Hard Disk Drive Interface

Item

 

 

Specifications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vendor &

Seagate

Seagate

Seagate

Toshiba

WD

Model Name

ST9250827AS

ST9320320AS

ST9500325AS

MK3252GSX

WD5000BEVT

 

 

ST9160310AS

 

MK2552GSX

WD3200BEVT

 

 

 

 

MK1652GSX

WD2500BEVT

 

 

 

 

 

WD1600BEVT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capacity

250

320, 160

500

320, 250, 160

500, 320, 250,

(MB)

 

 

 

 

160

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bytes per

512

512

512

512

512

sector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data heads

4

4, 2

4

4, 4, 2

4, 3, 2, 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive Format

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disks

2

2 or 1, 1

2

2, 2, 1

2, 2, 1, 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spindle speed

5400

5400

5400

5400

5400

(RPM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance Specifications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffer size

8 MB

8 MB

8 MB

8 MB

8 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interface

SATA

SATA

SATA

SATA

SATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal

778

352

1,175

400 ~ 794

106 Mbits/s

transfer rate

 

 

 

typical

maximum

(Mbits/sec,

 

 

 

 

 

max)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I/O data

300

150

300

300

300 maximum

transfer rate

 

 

 

 

 

(Mbytes/sec

 

 

 

 

 

max)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DC Power Requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voltage

5V ±5%

5V ±5%

5V ±5%

5V ±5%

5V ±5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Acer 4935G SERIES manual Hard Disk Drive Interface Specifications, Rpm