only MBA cannot. for MB/MBP it's even in the manual (well it used to be, not sure now)

iMac also can change. but quite hard lah

just got my 500gb momentus XT today. will install sometime next week. i dun dare to change HDD until i finish my assignments

yes it's FD23. what's wrong with the earlier ones?

wow ok, i wasn't aware of that issue. maybe latest batch no more. thx anyway

ok guys...help me out here i juz bought a seagate momentus xt. last night i was trying to install it but got problem. i'll go one by one

1) took my WD out n swap in the seagate. booted from OSX dvd, erased the drive to HFS journaled, then proceed to Restore from my time machine. it proceeded to erase the seagate, then it was "transferring files... 0%" for about half an hour (the estimated remaining time was 1400+ hrs n counting lol). so i gave up. Repair disk didnt work.

2) swapped back my WD into my mbp, erased the usb-connected seagate using disk utility. this time i use SuperDuper to clone the WD to the seagate. when it's done, i swapped the seagate back in, but cannot boot. stuck at the plain grey screen (without apple logo). when i reboot and holding down option, no icon was shown.

3) i connected the WD by usb n booted off it. when i open disk utility, i realize the seagate SMART status is not available (it should, seeing as it is installed internally)

4) i swapped the WD back in, n this time externally boot off the seagate via USB. guess what, it runs fine! so i boot from the WD, then in DU i juz do a Repair disk for the seagate, and also used Drive Genius to repair again

5) then i swapped the seagate back in, try to boot, still cannot. same problem as in (2), plain grey screen. PRAM reset didnt help either

any idea what's going on?

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Nov 10 2010, 12:12 PM

Juz tried installing fresh copy. Stuck at 0% too. I checked in DU the smart status is still not available

the XT only comes in 32MB cache. the half-price 16MB is normal momentus drive, not the XT

i got a bad unit. talked to seagate customer service n they told me to get a replacement. i already sent it back n now waiting for the new one to arrive

the price is correct. should be compatible. im using corsair now but 2x2gb

ddr3 sodimm? even a 2x2gb kit is more than rm200 oh

oic, maybe the price just went down. that's good news

aaaaa~~ someone help me please im still having problems with momentus xt. i had the same problem before (i brought it up here) but even after getting a replacement unit, i still get the same problem

basically, i cloned my system to the drive and it boots flawlessly over an external USB connection. after i swap it inside my macbook pro 5,1 it wont boot (? folder image). i tried a fresh OSX install, but somewhere about 10 mins during the installation i got an error (the report was very long, cant recall anything).

my 500gb momentus xt came with the SD23 firmware. i tried updating it to SD24 using the bootable ISO, but i got the error which goes something like model matched, but firmware not match or something like that. i tried the 'force install' method (typing some code at the DOS prompt, found it somewhere in macrumours) but it still didnt work

im on EFI 1.8. some reports suggests that downgrading to 1.6 would solve it but at a slight loss of speed. i just tried downgrading, but the Aluminum_MacBook_Pro_Recovery.dmg file probably only works to downgrade 1.7 to 1.6 but not 1.8 to 1.6 (i cant find anyyone mentioning it works for 1.8, only 1.7). after restoring the dmg to my flash drive, my mac could not boot the flash drive (gotten the circle with a slash icon)

since this is my 2nd unit i doubt that this is the drives's fault. any help?

for macbook air u need miniDisplayPort to *something*. *something* depends on the projector, but mostly use VGA

i used superduper.

i dont think there's any problem with my dvd and dvd drive. even if it does, it wont cause the cloned drive not to work, right?

good to know yours worked fine. which firmware? sd23 or sd24?

i guess ill give it a try thx

happy new year to you too

did u upgrade the firmware using the bootable ISO or the windows app?

SD24 is the latest momentus xt firmware

anyway tried cloning using carbon copy cloner....still get the same problem. can boot externally but not internally. haih~

i guess i should just sell it

anyone can point me a way of downgrading EFI 1.8 to 1.6?

didnt help too. thanks anyway

meh i gave up. i just bought a hitachi 5k500, clone, swap, no problems at all!

anyone looking for a momentus xt can PM me

dun say 'last summer' in a malaysian forum lar haha we summer everyday! jk

yea i guess im just unlucky. even had a prob with a 500gb scorpio blue before, but diff problem lah. this hitachi so far so good. just stick with it lah

anyway thanks for everyone's help n comments

using corsair here. no problems in the past 1 year using it