OK lets first look at the specs of your MAcBook Pro:
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OK lets first look at the specs of your MacBook Pro:
* [http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook_pro_2.16.html|MacBook Pro 15" Core Duo 2.16 GHz].
Now lets look at the spec sheets for the two HD's you have:
* [http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701275.pdf|Scorpio Black - WD1600BEKT]
* [http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701278.pdf|Scorpio Blue - WD1600BEVT]
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Now looking at the MacBook Standard Hard Drive section we see the system can only support a SATA I (1.5 Gb/s) drive. Now looking at the Scorpio Black sheet we see the HD Interface is SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) and if we look at the Scorpio Blue we see it also runs at SATA II (3.0 Gb/s).
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Now looking at the ''MacBook Standard Hard Drive'' section we see the system can only support a SATA I (1.5 Gb/s) drive. Now looking at the Scorpio Black sheet we see the HD Interface is SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) and if we look at the Scorpio Blue we see it also runs at SATA II (3.0 Gb/s).
Both of these drive will not work reliably in your system - Sorry ;-{
OK, lets see if we can find a drive that will work. What if we can also increase the performance as well here (better than either of the two drives you listed).
I happen to like the Seagate SSHD units we find them very reliable and offer better performance than a straight HD. Here's the link to explain about the drives: [http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/solid-state-hybrid/laptop-solid-state-hybrid-drive/|Seagate SSHD] and here is the link to the spec sheet: [http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/laptop-sshd-kit-ds-1784-4-1401us.pdf|Seagate Laptop SSHD Spec sheet]. Now looking at this sheet location this line ''SATA Transfer Rates Supported (Gb/s)'' Here we can see the following: 6.0/3.0/1.5. So this drive unlike the WD is auto SATA speed sensing matching to the systems SATA ports I/O speed. Which makes it a very workable drive for you!
Two more points here:
You still need to make sure your systems firmware is upto date. Follow this Apple TN on how to check and update: [http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201518|EFI and SMC firmware updates for Intel-based Macs]
I do strongly recommend getting a FireWire external HD case to hold one of your Western Digital drives so you have a backup drive. If you can't return it. In any case if you have anything important on it you do want to wipe if before returning the drive.
OK lets first look at the specs of your MAcBook Pro:
* [http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook_pro_2.16.html|MacBook Pro 15" Core Duo 2.16 GHz].
Now lets look at the spec sheets for the two HD's you have:
* [http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701275.pdf|Scorpio Black - WD1600BEKT]
* [http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701278.pdf|Scorpio Blue - WD1600BEVT]
Now looking at the MacBook Standard Hard Drive section we see the system can only support a SATA I (1.5 Gb/s) drive. Now looking at the Scorpio Black sheet we see the HD Interface is SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) and if we look at the Scorpio Blue we see it also runs at SATA II (3.0 Gb/s).
Both of these drive will not work reliably in your system - Sorry ;-{
OK, lets see if we can find a drive that will work. What if we can also increase the performance as well here (better than either of the two drives you listed).
I happen to like the Seagate SSHD units we find them very reliable and offer better performance than a straight HD. Here's the link to explain about the drives: [http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/solid-state-hybrid/laptop-solid-state-hybrid-drive/|Seagate SSHD] and here is the link to the spec sheet: [http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/laptop-sshd-kit-ds-1784-4-1401us.pdf|Seagate Laptop SSHD Spec sheet]. Now looking at this sheet location this line ''SATA Transfer Rates Supported (Gb/s)'' Here we can see the following: 6.0/3.0/1.5. So this drive unlike the WD is auto SATA speed sensing matching to the systems SATA ports I/O speed. Which makes it a very workable drive for you!
Two more points here:
You still need to make sure your systems firmware is upto date. Follow this Apple TN on how to check and update: [http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201518|EFI and SMC firmware updates for Intel-based Macs]
I do strongly recommend getting a FireWire external HD case to hold one of your Western Digital drives so you have a backup drive. If you can't return it. In any case if you have anything important on it you do want to wipe if before returning the drive.