Rep: 11
1
Can anyone tell me, before I spend the cash, if this drive will work in my A1297 MBP 17"?
2.5" Hybrid Hard Disk 2TB Seagate Firecuda ST2000LX001
I know the 1TB is tested but don't know if the 2Tb will work.
Many thanks in advance.
Is this a good question?
Rep: 479.3k
35
329
971
Hold that thought!
Review your system this FireCuda drive is a fixed SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) drive. Depending on your exact system you may have a SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) interface in your system (Core 2 Duo and i5) or have a SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) on the very last series of 17" models (i7).
The older Seagate SSHD drive was auto sense which would work across either SATA II & SATA III systems.
Was this answer helpful?
Idk @danj , I have the same HDD in my Dell's optical drive bay that only supports SATA I and other than it being really slow it works well.
Thats the older model not this one! Review the spec sheets:
Note the SATA interface line differences! If you really have a SATA I (1.5 Gb/s) system then you have the still older model.
Many of us were caught off guard when they redid the drive as the 3.5" FireCuda is an Auto sense drive: FireCuda 3.5" SSHD
Oops! Now, that is a thought!
I'm not sure how to check but I'll have a look and find out, Many thanks for the warning Dan, much appreciated.
The easiest way to verify your system is to plug your systems S/N into this web site: EveryMac - Lookup then check the drive section.
Past 24 Hours: 0
Past 7 Days: 0
Past 30 Days: 0
All Time: 268
1 Comment
Many thanks Alex.
by Craig