Tilt detector in macbook pro?

[cpnotebook80]

I was working on my mbp and I have to move to get the phone so I lifted it up and moved it quickly aside and I heart this interesting clink sound from within.
is it the detector for falling of the notebook etc that acted up?

 

[Drumjim85]

it's the HD's head stopping, most HDs these days have that safety feature built in.

 

[NeoCracer]

I was working on my mbp and I have to move to get the phone so I lifted it up and moved it quickly aside and I heart this interesting clink sound from within.
is it the detector for falling of the notebook etc that acted up?

Yes, there is a accelerometer in MacBooks since the very beginning.

 

[cpnotebook80]

ahh ok
interesting.It only works if you move the notebook quickly from left to right maybe in a tilt fashion
so basically the accelerometer prevents HD from damaging if it fell but shutting it off
wonder how this will work will ssd?

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

wonder how this will work will ssd?

It won't. An SSD is solid-state, so there is no need for a free fall sensor.

 

[cpnotebook80]

cool thanks

 

[geoffreak]

It won't. An SSD is solid-state, so there is no need for a free fall sensor.

Optical disk drive

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

Optical disk drive

And the mention of ODD is where?

 

[geoffreak]

And the mention of ODD is where?

In my post above.

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

In my post above.

I figured that out after I hit the Submit Reply button.

A free fall sensor in the ODD would be cool.

 

[geoffreak]

A free fall sensor in the ODD would be cool.

The MBP has a free fall sensor already. I believe it can stop the ODD as well as the HDD (or at least I hope it does, but you won't find me trying it out).

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

I had no idea such a thing existed.

 

[iHateMacs]

I had no idea such a thing existed.

Try out http://www.suitable.com/tools/seismac.html to see it in action

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

Too bad I don't have anything with a free fall sensor.

 

[aprofetto]

When I first heard this sound, I thought my computer was effed, but after reading it was some safety mechanism, I felt better.