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SATA 300 Hard Drive in Macbook ?

Hi there,

I have an Apple Macbook Core2Duo 1.83ghz, 2gb RAM, 60GB(5400) HD laptop (late 2006 model). I want to upgrade the Hard Drive to 200gb 7200. I have found this drive:

Seagate Momentus 7200.2 ST9200420ASG - hard drive - 200 GB - SATA-300
and
Seagate Momentus 7200.2 ST9200420AS - hard drive - 200 GB - SATA-300

Can you tell me if this will be compatible with the Macbook? All the Apple site says is that it has a Serial-ATA connection but does not say the type (150 or 300).

Also does anyone know what is the difference between the AS and ASG models here?

many thanks,

-Neil

Macbook 1.83, Mac OS X (10.4.10), 2gb / 60gb

Posted on Sep 7, 2007 2:24 AM

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Sep 7, 2007 3:40 AM in response to ldneil

Hi Neil,

the MacBooks use SATA I (150).
But because of the down-compatibility you can use either SATA I (150) or SATA II (300) drives.

The ASG has a G-Force Protection (Sudden-Motion-Sensor alike) whereas the AS has it not.
Otherwise the drives are identical.
See here for the Data Sheet: http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/dsmomentus_72002.pdf

Have Fun

Stefan

Sep 7, 2007 7:46 AM in response to Nick A

I posted this same question on the Mac Rumours forum and a user there has actually tried both the ST9200420ASG and ST9200420AS models in his macbook. Neither of these drives would work for him. So now I am even more confused! Im just waiting for a reply from him, and also waiting for replies from Seagate and Apple. Might be a long wait for these two though!

So really not sure if I should go ahead with this now 😟

cheers

_neil

SATA 300 Hard Drive in Macbook ?

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