Apple delivered their 17-inch MacBook Pro hard drive fix today, relieving the many Mac users who heard the annoying clicks and beeps. We reported about the problems last Monday and Apple said they were working on an update. Several 17-inch MacBook Pro users with 7200 rpm drives reported clicking sounds followed by an unresponsive MBP.
Apple's "Hard Drive Firmware Update 2.0" supposedly resolves all the issues by "[reducing] certain infrequent noises made by 7200-rpm drives." The affected drives were shipped with the June 2009 MacBook Pros.
You can download the new firmware from the Apple Support Downloads website or through Software Update (Apple menu > Software Update). If you have one of the affected machines and find this update fixes it, be sure to let us know in the comments!
