Jeff Campbell
08-10-2009, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10306301-37.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple' target='_blank'>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-1...subj=News-Apple</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Owners of Apple MacBook Pro notebooks with 7200rpm 500GB hard drives have been complaining for months of clicking sounds followed by temporary stalling. According to Apple, a fix is in the works."</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1249929564.usr105634.jpg" /></em></p><p>The problem has been happening in the 500GB drives that run at 7200rpm, with reports of a beep shortly before the hard drive clicks and the computer stops responding. There are several reports on the Apple <a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2049659&tstart=0" target="_blank">forums</a> that it is totally random with no correlation to a specific incident. According to Apple rep Bill Evans "<em>We are aware of the issue and are working on a software update." </em>Well half the battle is won by the acknowledgement, however they can't give a date for when the update will be available. </p>