Will this Hard Drive work

[4now]

Want to make sure I pick up the correct Hard Drive
to upgrade a 15" MBP 2Ghz

Hitachi Travelstar 320GB 2.5" SATA II 7200rpm 16MB

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=019704&cid=HD.517.47

 

[geerlingguy]

Want to make sure I pick up the correct Hard Drive
to upgrade a 15" MBP 2Ghz

Hitachi Travelstar 320GB 2.5" SATA II 7200rpm 16MB

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=019704&cid=HD.517.47

It would work perfectly! I just upgraded to that same model hard drive in a 2.4 GHz Pro, and it was a huge difference in speed and storage capacity

 

[blen]

Question though, if you replace the HDD... how does the 'drop sensor' work?

Will it only work on Apple HDD's ?

Always wondered this.

 

[abijnk]

Question though, if you replace the HDD... how does the 'drop sensor' work?

Will it only work on Apple HDD's ?

Always wondered this.

As far as I know, the drop sensor is a feature of the hard drive, not the notebook. So if the new hard drive doesn't have the feature then its not something the computer is going to do for you.

 

[GeeYouEye]

It's a feature on the motherboard; when the computer accelerates, it sends a "park heads" command to the hard drive. It might (but I doubt it) have to go through the CPU and OS.

 

[dubhe]

I have read on other threads that you specifically don't want a HDD with a 'drop' sensor, as it can mess with the one apple provides on the motherboard.