Hi..
i'm planning to upgrade my MacBook hdd..Current hdd is 80Gb..so, i'm gonna double the space..

but i've heard somewhere, if we upgrade hdd (ourself), it will void our warranty ..can somebody confirm this?

And, what connection does MacBook hdd has? is it SATA or SATA II?

thanks..

I don't that is true. Since that all you have to do is slot out the old HDD and slot back in the new HDD, the only warranty that you will void is the hard drive's.

That is you are using a Macbook. Macbook Pro users will void thiers.

SATA 5300rpm 2.5 inch is the info i got from Apple's website

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Added on June 4, 2007, 7:39 pmUpdate

Read this

http://www.overclock.net/faqs/99397-info-t...sata-sata2.html

This post has been edited by kwekeugene: Jun 4 2007, 07:40 PM

The HDD in the Macbook is an official DIY replaceable part. See Apple's Manual page on DIY HDD replacement. Replacing the HDD will not void your warranty, but doing it while the power is plugged in and frying the mainboard in the process definitely will. In other words, Apple will not honor the warranty if you don't follow the instructions and screw up. Ifixit.com has better pictures though.

I actually did the upgrade myself over the weekend in about 10 minutes. The most difficult part is to find a small enough Torx screwdriver to remove the old slide rail plus actually finding a SATA 2.5" HDD in LYP. The biggest I found was 120GB, I would love to have a 160GB or 200GB drives but unfortunately these "high-end" stuff needs to be special ordered.

I just upgraded mine, bought a 120GB for a little less than RM300, there were 160GB as well but it goes way beyond RM400, not worth it. Just get a SATA it'll work.

Dont bother with 7200rpm, was told it'll run pretty hot.

How much does it cost to upgrade from 120 gig hd to 200?

The heat of 7200rpm will only be slightly higher than 5400rpm. I'm willing to sacrifice a lil of heat and get a much faster HDD

How large does these laptop HDDs go? And i assume you cannot source these larger ones locally, available online only?

The largest on newegg right now is a 320GB drive. You can probably special order them in LYP, I've asked Compuzone before. Most of them are made in Malaysia anyway.


This post has been edited by tishaban: Feb 29 2008, 09:21 PM

I have the 250HDD ex-stock. For bigger size HDD, needs to order.
PM me if you are interested.

This post has been edited by sonnettech-asia: Mar 1 2008, 12:19 AM

What brand is the 250 one?

Do you have experience using them in MacBooks? I'm asking because I'm worried about heat. When I got a larger drive for my iBook, it ran hot and the machine was never really the same after that (would overheat and shut down).

I have seagate and WD. Bigger drives also created more heat. I suggest you use the external HDD.

The reason im asking is that im in the market for a bigger HDD myself. Went for a browsearound in Lowyat today, and found out that the 320Gb 5400rpm HDD is available in the store itself for RM585. Im bringing over my Macbook for its surgery tomorrow.

What are the necessary things i need to do before this surgery? The Macbook is regularly backed up by Time Machine, i guess i would also need a Disk Image of the HDD and store it in case things go wrong?

whoa 320gb hdd on a macbook, I thought 160gb big already

Anyways i still havent upgrade mine, cant find the necessary screw drivers (torx t8 and philips 00)

let us know about the result.. i interested to have 320gb harddisk in my macbook as well hhaa

That's cheap dude. Could you pm me the shop name. Won't mind springing for a 320 gigger for my backup drive.

BTW. If you want to avoid the hassle of reinstalling all your stuff: download SuperDuper from

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/13803/superduper%21

IIANM, if you only require to clone your startup drive, you don't even need to spring for the paid version.

Then backup your entire harddrive to an external hard disk. When your new drive is installed, startup with the external hard disk connected (via USB or FireWire) and after the startup chime keep the option key depressed. Your external disk should be visible to choose as a startup volume. Launch superduper and clone the external harddrive back to the new drive.

This post has been edited by MacDaNife: Mar 1 2008, 10:49 PM

i've bought the 320gb some time last week after i received my mbp from workshop, for rm575. from what the technician told me, if you asked a certified apple technician to do the upgrade for you, it won't void your warranty. he installed it for me,and it has been working ever so smoothly.

i'm not sure about this myself, but there's some statements that said the mbp can only support up 300gb, which is why the upgrade for newer mbps is 300gb. not sure about macbook. the 320gb hdd in my mbp is read as 300gb only in capacity. the extra 20gb is 'lost', which is quite a waste. i'm wondering if there is a way around this...

This post has been edited by dawn152: Mar 2 2008, 10:43 AM

Hard drive "effective space" is always less than it's "advertised" capacity. This is because of the 1024Mb = 1 gigabyte thing. So if you divide 320 by 1.024 you "lose" about 10 gb. The rest is required for partitioning, even if you have only one partition. So it's quite normal for you to "lose" those gigs.

There's no such thing as computers not being able to support larger disk capacities. The only limitation is the physical dimensions of the drive: i.e. as long as it fits in the computer, the computer will be able to use it's entire capacity.

The 320 Gb drives are new to the market having been available (worldwide) only in the past few weeks. Apple typically rebrands these drives before putting in their machines (they carry the Apple logo on the drive stickers) and this delays their inclusion into Macs. I've no doubt the 320Gb drives will make it into the NEXT revision of the Mac portables.

I have a 320GB ext hard disk and the 20GB is lost when partitioned. It's happens for all hard disk, including the one that came with your mbp originally.

How much did the technician charge you for installing the hard drive?

free... just cause i bought the macbook air from them.

i know about the 'effective space' and that it will always be less than the actual capacity, i've come to that conclusion myself. but because i've read somewhere that the mbp hard drive limit is 300gb, it confuses me. good to know that there isn't a limitation.... i was worried for a while there... thanks all for ur info.

p/s: i think machines charge around rm60, epicentre rm100 and vr tech rm200.... fyi

This post has been edited by dawn152: Mar 2 2008, 02:46 PM

Okay guys, my Macbook is in MacStudio right now, inside the surgery theater. Pray it comes out from this alive.