MacBook Pro :: WD Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT 500GB 2.5" Internal SATA HD Spindown?

Mar 22, 2010

I've recently bought a WD Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT 500GB 2.5" SATA hard drive to put in my PS3. I decided instead to put this in my MacBook Pro and put the 320GB drive from my MBP in the PS3 - which I have done and works perfectly.

Now the problem is the WD HDD in the MBP. I can physically hear the HDD spin down and then almost immediately spin up again. Whilst in this state of "spin down" OSX is a little unresponsive. Does anyone know how to stop the drive from shutting down so often. It literally happens every few seconds. I haven't noticed the problem when booted in Windows 7 though I could be wrong.

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my current laptop hardware: 

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Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 15.4" 2.4Ghz (Early 2008 Model)

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Problem:
Random lock-ups, where the computer will stall for 30-120 seconds at random, and again randomly fall back to running normally like nothing happened. Also the computer seems slower.

Where the problem lies:
The problem started since installing a WD5000BEVT(Western Digital Blue 500GB) in the Macbook Pro. So the problem is connected with this, and from what I read the problem can be something of the following:
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-Power Management Issues
-Snow Leopard

Setup:
-MacBook Pro 15" - Late 2008 (Coconut says age 13 months)
-4GB Kingston Value (Not an issue)

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