New style of Torx Srews on Hard Drive cradle / caddy

I have just bought and done an internal HD upgrade to my Macbook C2D. I installed a 160GB Western Digital Scorpio drive to replace the 80GB Toshiba.
The new internal hard drive cradle (the one that has the 4 x torx screws) has now got two different types of screws. 2 screws have a small flange (like a washer that is part of the screw head) and 2 screws that don't have the flange.
In my haste in laying all the parts out for an easy re assembly I confused the different screws.
Can anyone tell me if they can confirm if the screws without the flange go nearest to the Sata connector? I am fairly certain this is correct. But it would be nice to know for sure.
One other question maybe someone knows about. My new Western Digital drive has vibration that my original Toshiba didn't have. I first noticed it when I put the drive into an external case for cloning. I thought maybe the Macbook chassis might suppress the vibration completely but it didn't. I am just wondering if this is 'normal' for this type of drive.
Thanks in advance
MacBook 13.3 C2D Mac OS X (10.4.9) 2GB Ram, 160 WD HD

update
The Technician at my local Apple store went to the trouble of opening up a MacBook to find out the answer for me. How's that for good service!
The correct assembly of the screws is as I thought. With the non-flanged screws closest to the sata connector. Perhaps the flanged screws at the farthest end are in place to limit vibration which isn't a problem near the connector as the connector limits vibration at that end.
As for the drive I am still not certain whether this is going to cause a problem or disk failure.
I would be greateful to hear from anyone regarding the Western Digital Scorpio 2.5" 160GB 8Mb drive with respect to excessive vibrations.
MacBook 2.0 C2D 2.0GB 160GB WD HD Mac OS X (10.4.9) Shiny White and two weeks old

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