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repair guy changed my HD, did i end up with something better/worse?
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<blockquote data-quote="kittie23" data-source="post: 1669568" data-attributes="member: 358458"><p>My mid 2009 macbook pro was starting in safe mode for no reason. Since I needed a new battery already I took it into a shop to get repaired (its old so yeah no insurance) the repair guy fixed the battery, and upgraded my software. He did mention that it might be the hard drive that could be bad hence why it was starting on safe mode but when I picked it up from repair he said it was fine and said he fixed the hard drive, but he didn't charge me for anything so i assumed my old hard drive was fine.</p><p></p><p>Well when i got home i could feel the computer vibrate from both sides of the track pad but mainly from the back of the screen. I did a bunch of googling and noticed some people mention that rpm of 7200 did that. Looked into my specs and it turns out that was my rpm. </p><p></p><p>He switched my hard drive!!! and he didn't say anything except that he fixed it! I know nothing about computers so I don't know if i ended up with something worse or better! My old hard drive was a TOSHIBA 250GB 5400 rpm and the new one is </p><p></p><p>NVidia MCP79 AHCI:</p><p></p><p> Vendor: NVidia</p><p> Product: MCP79 AHCI</p><p> Link Speed: 3 Gigabit</p><p> Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit</p><p> Physical Interconnect: SATA</p><p> Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported</p><p></p><p>ST9250410AS:</p><p></p><p> Capacity: 250.06 GB (250,059,350,016 bytes)</p><p> Model: ST9250410AS </p><p> Revision: D005SDM1</p><p> Serial Number: 5VG52CTA</p><p> Native Command Queuing: Yes</p><p> Queue Depth: 32</p><p> Removable Media: No</p><p> Detachable Drive: No</p><p> BSD Name: disk0</p><p> Rotational Rate: 7200</p><p> Medium Type: Rotational</p><p> Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)</p><p> S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified</p><p> Volumes:</p><p>EFI:</p><p> Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)</p><p> BSD Name: disk0s1</p><p> Content: EFI</p><p> Volume UUID: 85D67001-D93E-3687-A1C2-79D677F0C2E0</p><p>MACHD:</p><p> Capacity: 249.2 GB (249,199,591,424 bytes)</p><p> Available: 223.71 GB (223,713,067,008 bytes)</p><p> Writable: Yes</p><p> File System: Journaled HFS+</p><p> BSD Name: disk0s2</p><p> Mount Point: /</p><p> Content: Apple_HFS</p><p> Volume UUID: 5E6CBA79-B486-3C8E-B54F-823E0CA93987</p><p>Recovery HD:</p><p> Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)</p><p> BSD Name: disk0s3</p><p> Content: Apple_Boot</p><p> Volume UUID: 37D96F65-A24A-3268-87AF-78F9D970FA94</p><p></p><p></p><p>Just trying to figure out if he totally screwed me over or if he simply was nice and gave me a new hard drive at no cost (he did give me some other stuff for free so maybe he is just nice)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kittie23, post: 1669568, member: 358458"] My mid 2009 macbook pro was starting in safe mode for no reason. Since I needed a new battery already I took it into a shop to get repaired (its old so yeah no insurance) the repair guy fixed the battery, and upgraded my software. He did mention that it might be the hard drive that could be bad hence why it was starting on safe mode but when I picked it up from repair he said it was fine and said he fixed the hard drive, but he didn't charge me for anything so i assumed my old hard drive was fine. Well when i got home i could feel the computer vibrate from both sides of the track pad but mainly from the back of the screen. I did a bunch of googling and noticed some people mention that rpm of 7200 did that. Looked into my specs and it turns out that was my rpm. He switched my hard drive!!! and he didn't say anything except that he fixed it! I know nothing about computers so I don't know if i ended up with something worse or better! My old hard drive was a TOSHIBA 250GB 5400 rpm and the new one is NVidia MCP79 AHCI: Vendor: NVidia Product: MCP79 AHCI Link Speed: 3 Gigabit Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit Physical Interconnect: SATA Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported ST9250410AS: Capacity: 250.06 GB (250,059,350,016 bytes) Model: ST9250410AS Revision: D005SDM1 Serial Number: 5VG52CTA Native Command Queuing: Yes Queue Depth: 32 Removable Media: No Detachable Drive: No BSD Name: disk0 Rotational Rate: 7200 Medium Type: Rotational Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table) S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified Volumes: EFI: Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes) BSD Name: disk0s1 Content: EFI Volume UUID: 85D67001-D93E-3687-A1C2-79D677F0C2E0 MACHD: Capacity: 249.2 GB (249,199,591,424 bytes) Available: 223.71 GB (223,713,067,008 bytes) Writable: Yes File System: Journaled HFS+ BSD Name: disk0s2 Mount Point: / Content: Apple_HFS Volume UUID: 5E6CBA79-B486-3C8E-B54F-823E0CA93987 Recovery HD: Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes) BSD Name: disk0s3 Content: Apple_Boot Volume UUID: 37D96F65-A24A-3268-87AF-78F9D970FA94 Just trying to figure out if he totally screwed me over or if he simply was nice and gave me a new hard drive at no cost (he did give me some other stuff for free so maybe he is just nice) [/QUOTE]
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