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    Samsung Spinpoint issues

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Nick, Nov 7, 2010.

  1. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Hi guys,

    I recently order one of these from Newegg and put it in my Macbook Pro 13. I loaded OS X using the disks that came with the laptop. Now whenever I come out of sleep, the desktop comes up, but its basically frozen for about 15 seconds. When I try to click on something, it just comes up with the spinning wheel. I also noticed that when I tried to boot into Windows 7(which was working perfect last night) it comes up with the folder with a question mark.

    Is it faulty or what?
     
    Nick, Nov 7, 2010
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Open Disk Utility with Spotlight and check the SMART attributes of the drive. If everything checks out, try verifying the disk and the permissions.
     
    Bog, Nov 7, 2010
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Have you tried verifying the disc image? Booting from the OS X disc can repair corrupt files in the OS. Also you could try reinstalling OS X
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Nov 7, 2010
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  4. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Decided to RMA it and get a refund. Thanks Guys!
     
    Nick, Nov 7, 2010
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  5. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Was a known good drive acting normally beforehand? Just asking cause it could have saved you a couple headaches.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Nov 7, 2010
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  6. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Well, I just put the stock Apple HDD in and its working great, no freezing.
     
    Nick, Nov 7, 2010
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  7. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Ah well defective drive be gone! Better luck with your next drive.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Nov 7, 2010
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