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    What is the exact model of the 500 gig hard drive...

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by RandomHajile, Apr 15, 2010.

  1. RandomHajile

    RandomHajile Notebook Guru

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    ...in the M17x? I think it's a Seagate but my drive is obnoxious and i wanna try and find some firmware updates for it so it'll shut up. It's putting a serious damper on my love life!
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    RandomHajile, Apr 15, 2010
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    RandomHajile Notebook Guru

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    I have the 9500420
     
    RandomHajile, Apr 15, 2010
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  3. kilthro

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    Yes the 500GB is a Seagate drive. I am not home to get you the model number. IMO its a horrible drive on performance.
     
    kilthro, Apr 15, 2010
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  4. inap

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    not sure if the same, i have the M15x, its a seagate momentus 7200.4
     
    inap, Apr 15, 2010
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    yep i do remember that on mine.
     
    kilthro, Apr 15, 2010
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    I'm pretty sure they are all Momentus 7200.4s the 160Gb/250Gb/320Gb/500Gb in almost if not all the laptops.
     
    Deathcore, Apr 15, 2010
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    Do what I did, call Alienware, tell them your hard drive has the click of death. After some stupid troubleshooting,they'll send you a new one. Ask them to send you a Western Digital. If they can't, sell the replacement Seagate one they send you, and buy a WD drive, which do not park nearly as much.

    Then install QuietHDD, it's free and you can create a batch file which you can set to run on startup and/or use task scheduler to run on login which will set your APM to 255, essentially telling your drive to never park the head, making it noiseless.

    Do this, and your life will become infinitely better.
     
    Shazzbozz, Apr 15, 2010
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  8. AtolSammeek

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    Do this before calling. Use your windows resource dvd reboot the computer and when it say hit any key hit a key and do a hard drive test and you get a error code that you can give them they just send you a new hard drive.
     
    AtolSammeek, Apr 15, 2010
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