Re: iBook Drive

[Gary D. Adams]

I've got a 7200-rpm, 60gb Hitachi in my Pismo. Works nice. As for the 
"chatter"--try resetting the PMU on the clamshell. That might quiet it 
some. Going with the 4.86 gb drive is probably not much of a solution. 
You didn't say which clamshell she has, but wouldn't that drive be 
smaller? Optimizing the drive might help in quieting it, too, at least 
according to some things I've read. My clamshell chatters periodically 
and has for years.

Gary

Dante McLean wrote:

Hello:

Sister's iBook (clamshell) HDD is on its way out, I think.  Making 
"head chatter" noises, really loud--and failing to boot while doing 
so--on and off.  Forced shutdown by holding power key stops this, and 
machine boots fine afterwards, apparently.  Have told her to backup, 
NOW!  So, options?  Replacement with new drive, or replace with the 
current drive (12 gig) from my Pismo and a new drive for me?  Replace 
with IBM TravelStar 4.86 Gig from my cousin (PC Formatted, but that 
can be fixed) which is a working pull?  I do lots of image work and 
audio work, she does lots of word processing, ergo IMO I should be 
getting a new (read: bigger!) drive, not her.

Recall there was a 7200 rpm drive for laptops out.  Anybody have 
comments on this?
Thanks.



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