Apple has released Hard Drive Firmware Update 2.0 (3.71MB) which reduces certain infrequent noises made by 7200-rpm drives.
These drives shipped with the June 2009 MacBook Pro.
To complete the firmware update process, please follow the instructions in the updater application (/Applications/Utilities/Hard Drive Update.app).
The updater will launch automatically when the installation is complete.
New Hard Drive firmware will be: 0007APM2
More info and download link here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Edward W.” for the heads up.]
I’m glad they released this. I have been wondering what those strange noises were. Infrequent, yes, but disconcerting.
Working fine for me so far. I haven’t had it try to spin down the HD
I wasn’t getting the beeps, just the click of the HD a pause of a few seconds while the HD figured out what it wanted to do… that, and wondering if something was wrong
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what if i installed my own 7200rpm HDD? should i get this update?
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sooo muuuch money and there’s no Seagate inside?? Get your own laptop and istall Linux