Acer 2930 manual Hard Disk Drive Interface Specifications, Super Multi Drive Module Specification

Hard Disk Drive Interface

	Item				Specifications
	Vendor &	Hitachi		Segate	Toshiba	WD	WD
	Model	5K250-250		ST9250827AS	MK1646GSX	WD2500BEVS	WD3200BEVT
	Name	5K250-160		ST9160827AS	MK1246GSX	WD1200BEVS	WD1600BEVT
				ST9120817AS
	Capacity	250, 160		250, 160, 120	160, 120	250, 120	320, 160
	(MB)
	Bytes per	512		512	512	512	512
	sector
	Data heads	4, 3		4, 3, 2	3, 2	4, 2	4, 2
	Drive Format
	Disks	2, 2		2, 2, 1	2, 1	2, 1	2, 1
	Spindle	5400		5400	5400	5400	5400
	speed
	(RPM)
	Performance Specifications
	Buffer size	8 MB		8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB
	Interface	SATA		SATA	SATA	SATA	SATA
	Internal	643 ~ 665		778	370 ~ 730	850 Mbits/s	850 Mbits/s
	transfer				typical	maximum	maximum
	rate (Mbits/
	sec, max)
	I/O data	150 / 300		300	300	150 maximum	300 maximum
	transfer
	rate
	(Mbytes/
	sec max)
	DC Power Requirements
	Voltage	5V ±5%		5V ±5%	5V ±5%	5V ±5%	5V ±5%
Super Multi Drive Module
	Item				Specification
Vendor & model name			HLDS/GSA-T50N, Philips DS-8A2S, Sony/AD-7560S, Toshiba Digi/TS-L633A
Performance Specification			With CD Diskette			With DVD Diskette
Transfer rate (MB/sec)			Sustained:			Sustained:
			Max 3.5 Mbytes/sec			Max 10 Mbytes/sec
Buffer Memory			2MB
Interface			SATA

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