Western Digital 10000 rpm on G4?

Hi, i'd like to buy a Western Digital 74 Gb SATA 10000 rpm disk.
do you know if it works with my G4? (of course with a pci sata adapter)

Hi
Yes both drives are 10,000 rpm. They're also the newer 16MB cache models.
I think the Western Digital web page must be out of date, as all Macs these days ship with SATA drives anyway, and as far as I'm aware a SATA drive is a SATA drive as far as the OS is concerned. I seem to remember there were one or two SATA incompatibilities at the hardware level in that some manufacturers shipped SATA drives with SSC (spread spectrum clocking) enabled which isn't supported by most PCI SATA cards (or the SATA controller in some Macs come to that), but from memory this only related to certain Seagate drives (7200.9s?).
I certainly haven't had any problems with mine in a Quicksilver 2002. In fact they're the only drives installed internally, one being used as the OS X boot drive. Some people mention possible heat issues and I wouldn't stack the drives in the U shaped bracket, one on top of the other. I've one in the front drive bay and one in the rear, both on the flat drive sledges rather than in the U shaped bracket.

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How about a Western Digital 1 TB WD Blue SATA II 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache Notebook Hard Drive for a MBP? Fits? Runs hot? Battery life?

wjosten wrote:
Stay away from the Blue or Green drives, problematic in some Mac's. Stick with Black.
Rats! Might that explain the 51% discount?
Bimmer 7 Series wrote:
hey Courcoul did you buy that drive?
They're good drives - but i hope you're talking about the Black Edition and not the Blue ones....
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* This post talks about using parted from the shell for the partitioning.
* I've also read in various places to simply start the partition with fdisk in sector mode (hitting 'u') and be sure to start at sector 64 rather than on sector 63. Example. Example 2 (you have to search for the keyword 'linux')
* I've also read to do the same, except to start at sector 2048.
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EDIT: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Format
Last edited by graysky (2011-08-31 13:12:05)

I just used fdisk (setting both modes 'c' and 'u') and aligned it to sector 2048 - interestingly, in sector mode, the default starting point is not 63 or 64 but 2048 in the current version of fdisk (2.17.2) so it's automatically taking care of the 4k sector size for me. Everything works fast so I'm assuming that it's correct.
Credit to this post.
Here are some reference numbers on three drives
a = Seagate 7200.12 ST31000528AS (1.0 TB) spinning at 7200 RPM
b = WD Black WD1001FALS (1.0 TB) spinning at 7200 RPM
c = WD Green WD20EARS (2.0 TB) spinning at 5900 RPM
# hdparm -Tt /dev/sd[a-c]
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 15512 MB in 1.99 seconds = 7780.21 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 338 MB in 3.02 seconds = 112.07 MB/sec
/dev/sdb:
Timing cached reads: 15796 MB in 1.99 seconds = 7922.77 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 308 MB in 3.01 seconds = 102.20 MB/sec
/dev/sdc:
Timing cached reads: 15128 MB in 1.99 seconds = 7586.77 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 356 MB in 3.01 seconds = 118.08 MB/sec
Not too bad considering the WD20EARS spins ~18 % slower than the other two.
EDIT: This drive also attempts to part the read heads once every 8 seconds which is just horrible. Use hdparm in your /etc/rc.local to disable this 'feature' and likely add life to your hdd:
# echo "hdparm -S 242 /dev/sdX" > /etc/rc.local
EDIT2: Here is a trivial script that detects the presence of this drive on my system and automatically send that hdparm command. Note that I only have a WD20EARS and this script won't work for multiple copies.
#!/bin/bash
test=`fdisk -l | grep 2000.4 | cut -c13-13`
if [ -z "$test" ]; then
echo retarded drive not found, exiting
exit 0
else
echo retarded drive found, fixing lcc
hdparm -S 242 /dev/sd$test
fi
Last edited by graysky (2010-06-27 06:58:30)

X/Four Western Digital 150GB Raptor X 10000RPM SATA/ Internal HD ?

hope all Mac pro's OK,
i will be grateful if you pros out-there could help out.
after 10 years of MS Windows i made up my mind to get into the real world of Apple/Macx. My new Mac pro is arriving soon with the following configuration:
*Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon*
*4GB(4 x 1GB)*
*250GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s*
*NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB*
*Both Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and AirPort Extreme*
*Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple wireless Mighty Mouse*
*Dell,2407 24inch widescreen monitor*
I plan to get X4 Western Digital 150GB Raptor X 10000RPM SATA/Internal HD from Amazon at the below link
+http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-10000RPM-Internal-WD1500AHFDRTL/dp/B000FBS 01K/ref=pdbbs_sr1/102-6487397-5919346?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1186251321&sr=1-1+
I want to set them-up in Raid 0 configuration and use the first 2 HD for Mac OS X and use the other 2 for MS Windoes XP 32 bit and have the 250GB that comes with the mac pro partitioned in 2 for back-up by OS X & MS XP.
my Question, is this configuration OK on this mac pro and will the x4 150GB Raptor X specs fit the Mac pro.
NOte: this Mac pro is for my personal use.
Thank you All

Skip the "X" series and stay with the regular model.
Amazon: you don't need anything after the product ID:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-10000RPM-Internal-WD1500AHFDRTL/dp/B000FBS 01K
There are usually less expensive places to pick up Raptor.
You might find one Raptor is fine. Even if it is 50% full (max I would go with).
And use the 2nd for "home" directory. Actually faster to split OS/Apps and home.
That way you can update the OS, and leave 'home' intact. Great for backups and restore also, or moving to Leopard later.
You could put Windows on 74GB Raptor and use 500GB drives for data.
The Raptor X is not designed for RAID. The WD1500ADFD is.
http://www.amazon.com/10000RPM-Buffer-Serial-3-5INCH-Raptor/dp/B000FBLUOE/
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD1500ADFD/
I find the WD Caviar SE16 500GB AAKS to be fine, too.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FBSREK/
The Mac Pro is fast. Mostly it depends on use, scratch drives, and drives for media and data.
StorageReview.com has tried to dispel the notion of using RAID boot drive for years. There are some benchmark tests on Macs using RAID vs non, including the Raptor.
http://www.barefeats.com
But it depends on what you want, use it for, etc. You might want the Radeon X1900, or more memory, or both.
And yes, I spent a month with booting from Raptor RAID. I prefer the Raptor for boot drive. It can be louder, and some people find that unacceptable. The WD RE2 500GB is a good fast and quiet drive for booting (use 1/3 outer partition) or for RAID.

Difference between two Western Digital 640 GB SATA drives?

Does anyone know what the difference is between the below two Western Digital 640 GB SATA drives?
WD6400AAKSA: [http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD6400AAKSA>
WD6400AAKS: [http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD6400AAKS>
The top one is referred to as "Serial ATA 3G" and also as "Apple Rom Caviar".
The bottom one is referred to as "SE16 SATA-II" and also simply as "Caviar".
The top one has a 1-year warranty, while the bottom one has a 3-year warranty.
Otherwise, they appear similar. For example, they both have 7200 RPM rotation speeds, 16 MB of cache, and 8.9 ms read seek times.
Is the "SATA-II" of the bottom one significant?

Great news John, thanks!
But normally the Caviar "Blues" have a 1 year warranty, the Caviar "Blacks" a 3 year warranty.
Should've read...
But normally the Caviar "Blues" have a 3 year warranty, the Caviar "Blacks" a 5 year warranty.

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I contacted WD and was told that "It is quite possible that the computer cannot manage the capacity and energy demand of this drive. If the previous drive was under 250 GB, a 640 GB drive will encounter these issues."
I'd never hear of this problem, and I'm really confused since the new drive has a lower rated energy requirement (it's a 5400 rpm vs 7200) than the previous drive. Has anyone else had these problems? Can someone tell me whether this is reality or obfuscation on the part of Western Digital?
Message was edited by: jdcineaste

Hi Brody - what makes you think the 640Gb isn't a 'notebook' drive? I've a 640Gb one that's been in my Macbook Pro, although now it's in my Samsung Netbook.
The unit worked perfectly fine in my late 2008 unit? It's a 9.5mm unit that as far as I know adheres to the 2.5" SATA specifications? Like I say, worked fine in mine.
This is the unit in question: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-322-WD&groupid=701&catid =14&subcat=896
...or full specifications here: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=683
Even WD's spec says 'Big Capacity for Mobile Computing'.
Personally I doubt whether this issue is with power - it's probably more to do with the random pausing that some machines experience with certain drives. I had it before I upgraded to an SSD back when I had a 500Gb 5400RPM Seagate Momentus for example - you can read about my experiences with there here: http://www.markc.me.uk/MarkC/Blog/Entries/2009/6/13Macbook_Pro_Hard_DiskUpgrade.html
I know that doesn't help the original poster that much unfortunately, but I don't think it's an issue with the drive being inherently incompatible with the Macbooks/Laptops as such. Saying that, the OP has a 2.33Ghz MBP and I don't think the pausing issues apply that far back, well not in the same manner anyways.

Something to say about Western Digital Caviar 250 Gig?

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WESTERN DIGITAL- WD2500JS
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Thanks in advance

Hello all,
I have a Power G5 dual 2Ghz and have recently bought and installed a second HD. It happened to be a WD Caviar 250 GB, SATA-II, 16MB 7200 rpm, and it only lasted one month: it soon started to make metallic noises (as if the head was falling on the disk) and then crashed.
I first thought the disk was defective so I had it replaced with a new one, same model. As soon as I installed it (upper bay) this second disk also started to have the same problems as the first one and crashed after 4 days.
I was wondering if there is any known incompatibility. In particular, the disk is labelled as SATA-II, while the manual I got with my Power G5 talks about SATA disk: are they the same thing? Or do I have to set some jumpers/switches etc.?
I hope someone can help, I am desperate, I dont't know if my Mac has a problem or I'm just not using the right disks or the correct settings.
Any suggestions on some tests or anything I can try?
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I need to upgrade my MacBook 13" white 2008 hard drive. I have found a WD6400BPVT western digital Scorpio blue 640GB (5400rpm) SATA 8MB 2.5" will this fit and work? Many thanks for any help

I need to upgrade my MacBook 13" white 2008 hard drive. I have found a WD6400BPVT western digital Scorpio blue 640GB (5400rpm) SATA 8MB 2.5" will this fit and work? Many thanks for any help

I had a 640GB HDD in my Early 2008 Macbook and it was just too much it would always freeze up the computer a bit for only a few seconds but ya. Then I realized that it was the size of the HDD that was causing it since the Early 2008 Macbook models can only handle a MAX od 500GB while the Early 2008 Macbook Pros could have a MAX of 640GB (Lucked out there!) lol But ya the Early 2008 Mocbooks can only handle a MAX HDD size of 500GB and that's it!! lol

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Hi!
This is what I've got.
KT3 Ultra-ARU (MS-6380E)
AMD 2000+
256 MB 333mhz RAM (AMD Compatible)
Seagate ST330630A 30GB (an old drive)
Maxtor 6L080J4 80GB
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 6Y080L0 80Gb 7200rpm 2Mb UDMA133 Fluid IDE
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Western Digital Caviar WD2000JB 200Gb 7200rpm Special Edition UDMA100 IDE
Promise 100 IDE-controller
Creative Geforce MX 440
Lite-on LTR-40125W
NEC ND-1300 DVD
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IDE2: WD1800BG (Cabel Select)
IDE3(Raid1): Maxtor 6LO80J4 (Master) and Maxtor 6Y080L0 (Slave) raided as an single drive
IDE4(Raid2): WD2000JB (Cable Select)
IDE5(IDE-controller1):
IDE6(IDE-controller2): NEC ND-1300 (Master) and Lite-on LTR-40125W (Slave)
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I've updated all the software drivers so I've got the newest and I'm currently runnign Win2k SP3 with almost every patch installed on it.
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When I've hook my WD2000JB to the on-board raid everything seems to be working normaly. The bios finds the drive and makes a new array. Win2k boots up and finds the drive and I can create an partition. But when I've try to format it it the computer starts to freeze for a while and then acts like normal again. The HDD-led blinks as it should during the "normal" time, but when the comp. freezes it stops blinking. The formatation stops at 7% and the HDD-led stops lighting. I don't get an error eventhough it was several hours since it stoped. And the formatation takes like 30min for 1%.
When I connect the WD2000JB to the IDE3 I can format it and it acts just like normal. I even did a full system test with the System tool found on Western Digitals support site and it didn't find any errors. But when move it to the raid-IDE the errors return. I've get Error reading / writing to disk and when I've did a chkdsk I've got the "Coudn't use Device) so I did a scandisk and it found very very many errors so it completly ereased everything that was on it.
And when I've run Western Digitals program again i've get an error (Disk error read/writing) error code: 0113.
Can it be that the Western Disk doesn't work well with Raid? I've haven't heard anything about that, so...
Best regars,
Mathias

You can have a look at my hardware below...
Chassis: Antec 1080B (300w PSU / 180w COMBINED)
Mainboard: MSI KT3 Ultra ARU
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1800+
Display: ABIT Siluro GF4 Ti4200 AGP 4X
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Monitor: KDS Visual Sensations VS-190
Mouse: Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical
NICs: 3Com 3C900B / DLink DFE-530TX
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Sound: Avance AC'97 Audio
I've had similar problems where my system becomes very unstable at higher bus speeds. Installing Windows XP simply didn't work very good. However, I have ordered a new PSU today as a solution to this problem. Basically, CPUs and video cards are much more demanding and the more devices you have in your computer the more power you're going to need. I recommend purchasing the Enermax EG465P-VE (FCA) 450W ATX PS. It has a higher amperage rating and will most likely solve your problem.
Check your PSU and your bus speed settings...

Hallo ,why is it that when I delete a photo ,which is backed up by time machine and western digital external hard drive , that I am able to restore the photo okay but not the titles and descriptions . I have a Macbook 4.1, mac osx 10.5.8 . Iphoto 7.1.5 ,

QUESTION.
Hallo , my question is ;whenever I delete a photo and restore it through Time machine and Western digital external hard drive , I am able to restore the photo but not the titles and descriptions . Western Digital inform me that it isn't their external hard drive problem and suggest that it is an Apple software problem ?
I am using a Macbook 4.1 , with Mac OSX 10.5.8 . I photo 7.1.5 , last modifie4d 01/05/2010 -universal . Should I be upgrading Iphoto ?
I hope that someone is able to help in this matter , as i have to restore 12000 photos !
Thanking you in anticipation.
Alan from Wigton

Hallo Kieth ,
I am not quite ready to restore the full iphoto library , as I have days of work re - imputting titles,descriptions and enhancement . I hope that your suggestion works , as I use my Macbook basically to work with digital photography. Through time , I will need to delete my library to recover more disc space and I would hate to have to spend more time re - imputting titles and descriptions all over again .
Thanks for your interest and advice.
regards - Alan

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