View Single Post
Old 09-10-2009, 12:42 AM   #12
monkeyman
First Line Centre
 
monkeyman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Calgary
Exp:
Default

It was a white Macbook, I didn't look to see the manufacture.
Thanks for making me feel less special.
just kidding, i had no idea they had an issue with the drives.



Quote:
Originally Posted by sclitheroe View Post
Was that for a seagate drive in a white and/or black macbook or Mini, by any chance? If so, that replacement occurred because there was a batch of hard drives that had a problem with the read/write heads detaching. I've seen it happen to at least 3 machines, one of which was my Mac Mini.

The optical drives in Mac laptops are problematic - I dunno why, but they just seem to be more finicky that conventional tray load units. Hopefully a cleaning is all this one needs.
__________________
The Delhi police have announced the formation of a crack team dedicated to nabbing the elusive 'Monkey Man' and offered a reward for his -- or its -- capture.
monkeyman is offline   Reply With Quote