How do you check hard drive RPM?

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How do you check hard drive RPM?

Greetings.

I can find almost every bit of information I need about my MBP in the System Profiler, except I am unable to find the speed of my hard drive. I'm wondering if it's 7200 or 5400. Does anyone know how to check this?

Thanks,

C

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 30, 2009 4:57 PM

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Answer 1

sig

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Mar 30, 2009 5:24 PM in response to CBA713

What model MBP do you have?

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CBA713 Author

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Mar 30, 2009 5:35 PM in response to sig

Hmm. I changed my signature but I guess it didn't show up.

I have a 15" MBP, 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo... I've had it since August of 2007.

Thanks,

C

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louie

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Mar 30, 2009 6:00 PM in response to CBA713

You may have to look it up at the manufacturer's website. For example, System Profiler shows the model number of the drive installed in the SATA bus, in my case ST9320320AS, which is a Seagate. If you search the maker's website, that should tell you all the specs of your drive. Works even if someone changed the drive from what was originally spec'd.

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CBA713 Author

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Mar 30, 2009 6:25 PM in response to louie

Ok. I found it here:

http://www.fujitsu.com/downloads/COMP/fcpa/hdd/mhw2160bh_datasheet.pdf

It's a 5400 RPM. I was thinking about replacing it with a Seagate 7200, but I don't think it's necessary at the moment. Just wondering because my computer crashed for the first time last night using Logic. I have an external harddrive connected via Expresscard eSATA, and that one 7200. But I'm hoping it was just a RAM issue and not an internal HD issue, as I have more RAM on the way, bumping me up to 4 GB.

Thanks for the tip.

C

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