New Seagate 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive Question

Hi Everyone,
I bought a new i5 15.4" Macbook Pro on the first day they were available and yesterday I upgraded the hard drive from the stock 320 GB 5400RPM Drive. My question is that with the stock drive I was able to hear the heads park on the drive if the macbook was ever moved suddenly or fast. Since putting the new drive in yesterday and doing a clean install on the drive. Although it is super silent and I don't feel a lot of vibration on that side of the macbook, I never hear the heads park. I also don't or haven't heard any clicks that other users have been experiencing with this drive, or at least not yet anyways.
Is there a way to test to make sure that they are in fact parking?. The Sudden Motion Sensor is enabled in the system profiler. What else can I check out?
The exact model of hard drive I installed was: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB Model:ST9500420AS
This model doesn't included g-force. As I was told to get the one without it.
I just want to make sure the drive is functioning properly as it should...
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated
Thanx
Greg

gorylewis wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I bought a new i5 15.4" Macbook Pro on the first day they were available and yesterday I upgraded the hard drive from the stock 320 GB 5400RPM Drive. My question is that with the stock drive I was able to hear the heads park on the drive if the macbook was ever moved suddenly or fast. Since putting the new drive in yesterday and doing a clean install on the drive. Although it is super silent and I don't feel a lot of vibration on that side of the macbook, I never hear the heads park. I also don't or haven't heard any clicks that other users have been experiencing with this drive, or at least not yet anyways.
Is there a way to test to make sure that they are in fact parking?. The Sudden Motion Sensor is enabled in the system profiler. What else can I check out?
The exact model of hard drive I installed was: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB Model:ST9500420AS
This model doesn't included g-force. As I was told to get the one without it.
I just want to make sure the drive is functioning properly as it should...
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated
Thanx
Greg
Wouldn't it be easier to go the Apple Logo on the upper left corner and check about this Mac and click more info. There you will hopefully see:
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
I did a swap too. Removed the stock 500 GB 5400 RPM and installed a 500 MB 7200 RPM. Sensor Enabled.
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