Seagate ST9500530NS, ST9160511NS manual Formatted capacity, Default logical geometry, LBA mode

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3.2Formatted capacity

		Formatted	Guaranteed
	Model	capacity*	sectors	Bytes per sector

	ST9500530NS	500 Gbytes	976,773,168	512

	ST9160511NS	160 Gbytes	312,581,808
	ST9160511NS	160 Gbytes	312,581,808

*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.

3.2.1LBA mode

When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.

See Section 5.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48- bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes.

3.3Default logical geometry

Cylinders	Read/write heads	Sectors per track

16,383	16	63

LBA mode

When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.

3.4Recording and interface technology

	500GB		160GB

Interface	Serial ATA (SATA)

Recording method	Perpendicular

Recording density, KBPI (kbits/inch max)	1410

Track density, KTPI (ktracks/inch avg)	200

Areal density (Gbits/inch2 avg)	283
Spindle speed (RPM) (± 0.2%)	7200

Internal data transfer rate (Mbits/sec max)	1136

Sustained data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)	95

I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)	300 (Ultra DMA mode 5)

8	Constellation Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D

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Contents Constellation Serial ATA ST9500530NS ST9160511NSRevision history Revision DateContents Constellation Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D List of Figures Page Seagate Technology support services Seagate Online Support and ServicesConstellation Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D Introduction About the Serial ATA interface Drive specifications Specification summary tablesDrive specifications summary for 500 and 160 GB models Drive specification ST9500530NS ST9160511NSFollowing web Formatted capacity Default logical geometryLBA mode Recording and interface technologyStart/stop times Physical characteristicsSeek time Typical seek times msec Read WriteSpinup power Power specificationsPower consumption Standby modeST9160511NS 5GB 0GB Voltage +12 Power Regulation +/-5% Watts Typical current profiles Conducted noise Voltage toleranceMode Description Power-management modes PowerChoiceTM power managementPowerChoice reporting methods Environmental specifications Nonoperating vibration VibrationOperating vibration Fluid Dynamic Bearing FDB motor acoustics AcousticsElectromagnetic immunity Radio frequency environmentsAgency certification Safety certificationReliability Electromagnetic compatibilityFCC verification Korean RRLAustralian C-Tick N176 Environmental protection Corrosive environmentConfiguring the drive Configuring and mounting the driveHandling and static-discharge precautions Serial ATA cables and connectors Drive mountingMounting dimensions-top, side and end view Cooling Air flowSerial ATA Sata interface Hot-Plug compatibilitySignal Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitionsSerial ATA connector pin definitions Pin Function DefinitionCommand name Command code in hex Supported ATA commandsSupported ATA commands F4H Identify Device command Word Description ValueXx07H Description if bit is set to Bit Word Bit WordWord Set Features command Set Features command valuesCode in features register A.R.T. command 3 S.M.A.R.T. commandsA.R.T. commands Index ITE Page Constellation Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D Page Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066-4544, USA