2.2Formatted capacity
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ST3750640NS | 750 Gbytes | 1,465,149,168 | 512 |
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ST3750840NS | 750 Gbytes | 1,465,149,168 | 512 |
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ST3500630NS | 500 Gbytes | 976,773,168 | 512 |
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ST3500830NS | 500 Gbytes | 976,773,168 | 512 |
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ST3400620NS | 400 Gbytes | 781,422,768 | 512 |
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ST3400820NS | 400 Gbytes | 781,422,768 | 512 |
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ST3320620NS | 320 Gbytes | 625,142,448 | 512 |
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ST3320820NS | 320 Gbytes | 625,142,448 | 512 |
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ST3250620NS | 250 Gbytes | 488,397,168 | 512 |
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ST3250820NS | 250 Gbytes | 488,397,168 | 512 |
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*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.
2.2.1LBA mode
When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to
See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words
2.3Default logical geometry
Cylinders | Read/write heads | Sectors per track |
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16,383 | 16 | 63 |
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LBA mode
When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to
14 | Barracuda ES Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D |