Update 2/16/10 Apple announces repair extension program for MacBook Seagate 7.01 hard drives. Get details from Apple.com. If you have an affected MacBook, call MacMedics and we can arrange to have hard drive replaced.

Certain 2.5” Seagate SATA hard drives most commonly found in MacBooks from 2 to 3 years ago (Also found in some MacBook Pros and Mac Minis, check yours if if you’ve ever had your hard drive replaced as some of these units also ended up as service parts.) I’ve seen various sizes fail as well, mostly 60 and 80 GB.

We’ve just filmed a short video that demonstrates the classic sound of a failing Seagate 7.01 drive. Nothing too surprising here, as it sounds pretty much like any other failing hard drive. Here at MacMedics we’ve been warning folks about this issue for several years, yet we still see them come into the shop all the time (both working and still in service and ones that have died). The video also shows what a damaged Seagate 7.01 firmware drive looks like on the inside once the drive crashes.

Our original Blog post that has been updated many times can be found here. We’ll also post the video there.

Other MacMedics Blog posts that mention the Seagate 7.01 firmware issue can be found here.

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