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Which 500 GB Harddrive?
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I bought this LaCie hard drive and it has worked awesome thus far. It supports USB 2.0, FireWire 400, and eSATA and works right out of the box, it also comes with not just the USB 2.0 cable but a FireWire and eSATA cable too so you don't have to buy one separately. I love it, it's a shame it doesn't come in white though, the shiny black design makes it a dust magnet.
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Umm...OP is looking to upgrade his internal hard drive.
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Holy crap you bought the new MBP? Didn't you just get a Penryn less than a year ago?
Didn't buy it; got it exchanged before Apple broke my old one repairing something else.
Just got the WD Scorpio 500gb drive delivered^^
Haven't got a matching screwdriver though... I tried a few small ones but none of them worked... hope I didn't damage the screw too much :S gonna buy one tomorrow.. from what I've heard the Samsung and WD Drives are pretty much the same in terms of quality!
Haven't got a matching screwdriver though... I tried a few small ones but none of them worked... hope I didn't damage the screw too much :S gonna buy one tomorrow.. from what I've heard the Samsung and WD Drives are pretty much the same in terms of quality!
You need a Torx T6 for those mounting screws.
I'll be interested to hear your feedback re: noise levels on the WD. I had a Seagate Momentus 500GB installed in mine, but it was only in there for a few hours. It was way too loud and I couldn't stand it. So now I'm trying to decide between the Samsung and the WD, and noise is the main factor.
I'll be interested to hear your feedback re: noise levels on the WD. I had a Seagate Momentus 500GB installed in mine, but it was only in there for a few hours. It was way too loud and I couldn't stand it. So now I'm trying to decide between the Samsung and the WD, and noise is the main factor.
Congrats. I wouldn't mess up the screw; they are hard to replace if you damage them!
Check out the height. If it is 9.5 mm or "1/8th height" then it fits. If it is 12 mm or "1/6th height" then it doesn't fit. If you can't find the height in their specs, don't buy it.
I finally got the screw off that holds the drive which is now out. But I absolutely CAN'T get those 4 small ones on the sides off! They're waay to small and hard to take out :S And unfortunatly none were delivered with my drive
Since I couldn't find the right size torx screwdriver anyway, I took them off with pliers
Works fine. The black paint will come off, but who cares.
You're kidding, right??Since I couldn't find the right size torx screwdriver anyway, I took them off with pliers
I finally got the screw off that holds the drive which is now out. But I absolutely CAN'T get those 4 small ones on the sides off! They're waay to small and hard to take out :S And unfortunatly none were delivered with my drive
Torx set. Radio shack. Either buy one from radio shack or borrow one from them and replace the screws while you're standing there.
I finally got the screw off that holds the drive which is now out. But I absolutely CAN'T get those 4 small ones on the sides off! They're waay to small and hard to take out :S And unfortunatly none were delivered with my drive
Like I said before, Torx T6.
I finally got the screw off that holds the drive which is now out. But I absolutely CAN'T get those 4 small ones on the sides off! They're waay to small and hard to take out :S And unfortunatly none were delivered with my drive
That's just not good. I hate to say this, but you shouldn't be fixing computers if you won't even buy the right tools.
I swapped the stock Hitachi 250GB 5400 rpm in my Unibody MBP2.4 for the Seagate Momentus 5400.6 500GB 8Mb cache drive. Perfect!. Totally silent, no vibrations, iStat temp goes up 1Deg C (typ 36, now 37). Xbench 1.3 shows 77.8MB/s uncache write 4K (42% increase), 74.3Mb uncache read 256K (65% increase). Don't need the 7200 rpm and its vibrations.
Next a fast SSD drive in place of the DVD drive would be perfect for this machine!. Make it 160GB size with Read > 250MB/s, write 200MB/s.
I finally got the screw off that holds the drive which is now out. But I absolutely CAN'T get those 4 small ones on the sides off! They're waay to small and hard to take out :S And unfortunatly none were delivered with my drive
Yeah, I don't understand why they torqued those screws so tight. All four of mine needed serious twist on the torx screwdriver. They came out OK, I just gently put them on the new drive. Besides they are just supports for the brackets and do not need to be tight!.
I was surprised the SATA connector comes out so easily and slides in the same. All works well and ZERO vibrations, and no noise whatso ever, even with ear to the metal palm rest. Nice upgrade, except for the confounded torx screw heads!.
I also too have the 500GB Samsung 3 Platter I found off of NewEgg for a decent price, no issues thus far and it stays amazingly cool.
I thought the Hitachi was the only 3-platter 500GB drive? If this is the case, I'm definitely going to go for the WD.
Amazing what you can find out with a little research /kickself ..
Looks like the WD drive is the ONLY drive that has only 2 platters, all other 500GB 2.5" drives are 3 platters. Wouldn't this make the WD drive the clear performance winner? I haven't been able to find any benchmark information on these drives yet, so I'm curious how the different drives perform.
/kickself .. Looks like the WD drive is the ONLY drive that has only 2 platters, all other 500GB 2.5" drives are 3 platters. Wouldn't this make the WD drive the clear performance winner? I haven't been able to find any benchmark information on these drives yet, so I'm curious how the different drives perform.
I wonder why my Seagate was so loud, then.
--- It was just normal drive noise except extremely loud when compared to the stock Hitachi. The WD is on its way via UPS now.I'm trying to decide between the two and came upon this fact too. Right now the WD drive looks like the performance winner, unless someone has information otherwise. Power consumption and other factors are another matter, obviously, but I think right now speed is my top concern.Amazing what you can find out with a little research
Looks like the WD drive is the ONLY drive that has only 2 platters, all other 500GB 2.5" drives are 3 platters. Wouldn't this make the WD drive the clear performance winner? I haven't been able to find any benchmark information on these drives yet, so I'm curious how the different drives perform.
I replaced my stock HD with the WD Scorpio Blue as soon as I received my late 2008 MBP.. It works perfectly, is mostly silent except when it clicks due to the over reactive motion sensor (I have the MBP on a BYTEC cooling pad, and when I turn on the fans, the pad vibrates slightly due to fan motion and it causes a lot of clicking, which stops once I turn the fans off).