Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500 GB 7200RPM SATA 16 MB Cache 2.5-Inch Bare Drive - ST9500420ASG
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Manufacturer: SeagateBrand: Seagate
Edition: Personal Computers
Model: ST9500420ASG
Publisher: Seagate
Studio: Seagate
Music Label: Seagate
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Customer Review: lot's of high frequency noisy drive me crazy
Summary: 1 Stars
While I was looking for a good deal on black Friday 2009, I just happened to figure out that I need a new 2.5" hard drive to replace my old one in my Lenovo Thinkpad T60. By default, I got a 100GB inside my T60, but apparently it's not enough over years. I did some research, and This is one of the only two choice, 2.5" 7200rpm 500GB hard drive. Both of them are made by segate, but... here is the difference:
Be careful,
The cheaper one, ST9500420AS, doesn't come with protection during shocks or drops.
On the other hand, ST9500420ASG support G-Force Protection which is more suitable for installation on a laptop.
Although I'm not a guy who uses the laptop during the flight or train, I still consider that $20 is acceptable comparing to the lost of data in case. I do know that G-Force Protection is not a guarantee but I'm too lazy to back up my data frequently. Anyway, the "hot" deal on the internet (from newegg, amazon) usually come with the cheaper one. It's your own risk :) But I do think that the product description should highlight the difference on spec.
The installation is just a piece of cake. And I download the norton Ghost 15 to "clone" my old disk to new one. I'm using windows 7 but apparently it's a little tricky to clone it without violating the authenticating process of genuine version. I don't want to reinstall the O/S. But if you encounter the "preparing your desktop" problem after copy, here is the solution:
[...] Or you can google: windows 7 ghost preparing your desktop
Following the steps above solves all my issue. I'm happily writing this review booting from the 500GB hard drive.
Old review: The noise is okay (I owned a 7200 rpm 100GB also). It's almost the same in noise level.
Update 07/09/2010: The high frequent noise becomes a serious problem. It's getting louder and louder. I cannot stand it anymore and AM seriously thinking buying another SSD now.
There's no vibration or bizarre things so far. I only installed it for about 1 hour, and I know it's might be too early to endorse it. But I will update the review if there's anything going wrong. If you don't see any complaints and the review stay for 5 star, it means that it works fine for me. I use my laptop about 10~15 hours a day so I think it should be fair to see some problem soon if the quality of hard drive is bad :)
I do heard a little noise while o/s accessing the hard drive. It's a little louder than the original one. But the noise is acceptable comparing to the noise from the fan of laptop. If you are very sensitive to the hard disk noise, go for a 5400 rpm one or solid-state drive.
--- update 12/07/2009
I change my rating from 5 star to 2 star, and might go to 1 star if things getting worse. After a few days, the hard disk sometimes get a very high frequency noise. It's much louder than my another 100GB/7200rpm hitachi drive. I'm not a very sensitive person, but the noise is pretty loud enough so that you can't ignore it. Unless you working in a noisy office, you will aware of this noise. I hate it for sure... It keep distracting me from concentration on my coding. You don't have to run any i/o on this drive, you just keep hearing the noise, so I guess the noise come from the spinning of the disk. Very disappointment with this product. Not recommend !!
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