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i got my new imac 8.1 in mid 2009 is it  normal to get an older model when there is a newer model ? i just figured it out this week

It's also possible that the heat damage, if that's what it really is, was caused by overheating while you were using it.
Get iStat Pro widget to monitor the temps and possibly prevent overheating of the new drive. You want to keep the drive temp as close as possible to 45C. 45-50 probably still OK, but constantly or very often above that will shorten the drive life.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/12/hard-drive-temperatures-be-afraid.html
If there was noticeable heat damage to the drive, and it might not have been that, the temps would have had to have been extraordinarily high. Don't know about your model, but the thermal shutdown temp for some older Macs was 85C.
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/20364/istat-pro

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