Intel Mac :: Install A Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drive In 2011 27'

Apr 25, 2012

As title. Heard a lot about the temp sensor that might cause this an issue?  If its a problem, would it work if i installed it as a 2nd drive?

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Dec 7, 2010

Does anyone use one of these? I thinking of replacing my Bootcamp HD with a 500gb one of these. An SSD is too pricey for me in larger sizes, so I'm thinking this would be a nice stop-gap until prices are sub �1=1gb. What's it like for noise/speed?

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Dec 2, 2010

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As I was about to purchase a new 512GB SSD, the reseller informed me that I should try the Seagate drive referenced above. He said that it would work in the MBA with no problem. The price difference is huge. Axiom SSD = $1500, Momentus Hybrid SSD = $120. I'm not concerned about speed. I'm just tired of carrying my itunes library on an external USB drive.

I love the new MBA. I just need more disk space in the unit. Here's a link to the drive in question: [URL]

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Jun 1, 2010

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I received my 500GB Seagate Momentus XT yesterday and ran some quick and crude benchmarks that I thought I'd share with you guys in case anyone else was thinking of upgrading. Here are my observations.

With Factory Seagate 7200rpm 500GB Drive:
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Time to boot measured from hitting the power button to when the finder toolbar appeared at the top averaged approximately 40s to 45s.

Running Photoshop CS5 immedately after reboot took approximately 10s.

The above two tests were repeated about 4 or 5 times and were fairly consistent.


With new Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Drive:
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Time to boot measured from hitting the power button to when the finder toolbar appeared at the top averaged approximately 30s.

Running Photoshop CS5 immedately after reboot took approximately 3s to 5s.

The above two tests were repeated 4 times (sorry I ran out of time to run more) and as expected the first attempt was a little slower than subsequent tests. The times listed above represent the times I was getting after the first reboot.


All in all i'm happy with the improvement, especially when i consider the fact that I still get my 500GB capacity. I wanted an SSD but couldn't bring myself to fork out the money to get a drive with enough capacity to meet my needs.

If you have any questions or want me to run specific tests let me know. Not sure about running battery life tests since my battery-o-meter is all over the place telling me i have anywhere between 2 hours and 8 hours of battery life depending on what i'm doing at any given moment

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Apr 18, 2012

I have change the hard drive in my macbook aluminium 2009, the new drive is Seagate (Momentus XT ST750LX003) hybrid drive.Each time osx turn off the drive all the applications are killed except osx. I have tested 2 different drives and i have the same problem with both.  Seagate do not have anything about this problem.   

I even turn off the power saving of the computer and the hard drive... but after an hour of inactivity all the apps are killed ( except osx). 

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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3), HDD seagate Momentus XT ST750LX003

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Jun 1, 2012

I have a MacBook 13" with a 1.83capsule  GHz Intel Core Duo and the internal hard drive quit on me. I can't even get disk utilities to see the disk, much less mount it. Fortunately for me, I have a Time Machine on an external HD, and another external HD that I was able to install OS X 10.6.8 (using updates) so I can use the computer.  I am looking at a Seagate Momentus 5400.6 250GB 2.5 Hard Drive-SATA 3GB, 8MB  Can I do this? As the original HD was 60GB, will there be any problem using the 250GB drive? Also, I need to know how to install it (Actually, because my hands shake, I am going to ask a friend to do the actual work). 

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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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Dec 20, 2010

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MacBook Pro :: Multiple Drive Failures Using Seagate Momentus XT 750?

May 10, 2012

I have a 2011 macbook pro (8,1) and in january 2012 I replaced the OEM drive with a momentus XT.  I can report that the drive makes a BIG difference in performance. However, the drive failed with bad sectors within a week of installation. I got a warranty replacement, and that drive also failed within a couple weeks.

I got a second warranty replacement, and that drive failed after about a month.

I am currently awaiting my third warranty replacement drive! 

All of the failures were the same mode - bad blocks after a fairly short period of use.

I used SMART Utility to detect the problem - typically the disk itself did not flag a SMART error (so does not show up in Disk Utility) but my utility detected the problem and the SMART self tests fail.  In all cases these drives were eligible for replacement via SeaTools test.  These drives also caused IO errors which showed up in the system log, and the evil pinwheel cursor of impending doom. 

So my question to the community is: if anyone out there is using these drives, have you had these problems?

If you have one of these drives I recommend using SMART Utility or other SMART monitoring software to check your drive. 

I know seagate is not known for reliability these days, but three drive failures in a row is a little ridiculous!  ... so I'm concerned that there is some bad interaction with the mac.  The only other thing I can think of is bad yields related to the thailand floods - all of these drives were dated around Oct 2011. 

I've searched around a bit but I haven't seen anyone reporting problems.

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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148274

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Powermac G5 Dual Core 2.0
Mac OS X (10.4.9)
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Jun 8, 2012

is it ok to add a seagate expansion hard drive for backups?

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Aug 19, 2014

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1.- i tried forcing the recovery mode so It would connect to the internet and download mountain lion but after 10 min or so i trows the -2002f error at me

2.- I tried to use the old hard drive that i put on a external hard drive reader so I could get the recovery partition but i just keep restarting the installation no reason given

3.- downloaded the mountain lion and tried to installing it on the system hard drive of the laptop trough a computer running snow leopard but dosn't let me.

4.- tried the same thing on target mode without success

5.- using the recovery partition I used disk utility to se of the partition was locked but it was not

6.- created a different partition to see if it would install it  there didn't work. 

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Mac Pro, iOS 6.1.6

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MacBook Pro :: Use A Seagate Hybrid SSD?

Sep 6, 2010

first of all I would like to say that I am new to macrumors but not new to macs. I'm currently using a 15" MacBook Pro i7 with HR-AG. I have owned a 15" uMBP 2.8ghz (mid-2009), a 13" uMB 2.0ghz (late-2008) and a 13" Blackbook (late 2006).

i know it's alot of macs in a small timeframe but i love macs and always want to upgrade...which brings me to my next question..

Has anyone tried the Seagate Hybrid XT SSD, 7200RPM?

I want the performance of an ssd but not the high price tag. If someone is running this drive, I would like to hear about your experience with it.

I don't use my computer for editing, just browsing, notes and e-mail. However i am very curious about boot times. I love how fast an ssd boots up, and since i don't run any data intensive apps at all, i think a hybrid drive may be all that I need.

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Mar 14, 2012

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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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Oct 4, 2010

Any advice on the below ExpressCard 34 SSD card for an OSX boot drive on a unibody 2010 MBP? [URL]

I'll be running Snow Leopard and would plan to create a partition on my internal to clone the OS and apps on the card just in case something goes wrong.

I've heard (and seen) really good things when people have successfully used these FileMates for boot drives. On the other hand, I've also read about people having issues with sleep/wake functions when booting from ExpressCard SSDs. If it's likely to perfect aside from sleep / wake, considering the speedy load times, I may be willing to take the leap and give the sleep function a miss.

Too good to be true?

If so, my plan b is the SeaGate Momentus XT Hybrid Drive, 320-500gb with a 4gb flash:[URL]

Both options look good, just not sure if one would turn out better in reality than the other.

I have a 2010 unibody 15" 2.4ghz core i5 with 4gb ram and a 320gb hdd at present. I use it predominantly for video editing, using FCP, Motion, Nuke and Shake mainly.

As such, I'm interested to improve the setup of my machine by adding an SSD (in express 34 form) or increasing the rpm of the internal to a 7200 (as per the SeaGate). Any ideas which would benefit more?

In my head it makes more sense to go for the SSD as it will relieve the internal hdd from having to deal with running the OS and apps, it can just be used for footage, audio and other media. Not sure if that'll work out in reality though

Quite confused, sorry for the ramblings, if you're still reading - "well done, and thank you!".

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Dec 2, 2010

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So unfortunately, this has soured by tastebuds on the Seagate. There have been numerous posts about issues with this HDD on Newegg.com and I knew that going in, so I'm not looking to particularly rehash it. I tried, it didn't work, time to move on. It will go back. I'm not interested in paying the steep price for performance that an SSD involves. I would prefer to have the additional capacity (320GB+). That said, are there any particular recommendations for a reliable, fast 500GB HDD for my new MBP? Or is it more of a situation where they're all with 1-2% of each other? The unit with most/best reviews seems to be the Seagate Momentus 7200.4. I'm still a little bit bitter about Seagate at the moment, but I'm willing to keep an open mind.

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Nov 8, 2010

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May 24, 2010

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Jul 21, 2010

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