[beavergrad]

I recently bought a Western Digital 320GB Scorpio, Black (7200rpm) replacement drive for my Macbook Pro. The install was straight forward, but once I fired it up, I notice the laptop case vibrating, where both of your hands rest (the right side, not quite as much as the left due to the harddrive being under the left side.)

I tried to re-seat the drive and made sure it was installed just as the original fujitsu was using the rubber gaskets that were attached to it.

I am not noticing any humming or any sounds as other people have mentioned with new drives so I am wondering if the 7200 rpm drives just cause more vibration than the 5400 rpm ones and I have to either live with it, or get a 5400 rpm drive so I don't feel it.

Anyone have any ideas and thanks in advance for all suggestions.

[mduell]

Did you put something on top of the new drive to replace the damper that was on top of the drive you took out?

[beavergrad]

I didn't. I did see a previous thread regarding some replacement damper for another drive, but from what I could tell it appeared that the majority of folks thought it was not necessary. The top of both drives (the new one and the original one) have stickers but I don't see any types of damper... Has anyone else had this issue with a 7200 rpm drive?