shock working?

[crazylegsmurphy]

Hey All,

Is there any way to make sure the anti-shock feature is working on my newly installed Seagate HD?

Is there anything that needs to be set up or anything?

Thanks,

Jeff

 

[sdsvtdriver]

drop it and see!

 

[ncdasa]

i second the "drop it" method.

 

[CoolJoe57]

I third dropping it.

 

[eddieddu]

If you are unsure if the dropping method is a good one you can do the following:
Copy a bunch of files using finder from one location to another. After starting copying lift you book and move around. You should see an interruption of the copy process.

 

[gr8tfly]

The Sudden-Motion-Sensor is built into the Mac. If you go to System Profiler > Hardware, you should see "Sudden Motion Sensor: State: Enabled". In other words, you'll have protection regardless of whether the drive has a drop sensor or not.

 

[macjunk(ie)]

in fact, if you are using the seagate in a mac...in all probability..it is the one which does not have the anti-shock mechanism...the anti-shock of the seagate and the mac do not play nice together...

 

[gr8tfly]

in fact, if you are using the seagate in a mac...in all probability..it is the one which does not have the anti-shock mechanism...the anti-shock of the seagate and the mac do not play nice together...

I have a WD with the sensor, and no problems with my 17" ubMBP. Though, that is a WD, not Seagate, I've seen reports that most don't have any conflict. I believe that was just one model, and not any current model. I was concerned when I got it as a warranty replacement from WD (replacing a non-sensor model), but it's been fine - I even tripped the sensor (I just lowered it quickly in mid-air - no dropping here!)

 

[crazylegsmurphy]

Thanks Everyone,

I checked the system profile and it said that anti-shock is enabled. I have tried moving it around to see if I could hear the audible "click" like I did with the stock HD, but I can't hear it like I did with the old one.

It just continues to "whir".

I'm assuming it's working, but I just wanted to see if there is a for sure way to tell. I did buy the one without the g-force anti-shock feature so I'm not getting and errors or anything.

 

[macjunk(ie)]

I have a WD with the sensor, and no problems with my 17" ubMBP. Though, that is a WD, not Seagate, I've seen reports that most don't have any conflict. I believe that was just one model, and not any current model. I was concerned when I got it as a warranty replacement from WD (replacing a non-sensor model), but it's been fine - I even tripped the sensor (I just lowered it quickly in mid-air - no dropping here!)

cool...i was wanting to buy the new seagate 500gb 7200 RPM drives...but was goin to buy the normal one...i think i can now buy the one with the anti-shock mechanism....a little bit of extra protection never hurt anybody..

a quick question here...how do you know that the sensor is enabled on ur hard disk? does it show up in system profiler?

 

[gr8tfly]

cool...i was wanting to buy the new seagate 500gb 7200 RPM drives...but was goin to buy the normal one...i think i can now buy the one with the anti-shock mechanism....a little bit of extra protection never hurt anybody..

a quick question here...how do you know that the sensor is enabled on ur hard disk? does it show up in system profiler?

I believe it's always enabled on a drive that comes with it. In System Profiler, there isn't any info from the drive - other than its part number and its SMART status.