Will replacing hard drive get rid of constant freezing and crashes?

[qpzm1234]

Hi,

I have a 2.16 c2duo macbook from '07. The pattern with using this laptop is it starts to really freeze frequently with the message I need to restart after about 8-10 months, and sometimes it completely won't restart after that...I've replaced the hard drive 3 times since getting it. I was wondering if this is basically normal in terms of hard drive life span of 8-10 months, and should I continue to replace the hard drive to improve performance, or should I investigate some other aspect of the laptop causing the computer to perform poorly after about 8 months or so?

Thanks

 

[Eidorian]

I'd take a look at the logs. I suspect it's something other than the hard drive.

Any panic would give you a detailed output and narrow it down to the specific component.

 

[qpzm1234]

It seems to occur more frequently when streaming videos...but streaming videos was fine with fresh hard drives...

 

[Eidorian]

It's rather strange that replacing the hard drive would be a solution. It sounds like a browser issue. Which version of OS X are you on?

 

[qpzm1234]

I use firefox, but it freezes on safari as well. Well I was wondering what the average life span of a macbook hard drive is roughly, one that goes through vigourous use every day, ie pro audio apps, videos, downloads, etc. i would like to think it's longer than 8-10 months, but that's always seemed to be the average for mine...

 

[Eidorian]

I use firefox, but it freezes on safari as well. Well I was wondering what the average life span of a macbook hard drive is roughly, one that goes through vigourous use every day, ie pro audio apps, videos, downloads, etc. i would like to think it's longer than 8-10 months, but that's always seemed to be the average for mine...

I'm hitting 3 years on my 2.5" drives. Some of them have been bare drives attached to a USB 2.0 adapter as well.

You might want to take a look at this as well.