Hitachi Travelstar 100GB 7200 RPM

Hi.
I'm replacing the HD in my 12" Power Book G4. 867 processor
machine model: Powerbook 6,1
CPU: Power PC G4 (3.3)
Swapping out a broken Toshiba 55.89 GB drive.
I'd like to buy the Hitachi Travelstar 7k100
7200 Rpm ATA-6
Will it work with my machine?
Thanks
D

Yes. Good choice, it performs well:
http://www.barefeats.com/hard61.html
This 7200rpm will not have a dramatic impact on battery life above a 5400rpm drive.
Matt

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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....
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I would strongly advise to get the drive installed by a technician. This hasn't to be necessarily an Apple guy, of course.
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I similarly recently installed a 60 GB Hitachi Travelstar 7200 rpm in my TiPB 867 replacing the original 40 GB 4200 rpm drive.
That spinning "fan like" noise you hear is normal, It is the drive itself. I had the noise with my 4200 drive and it took me quite a while to realise that the noise was not the fan at low speed. If the noise seems louder then it is because the drive is spinning much faster. When the fan(s) come on you will notice the noise difference. Actually I am now not sure of the speed advantage of 7200 v 4200/5400 because the fan(s) come on earlier than they used to, which is of course quite normal. I know the fans have no effect on the drive speed but it just seems to somewhat negate the speed increase when the fans come on earlier. And I suspect that the "average" home user can not really tell the difference between 5400 and 7200 rpm. Certainly more modern PBs than ours are better designed to handle higher speed drives.
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7200RPM 200GB Hitachi Travelstar

Hey there
I'm new to this forum...
Has anyone tried the 7200RPM 200GB Hitachi Travelstar in the 12" Powerbook..
After 5 years of very happy computing, I am upgrading my poor battered laptop.. It now has the max ram and I want to speed up the drive.. I have read about the heat and battery issues but will try it anyway..
Cool forum BTW
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Unless I am mistaken, Hitachi's 2.5" 7200 RPM 200GB Travelstar is a Serial ATA drive, which is not compatible with any PowerBook since they use Parallel ATA (aka IDE).
The largest compatible 7200RPM drive currently available is the 100GB Travelstar. However, if you want the capacity, then Western Digital's 250GB 5400RPM Scorpio is the largest you can get, and the speed isn't too bad. Other good but less capacious alternatives are the 5400RPM 160GB offerings from Hitachi and Seagate.
Unless you are doing highly disk intensive work, the speed difference between 5400RPM and 7200RPM should be hardly noticeable in day-to-day usage.

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Paneer wrote:
Can you give me an idea what difference it makes in terms of battery life compared to the standard 5400 rpm HDDs?
Not likely to be that much different. The power draw from plugging in a USB flash drive is likely to be more than the difference between most 7200 and 5400 hard drives. It is highly dependent on the particular drive though. There are always manufacturing variations that can affect heat and power consumption. Some hard drives are also notorious for having great datasheet specs for power consumption, but in the real world they draw more power.
I haven't had any heat problems with my Hitachi Travelstar 7K200. I have heard of some issues with the newer Travelstar 7K320 though. It's supposed to have lower power consumption and heat draw, but perhaps that's a case where the datasheet is rather optimistic. I'd think the speed is probably top of the line with that drive.
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the box with a brand new external usb drive i am planning to purchase from my local computer store doesn't say whether it's as fast as 5400 or 7200 rpm.
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Aram Rian wrote:
thanks for the reply.
hmm, well i still need to somehow make sure the rotation speed of the usb hard drive i am going to purchase is 7200 rpm
I don't think it really matters from a practical point of view. The maximum sustained transfer speeds you can get out of Hi-Speed USB (USB2) is about 30-35 MB/sec. This is well under the speeds that most current 5400 RPM notebook drives are capable of. For example, a Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 drive is capable of up to 729 Mbit/sec, which is higher than 90 MB/sec.

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Hi, for anyone here using a 7200 RPM drive in their macbook, can you post your experience regarding vibration felt on the palmrest and also what brand drive you have.
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Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 200GB. I've had it since last January. Never a noticeable vibration, although the sound of the bearings/platters spinning seems to have increased recently. I don't find that unusual since that's typical for any hard drive.
The hard drives don't typically produce noticeable vibration unless they're loose. Have you checked to see that it's secure in the drive bay? I've heard that sometimes the little shock-absorbing "bumpers rails" in there can get dislodged in the installation process.

7200 rpm HDD Choice

Hi, I recently puchased a PB G4 12 1.5Ghz, and I am thinking of upgrading the HDD from the current 80GB to a 100GB RPM.
My question: Does the Hitachi Travelstar 7K100 fit my powerbook?
if it fits, is this HDD a reliable one? or if there are any better alternatives that you would recommend?
Thanks a lot for any helps
regards

OWC has a good selection of drive that fit PBs at http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/ Look down the left side of the page, as arnie mentioned, your PB can't use an SATA drive, which are used in Apple's Intel-based machines. OWC ships internationally, however, you can probably find your choice of drive locally in UK, too.
If warranty coverage is a consideration, Seagate drives offer a 5 year warranty, and most others offer a 3 year warranty.
As mentioned, regular backup is essential. Some take the working drives out of their notebooks, and put them into an external enclosure when they upgrade their hard drives, and use it for backup.
If you scan these discussions, you'll find several who have the Hitatchi 7200rpm drives and seem pleased with them.

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