Seagate Momentus XT 750Gb on a 13" MBP

I have 3 750GB Seagate drives and they work just fine. If the model number ends in 'AS', you should be ok.

Ciao

What you want to avoid is a drive that has an internal sudden motion sensor. This can have compatibility issues with the one in the MBP. Seagate has/had such drives and if my memory is correct, the model suffix was 'GB'.

None of my drives is a hybrid. I personally don't think that a hybrid drive buys you that much more performance, but if you want one, get it. There should be no compatibility issues with the exception of the afore mentioned sudden motion sensor problem.

Incidentally I misinformed you, I have four (not three) Seagate 750GB HDDs. I apologize (stupid humor but true).

Ciao.

I installed the Seagate Momentus XT (hybrid) 750GB hard drive (Model ST750LX003) in my 15" MacBookPro mid-2010 version running Lion 10.7.2.

It is a FAST drive, but I would note that it *does* make more noise than the 500GB drive that my laptop came with.

That said, the speed is worth it to me. I've had it for about a month without problems.

Note to newbies like me, when I installed it the drive, it was not recognized at first, and I used disk utility to erase/reformat it, and then it worked fine!

I bought a Momentus XT 7200rpm, 750GB hybrid drive from Newegg for my MacBook Pro 2,2, 2.33MHz. I was running Lion. Disk Utility cannot format the drive (I/O error). Disk utility saw it as a 5.5TB drive!?! Thinking I had a defective drive, I returned it to Newegg and they promptly sent me another drive which did the same thing. I do not want to send the second one back without exhausting other possibilities (drivers, firmware etc). Can anyone help mw with this? I have 4MB of RAM installed which is above the 3MB max, but the computer seems to see all 4 and works fine, though slow with Lion. I have returned to Snow Leopard to see if this will be faster, though it may be the hard drive which has only 40 of 320GB available.

Thanks all.

Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Doublecheck the hard drive cable connections to the drive and the logic board; make sure they're firmly seated. Then let us know how the formatting goes in Snow Leopard. If it doesn't work, return the second XT too. And if you can free up another 20-40GB of space on the 320 GB hard drive by deleting or archiving unnecessary stuff, that may eliminate the slowdown as well as buy you some time to pick a different drive model.

FWIW, I've had a 500GB Momentus XT in my Macbook Pro 5,1 for a year now, and though I never had the problem you're having, I wouldn't buy another XT. It cost 20-25% more than a conventional 7200 RPM drive but is hardly any faster; in fact it's not much faster than my factory-original 250GB 5400RPM drive.

OGELTHORPE wrote:

I have 3 750GB Seagate drives and they work just fine. If the model number ends in 'AS', you should be ok.

Ciao

Do you have the XT or not, the 750 Momentus is not the same drive, and the performance is very different.

vam2 wrote:

I installed the Seagate Momentus XT (hybrid) 750GB hard drive (Model ST750LX003) in my 15" MacBookPro mid-2010 version running Lion 10.7.2.

It is a FAST drive, but I would note that it *does* make more noise than the 500GB drive that my laptop came with.

That said, the speed is worth it to me. I've had it for about a month without problems.

Note to newbies like me, when I installed it the drive, it was not recognized at first, and I used disk utility to erase/reformat it, and then it worked fine!

When you buy the drive new it is formatted for Windows, your procedure (erase/reformat) is exactly correct and will always need to be done with a new Windows drive on a Mac.

Jack123 wrote:

I bought a Momentus XT 7200rpm, 750GB hybrid drive from Newegg for my MacBook Pro 2,2, 2.33MHz. I was running Lion. Disk Utility cannot format the drive (I/O error). Disk utility saw it as a 5.5TB drive!?! Thinking I had a defective drive, I returned it to Newegg and they promptly sent me another drive which did the same thing. I do not want to send the second one back without exhausting other possibilities (drivers, firmware etc). Can anyone help mw with this? I have 4MB of RAM installed which is above the 3MB max, but the computer seems to see all 4 and works fine, though slow with Lion. I have returned to Snow Leopard to see if this will be faster, though it may be the hard drive which has only 40 of 320GB available.

Thanks all.

Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Erase the drive, set the resultant format as HFS+

That's the description from Newegg.

Problem is that Disk Utility reported I/O error every time. Two drives!! Everytime I put back the old drive, it works great.

Any other ideas, or should I just send back the second one.

How are you connecting the drive, externally via USB or some such or internally?

Installed it in the Pro. I wouldn't know how to hook it up USB unless there is some connector I cant see besides the main one.

If I send it back, bearing in mind that this is an OLD MacBook Pro, what drive should I order instead??

You need a SATA to USB adapter.

I just order one of these only in the 500GB model. Should be here on Wednesday and I hope I don't have the problem you are having. Although I am installing it in a late 2011 15" MBP.

I have an older adapter but I ordered a new one from newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002

Jack123 wrote:

Installed it in the Pro. I wouldn't know how to hook it up USB unless there is some connector I cant see besides the main one.

Install it externally (spend $15 on an enclosure), you can use the enclosure for the drive you remove. Erase the drive and set to HFS+, 1 partition, GUID table. Use CCC to clone your internal to your external, remove the internal and replace it with the external.

You're done, procedure will be identical regardless of your choice of drive (unless you buy a drive pre-formatted for a Mac)