Comments on: Buying a 160GB Harddisk http://blog.cristianobetta.com/2007/05/22/buying-a-160gb-harddisk/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:26:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Martin http://blog.cristianobetta.com/2007/05/22/buying-a-160gb-harddisk/#comment-75 Martin Tue, 22 May 2007 21:10:30 +0000 http://blog.cristianobetta.com/2007/05/22/buying-a-160gb-harddisk/#comment-75 Note that some people experienced kernel panics after they installed a WD Scorpio in their MacBooks and MacBook Pro's. Cause of these kernel panics is a conflict between the ShockGuard technology from WD and the Sudden Motion Sensor of the MacBook. See http://www.macspecialist.org/content/articles/macbook_pro_owners_beware/ You could disable the Sudden Motion Sensor to resolve this conflict. See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300724 how to do this. There are also a lot of people who had no problems at all and the HD works just perfectly. Note that some people experienced kernel panics after they installed a WD Scorpio in their MacBooks and MacBook Pro’s. Cause of these kernel panics is a conflict between the ShockGuard technology from WD and the Sudden Motion Sensor of the MacBook. See http://www.macspecialist.org/content/articles/macbook_pro_owners_beware/ You could disable the Sudden Motion Sensor to resolve this conflict. See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300724 how to do this.

There are also a lot of people who had no problems at all and the HD works just perfectly.

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