What is the right HD drive for the new (2008) mac pro

what's exactly the difference between Sata I, Sata II, sata 150, sata 300, sata 3gb ???
what drive's should i use in the new mac pro ? any advice / clearification would be great !

Thats a very good drive, I've been using them in Sony Vaios and laptops for years in various forms and they are blazing fast, never had one problem with them.
I think they have software on the website which lets you config the drive for acoustically quieter operation or 'full bore' speed. Been awhile since I've bought one so maybe thats not available anymore.

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What is the best video card for an Early 2008 Mac Pro

I have an early mac pro with a solid state drive. I use Adobe CC 2014. The old video card is not working. I loaded Yosemite and have bad problems using Prem Pro CC.
Any suggestions on the most suitable video card?

We love it when people want us to guess what video card and other items you have .... price is no object of course right.... and you want CUDA? so that means a GTX this time instead of what you have (5770 upgrade? no, the original 2600XT that really should have been ditched long ago).
Yosemite also makes more demands on the GPU.
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Yes, you get this message because you cannot install the nVidia rivers only executing the exe file.
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I just installed a 3TB hard drive on an early 2008 mac pro and the system doesn't recognize the drive. What now?

I just installed a 3TB hard drive on an early 2008 mac pro and it is not recognized/not visible. What now?

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WhiteList:
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Rick,
When you get a chance.... DSLReports is off line: their SQL server decided to take its indexes and access to data. Power. Not enough of the right kind of UPS. Same happened to StorageReview's "Drive Reliability Database" about 8-9 yrs ago.
dslreports.com is offline
Fri Apr 20 09:05:55 EDT 2012
SSD: Loading CS5 plus other little monsters might matter.
Lots of small I/Os
latency of 1/100th where nanoseconds replace those "long" milliseconds
System: Small and fast.
DLLoyd even goes for short-stroking drives to get and maintain highest I/O
The new 10k VRs hit 200MB/sec - I still use them and still find them useful, long lasting, feel responsive with whatever I ask of them. I know they get criticized and "cost too much"
Just bought a new WD Black and yes it is better than the 2008 model I was using.
600GB 10K $200 vs $150-220 for WD Black. your choice
I can destroy a 7.2k drive, I have brought ever 10K drive back after a simple WD Extended Test in Lifeguard.
I don't really care about $$/GB or I wouldn't have just bought Intel 128GB $149
Database: the pros put the index in memory and page fix (virtual volumes in memory; cache; hold disk drive index in memory). Caching storage has been around for almost 40 yrs.
Today you can use SSDs as front end cache to hold DB indexes and frequent data for web servers and such adn use slower secondary storage.
SSD + SAS + 4TB storage
Separating the system from data: #1 must
Having data on array: been what I use
I put a large photo library on 2 x 10K VRs vs SSD and couldn't tell much difference (SSD is soundless of course) But my WD Blacks make as much noise and run 15*C hotter than those 10K (not what you expect?)
While 10K and 7.2K are in the 140-180MB/sec range, they are in 3.0 to 12.0 ms seeks, not 0.01 ms.
People wonnder why shrink a drive to 2.5" (or why not go down to 1.8".
How long does it take to reposition a disk head? how often? the 10K VR travels on outer tracks at 70 MPH. Really trying to fly off into space.
It uses one step to find the "zip code" and then another DSP to find the "house."
True of any high density perpendicular recording mechanism.
And of course while the Raptor-X tried to find a home with famers, Cheetah buyers, the WD 10K line has more of a home where servers and small form factor drives - and 100s of them - can fit in a rackmount server I imagine.
Anyway.... if SR and DSLReports can drop out of site due to power and hardware failure and loss... we can learn some and hope to protect our own data and investments.

Mac Crashes.... for the last two days I upon power up I have experienced the "White screen of death" on my 2008 Mac Pro 2.8.

for the last several days I have experienced the dreaded wite screen of death upon power up of my 2008 Mac Pro 2.8,
Screen will hang white - no apple logo - when I hit the power button resart - the mac power light does not go out, but "clicks" and the mac will restart.
I get the white apple logo screen and then some terminal script (about 20-25 lines) that lasts for a dew seconds - then an apple message appears telling me that my computer needs to be restarted due to an error - press a key or wat.... this will cycle continuously.
If I power down and boot in safe mode - the computer seems to start up - with a crash log.
Once I restart from safe mode - the mac seems to start fine and I am using it without issue - (of course until I power down and come back in the studio the following day...)
I am not familiar with crash logs - but here are the two most recent...
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 25449 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    68CEF3A2-4EFE-D602-DB91-4A773D0A413B
Wed Jul 31 21:26:23 2013
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff801109e53b): "TLB invalidation IPI timeout: " "CPU(s) failed to respond to interrupts, unresponsive CPU bitmap: 0x80, NMIPI acks: orig: 0x0, now: 0x0"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.24.15/osfmk/x86_64/pmap.c:2337
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff82f8cdbaa0 : 0xffffff801101d626
0xffffff82f8cdbb10 : 0xffffff801109e53b
0xffffff82f8cdbb90 : 0xffffff80110a2d50
0xffffff82f8cdbc50 : 0xffffff80110a3585
0xffffff82f8cdbca0 : 0xffffff801106720c
0xffffff82f8cdbd90 : 0xffffff801106b0e0
0xffffff82f8cdbdc0 : 0xffffff8011065bdf
0xffffff82f8cdbdf0 : 0xffffff8011402243
0xffffff82f8cdbe10 : 0xffffff8011464c0c
0xffffff82f8cdbe50 : 0xffffff80110943a3
0xffffff82f8cdbe80 : 0xffffff8011020b3d
0xffffff82f8cdbeb0 : 0xffffff8011010448
0xffffff82f8cdbf00 : 0xffffff801101961b
0xffffff82f8cdbf70 : 0xffffff80110a6536
0xffffff82f8cdbfb0 : 0xffffff80110ce9e3
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: powerd
Boot args: arch=x86_64
Mac OS version:
12E55
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May 1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 896CB1E3-AB79-3DF1-B595-549DFFDF3D36
Kernel slide:     0x0000000010e00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8011000000
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 12797763977
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com.motu.driver.PCIAudio          1.6 57985
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
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com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer          8.1.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.7fc4
com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000          8.1.2
com.apple.iokit.CSRBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.4f2
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.4.5
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver          1.1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver          4.1.4f2
com.apple.driver.AppleFireWireStorage          3.1.7
com.apple.driver.initioFWBridge          3.1.7
com.apple.driver.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolSansPhysicalUnit          3.1.7
com.apple.driver.LSI_FW_500          3.1.7
com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi          3.1.7
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com.apple.driver.PioneerSuperDrive          3.1.7
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
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com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.3.1
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          5.2.5
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com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
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com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2.1
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com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio          2.9.0f8
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com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.7fc4
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com.apple.kext.AMD2600Controller          8.1.2
com.apple.kext.AMDSupport          8.1.2
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com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc11
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          170.2
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          170.2
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com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.2.5
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com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.5
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com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
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com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.8 GHz, 26 GB, SMC 1.25f4
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2600, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x00004D5035313241373243503444332D5336
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x00004D5035313241373243503444332D5336
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x00004D5035313241373243503444332D5336
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x00004D5035313241373243503444332D5336
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x00004D5035313241373243503444332D5336
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x00004D5035313241373243503444332D5336
Bluetooth: Version 4.1.4f2 12041, 2 service, 18 devices, 0 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0
PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
PCI Card: pci137a,5, sppci_audio, Slot-2@2,0,0
PCI Card: pci1a00,1, sppci_othermultimedia, Slot-4
PCI Card: pci1a00,1, sppci_othermultimedia, Slot-3
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD3200AAJS-41VWA1, 320.07 GB
Serial ATA Device: ST31000333AS, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: ST31000528AS, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: ST31000528AS, 1 TB
Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub, 0x05e3 (Genesys Logic, Inc.), 0x0608, 0xfd300000 / 3
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub, 0x05e3 (Genesys Logic, Inc.), 0x0608, 0xfd340000 / 7
USB Device: MIDI Timepiece AV, 0x07fd, 0x0001, 0xfd343000 / 10
USB Device: iLok, 0x088e, 0x5036, 0xfd342000 / 9
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, apple_vendor_id, 0x1006, 0xfd341000 / 8
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, apple_vendor_id, 0x024f, 0xfd341200 / 14
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, apple_vendor_id, 0x1006, 0xfd330000 / 6
USB Device: Kensington Expert Mouse, 0x047d (Kensington), 0x1020, 0xfd333000 / 13
USB Device: Keystation Mini 32, 0x0a4d (Evolution Electronics Ltd.), 0x129d, 0xfd331000 / 12
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, apple_vendor_id, 0x0220, 0xfd332000 / 11
USB Device: iLok, 0x088e, 0x5036, 0xfd320000 / 5
USB Device: Eleven Rack, 0x0dba, 0xb011, 0xfd310000 / 4
USB Device: DISK 2.0, 0x090c (Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan), 0x1000, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8206, 0x5d200000 / 3
USB Device: MIDISPORT 4x4 Anniv, 0x0763 (M-Audio), 0x1060, 0x5d100000 / 2
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, 800mbit_speed
FireWire Device: Oxford ATA Device 00, Glyph Technologies, 800mbit_speed
FireWire Device: Oxford ATA Device 00, Glyph Technologies, 800mbit_speed
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 301848 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    68CEF3A2-4EFE-D602-DB91-4A773D0A413B
Mon Jul 29 22:46:13 2013
panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff80028a20a6): "Spinlock acquisition timed out: lock=0xffffff8002ebebb0, lock owner thread=0xffffff80356dc340, current_thread: 0xffffff80364df000, lock owner active on CPU 0x0, current owner: 0xffffff80356dc340"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.24.15/osfmk/i386/locks_i386.c:363
Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff82ea652d70 : 0xffffff800281d626
0xffffff82ea652de0 : 0xffffff80028a20a6
0xffffff82ea652f10 : 0xffffff80028a199b
0xffffff82ea652f30 : 0xffffff8002865623
0xffffff82ea652fe0 : 0xffffff8002843df7
0xffffff82ea6530c0 : 0xffffff80028de568
0xffffff82ea653110 : 0xffffff80028de025
0xffffff82ea6531c0 : 0xffffff80028dd2db
0xffffff82ea6531f0 : 0xffffff80028dd487
0xffffff82ea653210 : 0xffffff8002ae7a26
0xffffff82ea653280 : 0xffffff8002b205ac
0xffffff82ea6532a0 : 0xffffff8002b21674
0xffffff82ea653340 : 0xffffff8002b1d600
0xffffff82ea653450 : 0xffffff8002b198fc
0xffffff82ea653500 : 0xffffff8002b196ca
0xffffff82ea653580 : 0xffffff800291366f
0xffffff82ea6535d0 : 0xffffff8002909d01
0xffffff82ea653610 : 0xffffff8002910a5d
0xffffff82ea653670 : 0xffffff8002910580
0xffffff82ea6536e0 : 0xffffff80028f44cc
0xffffff82ea653a40 : 0xffffff8002b40d3a
0xffffff82ea653aa0 : 0xffffff80028f535e
0xffffff82ea653af0 : 0xffffff800290905e
0xffffff82ea653b90 : 0xffffff80028fb839
0xffffff82ea653c40 : 0xffffff80028fc004
0xffffff82ea653f50 : 0xffffff8002be16aa
0xffffff82ea653fb0 : 0xffffff80028ce9c3
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: revisiond
Boot args: arch=x86_64
Mac OS version:
12E55
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May 1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 896CB1E3-AB79-3DF1-B595-549DFFDF3D36
Kernel slide:     0x0000000002600000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8002800000
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 17103336694
last loaded kext at 15943261762: com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver          2.3.7fc4 (addr 0xffffff7f844d3000, size 16384)
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com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio

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com.motu.driver.USBMidiKext          1.6 49190
com.uaudio.driver.UAD2System          7.1.0
com.motu.driver.PCIAudio          1.6 57985
Remove the third party uaudio and motu drivers then restart your Mac.
Once I restart from safe mode - the mac seems to start fine and I am using it without issue
Safe Mode only loads required kernel extensions which is why Safe Mode works, "without issue" ...

What upgrade graphic card do i need for a early 2008 mac pro

I have a early 2008 Mac Pro. ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB is what i have now. What is a good upgrade graphic card to get.

The GTX 780 6GB runs fine on the dual PCIe internal power cables -- as does the GTX 680 and Radeon HD 7950. The same can't be said of the GTX TITAN or GTX 780 Ti or Radeon R9 280X -- all of which require an auxiliary power feed to avoid a nasty power down of your tower at the worst moment when too much wattage is demanded of the Mac Pro's factory power supply.
Did I mention that the GTX 780 with 6GB of GDDR5 matches the 6GB of GDDR5 in the TITAN?
The one fallacy to my 'sweet spot' award has to do with OpenCL. In case you hadn't noticed, the AMD Radeon GPUs smoked the NVIDIA GeForce GPUs running Photoshop's OpenCL accelerated Iris Blur filter and rendering LuxMark's OpenCL accelerated Room scene.
- http://www.barefeats.com
So depends on budget, whether you want a PC card for less but no "early EFI boot screen" prior to drivers loading, and what apps and needs you have.
The one thing for sure is that 2600XT should have been retired ages ago and even more so with 10.8.3 and above, it could be trouble or just... PITA/POS.

Need help with graphics card options for an early 2008 mac pro

Hello,
   I have an early 2008 mac pro with 2 x 3.2 GHz quad core Intel Xeon and 6Gigs of ram, currently running with an Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT with 512mb.
    It is also running 10.7.2.
   I would like to either add a video card on top of the one I am currently running or replace it completely if necessary.
   I do video editing on the Mac, no gaming and only a small amount of photoshop, and as the resolutions get larger I would like to have my machine keep up.
   My questions are,
     1. What cards would you the community suggest?
     2. Can I add a whole other card to my system or do I have to replace the current one?
     3. If I can hold two cards what special accomidations would be needed in regards to final cut performance if any?
    Thank you for any help you would like to give.
Rob

The two main cards for mac pros are the apple versions of the ATI Radeon 5770 and 5870.
The 5770 requires one aux power adaptor and the 5870 requires two. So generally you could only have one 5780 or two 5770's.
Video cards which don't require aux power should be able to coexist with these cards so log as it's all within the power supply maximums of course.

Will my mac mini fusion drive work in a 2008 mac pro

Hello All,
I have a 2012 mac mini with a 1 TB fusion drive. I want to know if I can just remove the fusion drive from the mac mini and install it in a 2008 mac pro? Or does the mac pro need some special update for it to work.
I'm given the mac mini to my fiance and she doesn't need a fusion drive but I want to keep it and put it in a 2008 mac pro.
Thank you,
A.J.

Humm... I'm having a hard time seeing any Pros in that maneuver.
1. It will void any warranty left including Apple Care on the Mac Mini.
2. If something goes wrong splitting the Mac Mini's Fusion setup, you will be on your own.
3. While it sounds OK now, at some point (sooner than later) the Mac Mini will come up short on Disk Space.
4. You will most likely have to reformat that drive to use it in the Mac Pro.
5. The Mac Pro will not benifit unless you have an SSD in it and do a new Fusion setup.
I'm sure there are others here, who could add to the list of Cons.

The right external drive for my configuration

I am looking to get an external hard drive for backup purposes and also to extend the storage space of a sorely limited Powerbook G3. It has a 6GB hard drive. In other words, you can't use it for anything except the internet and a few documents!
I've done some research but am no closer to figuring out what drive would be best for me. The thing is, I need the convenience of a portable because I'll be using it for backup with all 3 of the computers in different places in the house (an iBook G4, a Powerbook G3, and an iMac G3). But because I'll be using it for 3 computers and want to store bootable clones of at least my iBook's 60GB drive and the iMac's 20GB drive, I need more storage space than I've seen in portables. I also need to be able to run applications off it for the Powerbook.
I don't think I can afford to get more than one drive, especially since portables seem pretty pricey. I'd really rather not spend more than $150 and definitely not more than $200.
Anyone have any suggestions for the best solution?

Hi amybl,
You can get a portable 120-160GB firewire/USB drive for less than you think. OWC's drives are rated highly too.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/on-the-go
John
If your PB is the Firewire model the Firewire 400 (w/o USB) is even cheaper.

What is the best optical drive for MacPro (early 2008) ?

I am having my MacPro optical drive repaired but I wish to add a new one in the second bay.
I have come to know that the Apple Store does not sell it separetely and do not know what to buy.
Suggestions?
Thank you.

Mac Pro 3,1 also has two extra SATA ports, easy enough to run a cable from one or both of them to the optical drive bays. But if you want to use the connectors that are already in the optical drive bays get one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007589%2060000370 5&IsNodeId=1&name=IDE
Or get a SATA drive. I put a Blue Ray drive in so I can burn data to those, I have an LG
WH12LS38 that was plug and play (I think I had to order a SATA cable for it).

Is this the right Hard drive for my macbook??

Hi,
I have a macbook core duo, 1.83GHZ 1GB Ram and 60GB hard drive.
iam looking to upgrade it to this hard drive i have found, will it work in my macbook?
Here's the link http://www.microwarehouse.co.uk/catalogue/item/SEADR506.
Cheers for the help.

Ho dood,
found this on amazon.co.uk (there may be more, I suppose): http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lindy-4002888430128-5pc-Precision-Torx/dp/B0000934GO/ref =pdsbs_ce2/026-2526034-8773264
I am not sure, if the required size is within this.
For enclosures, I found these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nbss_w_h/026-6189343-5162862?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Harddisk+enclosure&Go .x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go
But I'm not quite convinced about the quality of these, maybe some UKs can chime in.
Regards
Stefan

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