LAN Interface

Item

Specification

 

 

Supports LAN protocol

10/100Mbps for Aspire 1360; 10/100/1000Mbps for Aspire 1520

 

 

LAN connector type

RJ45

 

 

LAN connector location

Rear side

 

 

PXE Version

2.0

 

 

Modem Interface

Item

Specification

 

 

Chipset

VIA VT8235CE

 

 

Fax modem data baud rate (bps)

14.4K

 

 

Data modem data baud rate (bps)

56K

 

 

Supports modem protocol

V.90/V.92MDC

 

 

Modem connector type

RJ11

 

 

Modem connector location

Rear side

 

 

.

Hard Disk Drive Interface

Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vendor & Model

HGST Moraga

HGST Moraga

HGST Moraga

Name

IC25N030ATMR04

IC25N040ATMR04-

IC25N060ATMR04-0

 

Fujitsu V-40 MHT2030AT

TOSHIBA Pluto 40G

TOSHIBA Neptune

 

Seagate N1 ST93015A

MK4025GAS

MK6021GAS

 

 

Fujitsu V40+ MHT2040AT

 

 

 

Seagate N1 ST94019A

 

 

 

 

 

Capacity (MB)

30000

40000

60000

 

 

 

 

Bytes per sector

512

512

512

 

 

 

 

Logical heads

16

16

16

 

 

 

 

Logical sectors

63

63

63

 

 

 

 

Drive Format

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Logical cylinders

16383

16383

16383

 

 

 

 

Physical read/write

2/Not show/2

2/Not show/2/2

3/4

heads

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disks

1/Not show/1

1/Not show/1/1

2

 

 

 

 

Spindle speed (RPM)

4200RPM

4200RPM

4200RPM

 

 

 

 

Performance Specifications

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffer size

2MB

2MB/8MB for Toshiba

2MB/8MB for HGST

 

 

 

 

Interface

ATA-5 for other vendors /ATA-

ATA-5 for other vendors /ATA-

ATA-5/ATA-6 for HGST

 

6 for HGST and Toshiba

6 for HGST

 

 

 

 

 

Data transfer rate

350

350

350

(disk-buffer, Mbytes/

 

 

 

s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data transfer, rate

100 MB/Sec

100 MB/Sec

100MB/Sec

(host~buffer, Mbytes/

 

 

 

s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DC Power Requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voltage tolerance

5 +/- 5%

5 +/- 5%

5 +/- 5%

 

 

 

 

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Acer 1520 manual Modem Interface, Hard Disk Drive Interface, VIA VT8235CE, MK4025GAS MK6021GAS, 2MB

1520 specifications

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