2011 Macbook Pro Hard Drive noise.

Well, I will not resign so easily ... But I agree, this is something Apple wants us to live with and I have no hope there is going to be a fix for that.
Already looking for a replacement and the Western Digital seems to be good on paper ( http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD7500BPVT/), I'll probably get that.

Cedric.

I had mine replaced. New one: same noise. I have the buzzing noise coming from the right bottom and also the disc writing noise like in the video posted here.

Exec customer service called Apple engineers for me about it and they told me that this is the case because the 13" i7 has a bigger, faster HDD and processor but little room for it. They said this one is gonna be noisier than the 2010 models or baseline model. But they said not to worry.

Still, i might get a different HDD just to try. Now I have to put music on and my headphones in all the time so I won't get annoyed 😟

Hello,

I am from Spain, just bought the new macbook pro (15") and I have exactly the same problem... Solutions?

I think Apple will have to change the hard drive or adjust these ones, I record music and I need TOTAL silence...

At least seems there are some models with no noise at all...

Regards

Hi again,

It seems I found the problem:

Two different hard disks are used: seagate or hitachi, all the seagates have the same noise problem, the hitachi seems to work fine, so... what should we do?

Regards

Yes! thats what i've discovered too. Sooo, I'm going to the Apple service provider tomorrow and see if they're willing to replace my HDD. What are you guys gonna do?

Sorry guys, but I do have a Toshiba and I have those problems as well : the metallic sound (not that often, but I do hear it nonetheless) and the constant background noise (like a fan noise that goes away immediately when I unmount the drive and use only the SSD drive).

I ordered a new HD from OWC, a blue 750 Gb Western Digital. I'll let you know it its more quiet, but I sure hope so ! 🙂

I'm on my second 13" i7. The first, which had to be returned for an issue Apple engineering wanted to investigate (not mentioned by anyone else on these forums) had an Hitachi drive which was inaudible.
The new machine had the Toshiba drive and whenever the machine was on it sounded like a faint scraping sound was coming from inside. The drive checked out in all the tests I did on it and performed well but I had intended to upgrade to a 7200 rpm drive anyway. I installed an Hitachi and the machine is inaudible again, but the scraping noise is still coming from the toshiba drive which is now in an external OWC enclosure. I really don't think anything is wrong with the Toshiba drives, they just all seem to make this noise. I think it would really help if anyone posting in this thread would list which drive they have to make sure there isn't more than one "problem" going on here (as I said I don't think the Toshiba is a problem and in fact am using it as my backup drive although I admit it is the kind of noise that sounds like something is wrong).

i had a 15" macbook pro. after 2 weeks of use i noticed the sound coming from the hard drive location but it was rare. the other day i was working when the computer just froze. when i tried to restart it nothing happened except a terribly loud spinning/scratching sound coming from the hard drive. when i brought it in to the genius bar they told me the hard drive failed and they'd replace the computer.

i am so disappointed in this. i've been a mac user for years and never had any issues. after 3 weeks with a brand new computer i find myself waiting around for a replacement and loss of one days worth of hard work--no chance of my hard drive being recovered.

i hope this does not happen to any of you who are hearing that terrible noise.

I'm wondering if this problem exists with all the 2011 15 inch builds? As mine is making this infernal sound and I'm receiving a replacement next week.

@ evol34 + shoegal85: I'm sorry to destroy your illusions, but i have exactly the same problem on an brandnew 2011 MBP 13" (i5) with a Hitachi-drive (Hitachi HTS545032B9A302).
My father has a 2010 MBP 13" with a Seagate-drive (ST9250315ASGMedia), which is absolutely silent...

Well then I guess ours arent properly mounted or something?

Or BYOH is right and it's a problem of contact between hdd and the case... Has anybody else like bicomputational taken the hdd out of the case to see, if the noise still exists?

If it's a mounting probem, how can you solve that?

I'm wondering if this issue will be fixed if an Apple genius takes a look inside the Macbook Pro... If not I've no idea what to do, the sound is driving me up the wall. SSD are too expensive.

Hi all,

After 45 minutes with someone from apple at the phone they told me to go to the place I bought it so they can send it to central apple service center in Madrid and some technician from apple will take a look at it...

I will keep you informed

Regards