I just ordered the new 2.66Ghz 15" UMBP. I just realized after it has shipped from Shanghai, that I forgot to upgrade the HDD from 320GB 5400RPM to 320GB to 7200RPM.
Will this make much of a difference in terms of performance? Are there any advantages to having the 5400RPM drive?
How hard is a HD swap on a Macbook PRO? Part of my whole conversion of the MBPRO to a "desktop" includes a display, keyboard, mouse...and I'd like a 7200 RPM drive....anyone done this? What's involved? What did you do with the old drive? I'm not interested in transferring data...I don't have barely anything saved on it which makes it easy.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI ordered my xps 1530 with 320GB SATA hard drive 7200 rpm. I found the western digital website a tad confusing regarding this issue, hoping someone can help me out here.
device manager lists it as: WDC WD3200BEVT-75ZCT2
For the SXPS 16,
They're Western Digital.
While waiting for my new GPU to arrive from Hong Kong, I've been looking at other components on my Acer 9920G.
I currently have two 250GB hard drives (no other details in the manual) I know they are 5400 rpm and wonder if the improvement in performance of a 7200 is worth the cost?
I was currently deciding on 2 particular configurations for a 1530
one with 250g 5400 hd and the other 160g 7200 hd.
the 200GB 7200 is on back order 10days +
other specs:
Intel T8300
4GB DDR-2 RAM
160GB 7200 RPM or 250GB 5400 RPM Harddrive
GeForce 8600M GT 256 MB DDR-2
Intel Next-Gen Wireless
Bluetooth
LCD TrueLife TFT 1680x1050
Does any one have the 250HD how does it perform? same with the 160hd?
which do you guys think is the better choice?
Thinking of more storage on a 1710 with 100GB,
Choice is Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500 GB
5400 rpm or Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500 GB 2,5 S-ATA 7200rpm. Is the speed noticable on these two
Before I even get into that ... How does one rename an application on OS X?
I just installed MATLAB R2009b. OS X insists on calling it "MATLAB_R2009b" and I don't like having the underscore character in my application names ... I tried going to the Applications folder and renaming it there but when I tried to start it up aftre doing that ... It would quit on itself. Help?
Anyhow, about the slowdown, I think it's from some uninstalls that I made recently ... I also just installed CS4. Anyway, how do I ensure that uninstalled applications didn't leave clutter behind ... How can I get rid of said clutter?
I'm getting into some serious photography now and it's become apparent I will be using CS4 for HDR. if the files I'm going to be editting are 10 MP ... I expect them to be huge on the disk ... I'm sure the 5400 rpm won't hold up.
The question now remains ... SSD or 7200 rpm HDD? Cost is a factor, space is a factor, performance is a factor.
Pending my purchase of the new MBP this Wednesday, I bought a 320GB WD Scorpio 7200 RPM HDD to replace the OEM 160GB 5400RPM. Will I experience any problems? Ive been hearing of people experiencing vibrations and loudness compared to the OEM, but only from the Seagate 7200.4 one. Im on my dad's MBP (2.53, 9400M) and its dead silent all the time. He has a 250GB 5400RPM. I have a 128GB Patriot SSD but want more storage and speed so I opted for the 320GB. What should I do?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI was wondering if any apple owners could post if they are using a 7200 rpm drive in their macbook. Does the new aluminum unibody experience vibration from this drive or is it ok. I suppose the macbook pro would also fall under this since its also aluminum.
Im looking for a faster drive but im afraid the whole macbook will shake like crazy spinning up and down.
I am trying to decide between the following 2 Z's which are approx. the same price.
Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53GHz / 4GB RAM / 128GB SSD / DVD±R/RW / Hybrid Graphics / 802.11AGN / WWAN / Bluetooth / GPS / Webcam / Windows 7 Professional [ SON VGNZ880GB ]
Intel Core 2 Duo P8800 2.66GHz / 4GB RAM / 500GB HD / DVD±R/RW / Hybrid Graphics / 802.11AGN / WWAN / Bluetooth / GPS / Webcam / Windows 7 Professional [ SON VGNZ850GB ]
I do everyday tasks like MS office,MS Streets, and use approx. 10GB for my multimedia files.
My first question is, will I notice the difference in speed? Will be the SSD with P8700 faster than the HDD 5400 RPM with P8800 in terms of boot,read-write documents etc?
If I go with the 128 GB SSD, how much free space can I expect to have on the drive after W7 ?
I already posted this in the "what notebook should I buy?" forum however, I apologize, and I realize it belongs here.
What is most important for me which ever one causes less heat.
My HDD is performing badly and according to SpinRite I'm looking at 900+ hours of scanning/repairing.
Thus, I'm thinking of buying a new one. However, having one of the earliest Vostros that isn't SATA II, I'm wondering if I buy a SATA II drive, will it still be functional?
I have an Acer Aspire V5 122P-0408 notebook. I am considering upgrading the 5400 rpm hdd inside to an ssd. I will also be buying a new copy of Windows 8.1 to install. I have version 2.04 of the bios now. The latest bios version is 2.12. I was wondering if I would be able to install an ssd and 8.1 without updating the bios as I don't want to accidentally brick my laptop.
If not, would updating the bios fix any compatibility issues or add any new improvements?
I'm looking to replace the hard drive in my XPS Gen 2. We currently have the original 60 GB 7200 RPM drive and I want at least an 100 GB 7200 RPM drive. I'm having a bit of trouble finding much - I need EIDE, not SATA, right?
I have come across this:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...437&CatId=2680
This would do, but is there anything else available that would be better? 120 GB or more would be nice, and so would having more than 8 MB buffer. It must be stable, too.
Since I haven't seen this posted anywhere, I felt it was worthy of mentioning. You can now purchase half a terabyte (aka terrorbyte <- yikes) in a convenient 2.5" form factor for your laptop.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148374
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10009857
Edit: Well actually 512 (actual) GB would be half a terabyte but you get the point
Is it possible to get the 1530 with the 320GB 7200rpm hard drive as opposed to the 5400? Months ago on the dell site they had the choice between the two. And now...not. ???
View 10 Replies View RelatedIt seems they top out at 500 gb. Although I saw there is a 640 gb drive called the Samsung Spinpoint MP4 that is supposed to be out, but I can't find anywhere to buy it yet.
There are other larger drives, but they are only 5400 rpm.
My 320 gb laptop internal drive which came with my Dell finally crashed completely, blue screen, and all tests regarding the drive say 'fail', so I guess it's time to buy a new one...it was 5400 and I should upgrade to 7200 anyway....
Fortunately everything is backed up.
any opinions on the Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500gb st9500420asg hard drive when used in an acer 6935g. I am looking to replace my existing hitachi 250gb hard drive with the seagate, for when i upgrade the os to win 7 pro 64bit.
I am interested in the following aspects:
- Hard drive speed in real world use, ie is the laptop noticeably faster in use and in booting up, shutting down? Yes, i know it is 7200 compared to the 5400 but does the speed actually make a difference..?
- Power (battery) useage, is there much reduction in battery life (20 minutes or more)?
-noise, is it noiser than the stock hdd, if so is it annoyingly noisy?
I have done my research on the web and in some reviews it is highly rated but in another they recommend the wd scorpio blue and in another the equivalent hitachi. So that is why i am asking here for peoples actual experience of the drive in an acer 6935g or similar acer laptop and not relying on the tests done with some other pc rig that they used.
i have a HP dv6 2154CA, it has a quad processor, 4g of ddr3 ram, 1 g nvidia 230 M and a 640gb 5400 rpm hdd
i just bought the comp and I wanted to buy a 7200 rpm HDD for the comp as rite now the hdd is the only bottleneck..
However I am unable to find out anything about the mother board of this particular comp and HP support says I can't install a 7200 rpm drive on this computer!
now i have seen plenty of dv6 comps on hp's site with a 7200 rpm drive but they have a diff cpu or the mobo is diff.
I just want to know if I can swap my hdd for a 7200 rpm drive? please help me, please let me know if there is any other info that is required.
I have Envy dv6t-7200 Quad Edition notebook and I recently installed Windows 8.1.
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I can't seem to find how to enable bluetooth. Some things I can narrow it down to:
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1) I am pretty sure that model DOES come with bluetooth (I think I remember using it before, but not 100% sure).Â
I can't seem to get the specs page of this product, but I bought it directly from HP site ...
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2) I downloaded and installed the Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth driver and Ralink Bluetooth Software driver that I found on the HP Support & Downloads site.
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3)Â I don't have any mention of bluetooth in my Device Manager (generic or otherwise). From first appearance it would seem I don't have bluetooth on my notebook but again, I'm pretty sure I do have.
Whenever i turn on my laptop it connects to the wi-fi for a brief period of time and then disconnects and i have to reconnect to the network manually. after doing this, it takes an extremely long time to autoconnect and says "connecting to the network is taking longer than usual".
I have the "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230" Wi-Fi Card/Adapter and the Driver version is "15.10.3.2" i'm not sure if this is the newest version but i have tried to update and wasn't able to successfully do so.
Also this occurs on any wifi i connect to, even wi-fi that i connect to for the first time takes an extremely long time to connect (2-5 mins).
I purchased a Dell Studio 15 (1557) about a month ago and as soon as I turned it on I noticed the entire bottom portion of the laptop (where the kybd and mousepad are) 'vibrated' - enough so that I called Tech Support for help. At first I thought it must be a bad fan, but after we ran through the Diagnostics and tried different fan settings, the vibration stayed. it wasnt until we put the HD to sleep temporarily that the vibration went away..
Tech Support said it was a bad drive so I had to send my laptop away for 2+ weeks (wow!). I eventually got my laptop back with a new HD installed - the exact same model - a Seagate Momentus 7200 rpm. Im not sure how the repair depot determined the laptop was fixed, because the vibration was still there.They also gave me my old HD back so I could grab any data - so I tried my old HD again to make sure there wasnt a mixup. Sure enough, both the Seagatedrives Vibrated.........................
I have an HP ENVY dv6t-7200 CTO Quad Edition Notebook. Â I recently had a complete system failure and had to reinstall the Windows 8.1 operating system. Â Naturally, I lost most of my programs (which I have reinstalled). Â However, I can't seem to get mt fingerprint scanner to work. Â I've re-installed the SimplePass software as well as the divers. Â I tried a hard reset and reinstalled the current validity sensor drive. Â I still can't seem to get the fingerprint reader to come alive.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a HP Envy Dv6 7200-et
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Deleted my beats audio eq.
Does anyone have the wired full size apple keyboard w/ the numeric pad?
I got it a couple days ago and it definitely takes some getting used to. But that phase is over now and I love this keyboard. The build quality is amazing and typing feels just like my MBP keyboard.
I have finally switched and should get my first ever mac the new macbook white in next couple of days
I have two questions, I had ordered SODIM DDR2, 800Mhz 4GB RAM and a 500GB, 7200RPM SATA Drive with a thought of upgrading my latitude E6400.
Can I use them (RAM and HDD) and upgrade apple macbook? and will that impact apple warantee?
Conventional wisdom holds that one of FAT 32's classical limitations is a 4 Gigabyte files size limit. I've done a few searches on the net, and I find this rule repeated ad-infinitem, without contradiction.
I recently purchased a 320 GB Iomega Prestige external drive that I plan to use interchangeably with my Mac and PC systems. To do this, I re-formatted the disk to a single 320 GB partition with FAT 32 file system (The drive comes formatted NTFS).
Yeah, I know there are work-arounds that would permit me to format it NTFS, and use it read-write on my Mac, and there are probably a few solutions that would permit me to format it Mac OS Extended, and use it my PC. I prefer not to use any "workarounds".
Here's my question.... I had occasion to copy a few files to the drive from my MacBook to the drive, namely my Virtual Machine files, that I don't want to use Time Machine for. I had no problem doing so. The two files exceed 4 Gigabytes handily, with one of them being over 30 Gigabytes! Oops, this can't be done, right?
I ask, how is this possible? I thought I had a 4 Gigabyte limit with FAT 32. Does the fact that I formatted the drive with my Mac give me some sort of advantage that Microsoft's formatting using the same file system does not?
I have read that the reason the FAT 32 files sytem can't store files over 4 Gigabytes, is the insufficient lack of storage within the allocation table for the requisite number of pointers required for a file over 4 Gig in size.
I'm kinda over my 2.4GHz 15" MBP.
Anyone use a 2008 2.8GHz 8-way or a new Nehalem Mac Pro?
I'm going to pick up a bigger HDD pretty soon for my rev A Unibody MBP. Would I be able to use the old 250 GB 5400 drive in the PS3? Seems like a worthwhile upgrade. I'm guess since they are aboth SATA it should work, right?
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