17" MBP Unibody

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    15's too.. the 7200RPM drive from Seagate has a feature that unparks the HDD when it senses a drop, but Apple has the same feature and the thought is that the two identical functions are conflicting with each other.. some people have gotten the non G-Force enabled drives from Seagate and replaced the ones in their machine.. which seems like it's fixed the issue although a couple people have said that they still get the click beep.

    So if you need it now, I'd maybe get the 5400RPM and then put in your own 7200RPM, then relegate the 5400 to an external drive.. or.. if you have the cash.. get a SSD drive.

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    • Be sure to buy Seagate model with model# ending in ASG not AS.
      G stands for gravity protection.      raf
    • Actually the ASG model is the one with the issues because Apple already has a technology in place for protecting the HDD.mathinc
    • The AS (non G-Force) is the one to get, at least until they fix the firmware.. but still Apple has a G-Force deal already so...mathinc
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