7200 RPM ATA Drive?

How can I confirm that my new MacBookPro actually came with the upgraded 7200 rpm drive? System Profiler names the hard drive and confirms the correct hard drive size (160 gigs) but nowhere indicates the rpm. I paid extra for this and simply want to know it was included. Any suggestions on how to confirm this? Thanks!

If there's a model number for the drive listed in the Profiler, then plug this into Google and see what comes up. (If no model #, try other info from the profiler.) You'll likely see many vendors for the drive in question and their specs for the drive will tell you what's up with it's rotational speed.
Better yet, some of the Google results may even point you straight to the manufacturer's site where you can get the info from "the horse's mouth".

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Firewire 800, 7200 rpm external drive options?

I have a Early 2011 Macbook Pro (8,2). I'm looking for a speedy external harddrive to do video editing with. My internal drive is a 256GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD...not a lot of space to store video. So I'd like a fast external.
Problem is, the few Firewire 800, 7200 rpm external drives I've found on Amazon all have TERRIBLE reviews when used with Macs. For some reason, none of these things from Buffalo or Western Digital seem to work with Macs, according to Amazon reviews.
Can anyone recommend a 1 TB external with Firewire 800 and 7200rpm that would be good for video editing, that also works on a Mac 8,2 Early 2011 running the latest OS X?
Thanks!

I have a 1 TB Lacie d2 Quadra but it's a desktop external disk. It's a great disk with FireWire 800, eSATA and USB 2.0 and 3.0. If you are going to use the MacBook Pro at home, I recommend this drive

CTO Seagate 500 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive Issues (beeps, clicks, freeze, hang)

The other threads on this issue have gotten completely out of hand with most new posters not bothering to read the older posts. So we still get "It's the optical drive" and "It's a problem with all 7200 RPM drives" or "It's all MacBooks that have the problem." Those posts aren't helping any of us with the specific issue noted in this subject fix our problem and gather helpful information. This thread is only for those experiencing issues with the CTO Seagate Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG 500GB 7200 RPM hard drive. If you don't have that drive and are having problems with your new MacBook Pro, please start a new topic or look for an existing one that matches your issue.
_CTO Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG 500GB 7200 RPM Problems_:
1. *The drive beeps intermittently*. Unusual sound and not typical of any other hard drive I've ever used in a MacBook Pro or PowerBook.
2. *The drive clicks/clacks quite loudly*. This is much louder than typical drive behavior.
3. Most importantly, *the drive freezes or hangs* in conjunction with the other sounds. It causes games to freeze for a second. It causes HD video to hang momentarily. It brings whatever task you're doing to a complete stop for a second or so, several times per hour.
4. These issues all occur while the MacBook Pro is sitting on a desk, untouched and unmoving. It's not related to any specific user input or action.
Troubleshooting
1. SMS: The built in SMS may conflict with the G-Force technology in the Seagate drive. While it's odd that Apple chose to use the drives with G-Force, disabling SMS has not fixed the issue.
2. *OS X*: It's been suggested this is a problem with OS X and its power management. However, users have reported the problems continue when booted into Boot Camp. This would seem to eliminate OS X as a factor.
3. *Normal Behavior*: Several users have said this is normal behavior for 7200 RPM drives. Apple themselves have reportedly told this to users calling for a fix. I can only say I've used 7200 RPM drives in my MacBooks exclusively since they were available and I've never had this issue with any of them. This is not normal behavior, especially the freeze/hang associated with the beeps and clicks.
4. *Change Energy Saver Settings*: Set Energy Saver so the drives won't sleep. This has not fixed the issue for me. I always set the drives not to sleep as a matter of practice (necessary for HD video & Aperture work) and the issue remains.
5. *Problem with all MacBooks regardless of drive*: This is total b.s. We've got several MBPs here at my company and none of them have the issue.
_One Solution_
In May, I purchased a Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS 500GB 7200 RPM from NewEgg.com. Note that this is a non G-Force model of the same CTO drive. I had been using it in an external FW enclosure. I decided to swap the drives. *With the NewEgg 500/7200 drive in my 2009 MBP (3.06GHz), all of the issues are gone. The drive doesn't beep, doesn't click, and never, ever hangs or freezes.* It's whisper quite and very, very fast. I literally can't hear it unless I put my ear on the case.
The CTO drive, now housed in a FW800 external enclosure, continues to have the same problems. It no longer beeps, but clicks and clacks loudly, and still hangs and freezes. This would seem to entirely isolate the drive as the problem and remove the MacBook Pro from the equation.
Some posters in the other thread claim that Apple engineering has reviewed the problem, witnessed the beeps, clicks, and freezes, and had labeled them "normal behavior." If true, this is unacceptable. It is impossible to do any professional work, or even play a game for that matter, with a drive that constantly hangs or freezes. We have to stay diligent in pursuing a fix. Be polite, be friendly, but be persistent.
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My revision is 0006APM2 also. I would like to know this info as well especially since some posters are not having this problem.
That said - I think there is a business strategy behind all this. Apple is saying there is no problem so that they don't have to recall ALL drives in whatever spec, revision, etc., since that is an extremely expensive resolution. Instead, I think they will quietly fix it in an update and all of a sudden you will notice your drive isn't clicking and hesitating. Perhaps if there are drives out there that can't be corrected in this manner, they will issue a recall/replacement. Being in the software business, I tend to think it will play out this way. The few hotheads that actually return their machine will pale in comparison to the cost of a recall - especially if the affected batch of drives was large in scope.
I think if everyone sits tight it will get fixed. If not, the drive is only a $100-$150 component of this expensive computer and it can be user replaced. I do however strongly encourage anyone with this problem to report it to Apple regardless of the outcome.

Using a 7200 RPM hard drive- too hot?

A question about hard drives and heat. I've read using a 7200 RPM HD in a fanless slot load iMac may be too hot. What has been people's experiences with this? Does anyone have suggestions of cooler running drives? I have a 60 GB 7200 RPM IBM Deskstar that was original equipment in the Digital Audio I had that I'd like to try in my iMac to replace the original 4400 RPM 20 GB drive.
Also, has anyone added any fans to the inside case of their slot loader?

Hey Steve,
Here's a discussion from:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6805878&#6805878
">Other forums say that "modern" 7200rpm drives do not get dangerously hot. How modern is 2002?
Well if it were me and wanting to save everything I could I would go ahead. When this came up before I suggested putting a wrapped copper heat sink around the drive. I would at least put a thermal pad between the drive and the mass store cage to maximize heat transfer. (this is what's done in the eMac) If you did that you'd probably want to do the same thing between the cage and the divider panel.
I would then monitor the drive temp and if I felt it was too high I would go to a wrapped heat sink.
still too high - mini fan scab power off the 12 V supply to the drive.
When this was brought up before I read a study that said that there was no correlation in drive temps and failure rates."
Also, has anyone added any fans to the inside case of their slot loader?
I did this. Mounted a 12V squirrel cage fan in my son's iMac 500. It was just below the upper vents. I scabbed power off the 12V from the hard drive.
It worked in there for about two years but I noticed it was kind of noisy even tho' that's the quietest type of fan.
Later I thought you could mount a more conventional type directly over the back of the HD mounting cage.
However in all these iMacs the most common point of failure is in the upper part of the iMac. ( The PAV board ) Most often this is due to heat buildup and involves the high voltage capacitors and flyback transformer. That was actually why I mounted that fan in the upper section.
Richard
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Is it possible to put a larger 7200 rpm hard drive in my Mini?

Howdy folks.
Just a quick question...is it possible to put a off-the-shelf notebook 200 or 300gig 7200rpm hard drive into my Mac Intel Dual core Mini? Are there heat issues with this speed drive and if not, can I get one at any Comp USA or C. City or Best Buy? (Right now my new Mini has an 5400 80gig drive in it.)
Also, if I can do this can someone guide me to a site or an article on how to do this. Finally, will any type of notebook drive suffice or is there something I should look for as a specific type drive for the Mini?
Many thanks in advance for the assistance.
Randy

Thank you...I looked at the videos and they are indeed very helpful. (Though getting the Mini open doesn't look like much fun!)
Wondering still however....any heat issues from a 7200 drive over a 5400, or is it a pretty much moot point?
Thank you in advance for the help.
Randy

Problems with "non-Apple" Hitachi 100GB/7200 RPM internal drives?

I bought a Hitachi Travelstar 7K100 drive from a third-party vendor and had it installed in my 15" PBG4, which promptly began kernel-panicking when coming out of sleep. Pulled the Travelstar and reinstalled the original 60GB drive, and the kernel panics have stopped (up to this point, anyway). Has anyone else had (or heard of) any problems with the 7K100 drives and the 15" PowerBooks, or have I just run into an odd quirk?

The Hitachi drive should work in your machine. I know at least one person who has a 100GB 7K100 working happily––even after dropping his PB on a marble floor recently....
Something particular to your machine or to the drive's installation caused the kernel panics, I'd say.

7200 rpm hard drive for Mac Book..use up battery faster?

Would a 7200rpm hard drive use up the battery faster in a Mac Book. There wouldn't be any problems with heat or anything either, would there?
thanks!!

The power requirements are virtually the same for their 5400rpm counterparts (100GB Seagate Momentus 5400rpm to 7200rpm for example) so on that front I wouldn't be concerned.
What I would consider is that 7200rpm drives do in fact get hotter than their 5400rpm drive counterparts not to mention that can be much noisier. While I wouldn't expect the difference to be serious it is worth considering.

OSX will not run on my new Seagate 7200 rpm 160GB drive

I tried 'restoring' to this drive as an external drive but this Macbook will not start up from it. I have been all over the internet and seen where people are using this drive as a replacement internal drive. I partitioned it as one partition and then as two 80s. Each time I try to install OSX on it from my restore disk it shows up as a drive, but with a red exclamation and OSX says it cant go on that disk. I can write to the disk and it mounts as both internal and external, but I can not figure out how anyone is getting OSX to run from it. The drive is a Seagate ST916082 3ASG. It is a SATA, and both it and my previous Toshiba drive will mount in the external case that I got for it. I think it is an OSX weirdness.

Hi dancarmack;
Changing to the Guid Partition Table is an option when reformatting.
Reformat will wipe out all data on the disk.
You don't have to worry about OS 9 drivers. Your MacBook does not run OS 9.
Allan
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Installing New Hitachi 60 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive!!!! HELP!!!!

Hello i am installing the above hardrive into my powerbook G4 12" Aluminum. Does anyone know if there is any additionaly parts or compatability parts i may need, or is it just plug in the new hardrive as easy as the old one popped out? Thanks

I would strongly advise to get the drive installed by a technician. This hasn't to be necessarily an Apple guy, of course.
Not quite. If the PowerBook is still under warranty then a hard drive replacement, which is not deemed to be a user-replaceable component by Apple, will invalidate any remaining warranty.
If no warranty remains then, of course, it's not a problem but an Apple Authorised Service Provider will have more experience of such tasks than a 'generic' computer service centre - thus less chance of something going badly wrong.
As an extra note of caution - there have been plenty of people who have attempted their own hard drive replacement only to cause much more expensive damage to the logic board, which can happen quite easily when detaching the data cable. Too much force and it's even possible to tear off a piece of the logic board.
2.0GHz MacBook, 15" 1.25GHz/12" 1GHz PBs, 2xPPC Mac minis, 12" iBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.8) Cube, 2xTAMs, iPod 4G & nano 2G, 1G & 2G iPs, AEBS, AX

My MBP 2012 version is vibrating because 7200 RPM Hard Drive

Someone know any firmware update for the 2011 later?

It is a matter of degree. If you think it is vibrating too much take it in for evaluation by the technicians at the genius bar. It may well be that it is defective and should be replaced. Or it may simply be 'normal'.
I assume you still have you warranty in effect, so use it!
Ciao.

Fusion Drive vs Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm

I'm looking to buy an iMac for the main purpose of editing multicam film from GoPro Hero3's: Black Edition. Clips will not exceed 5 min and I'll be using FCP. I am going to get the 27in. My big dilema is spending the extra money on Fusion Drive when I know I will use an external drive for all my media anyway. I would like to get the 7200 rpm drive with 16GB RAM. Will that be good enough for the type of editing I'll be doing?

I currently have a 27" iMac with 16GB RAM and that is plenty for the work I do. I edit short films (any where between 5 and 45 minutes, music videos, and documentaries (~5-60 minutes). Most of the media is 1080p.
You will be fine for the work you are doing. Just make sure you have at least a 7200 RPM external drive to store your media then some where to back up your media/project. (do not edit with out backups!!)

Just a question concerning the hard drive choices, 7200 rpm or 5200 rpm?

Hi guys, i wanna ask you guys would the 7200 rpm hard drive make a big difference over the std 5200 rpm drive?
Is this only a online store option or can i walk into a macstore and request one with a 7200 rpm drive in? will this take them extra time to setup or should they have stock on hand?
Finally are the drives being used in these models SATA2?
Replies would be greatly appreciated

Not likely as most Apple stores carry only stock configurations so if they don't have a configuration with a 7200 RPM drive already installed, then you buy what they have. You can order custom configurations from the online Apple Store. Some local retailers may be willing to swap a drive for you, but at additional cost that may be more than ordering the custom configuration directly from Apple.
Apple is likely using 3.0 Gb/s drives now since that's pretty much what all the new OEM drives will be. All 3.0 Gb/s drives adhere to the SATA II protocol standards (as do many 1.5 Gb/s drives depending on when they were made.) SATA II just refers to a protocol standard and has nothing specifically to do with the speed of the drive's interface.

Raptor combined wth WD 7200 RPM drives?

If I bought a Raptor X to use as a dedicated flight sim drive but left OS X and Windows XP Boot camp on their respective 7200 RPM WD drives, is there any relevant gain in speed or do all simply slow to the speed of the slower 7200 RPM drives?
I have two 320 GD WD drives and two 500 GB WD drives (all 7200 RPM) installed now; one drive with Leopard, one with Tiger and one with XP Boot Camp, one as general storage.
Sorry if this has already been answered, I searched but didn't see an answer in thr forums..

I hate to guess - combined as in RAID together?
Raptors make nice boot drives as is. RAID doesn't generally offer any improvement and it would be foolish to pair into a RAID.
I use 74GB Raptor for OS X and one for Vista. Also messing around with putting all the temp and the page file on a Raptor in Vista as well.
You already have all four drive bays "accounted for."
RAID (and memory) are common topics.

7200 rpm replacement hard drives

Is anyone else having issues after installing a 7200 rpm hard drive? I bought the Western Digital 320GB Scorpio black, it seems to be working perfectly except it vibrates... It's just enough that you can tell its vibrating right under your hands when typing. Anyone else have a similar issue? I am thinking it may be the drive, but I'm not 100% sure...

Yep. Great suggestion, it was after I installed it the first time and had it put back together, is when I noticed it. I figured that the rubber dampers might be off so I opened it back up and re-checked it. The dampers were in right, but I did notice that if I loosened them a little, (instead of screwed in snugly) it put enough pressure on the sides of the mount bay that it reduced the vibration some. After all of that the vibration is still noticeable. I am wondering if anyone else has had a similar issue and if so was it with a 7200 rpm drive? The one that came with the MBP was 5400 rpm and it didn't seem to vibrate at all.
Could the drive be bad? I hate to send it back if there is nothing wrong with it, I hope I am not missing something here.

Can an Intel Core Duo handle a 7200 rpm drive?

I'm now thinking of getting a 7200 rpm hard drive. The biggest I could find was a Seagate at 200GB. Would a 7200 rpm work in my MacBook Pro that previously had a 5400 rpm drive? I have a MacBook Pro 15", Intel Core Duo, 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM. I want to upgrade the hard drive to a larger size at 7200 rpm.
Thanks,
Lou

*"Would a 7200 rpm work in my MacBook Pro that previously had a 5400 rpm drive?"*
Yes

7200 RPM ATA Drive?

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