Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification

 

Table of Contents

 

GENERAL

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1 INTRODUCTION

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1.1

Abbreviations

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1.2

References

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1.3

General caution

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1.4

Drive handling precautions

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2 OUTLINE OF THE DRIVE

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PART 1 FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION

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3 FIXED DISK SUBSYSTEM DESCRIPTION

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3.1

Control Electronics

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3.2

Head disk assembly data

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4 FIXED DISK CHARACTERISTICS

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4.1

Formatted capacity by model number

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4.2

Data sheet

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4.3

Cylinder allocation

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4.4

Performance characteristics

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5 DATA INTEGRITY

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5.1

Data loss on power off

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5.2

Write Cache

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5.3

Equipment status

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5.4

WRITE safety

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5.5

Data buffer test

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5.6

Error recovery

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5.7

Automatic reallocation

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5.8

ECC

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6 SPECIFICATION

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6.1

Environment

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6.2

DC power requirements

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6.3

Reliability

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6.4

Mechanical specifications

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6.5

Vibration and shock

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6.6

Acoustics

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6.7

Identification labels

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6.8

Electromagnetic compatibility

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6.9

Safety

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6.10

Packaging

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6.11

Substance restriction requirements

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7 ELECTRICAL INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS

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7.1

Cabling

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7.2

Interface connector

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7.3

Signal definitions

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PART 2 INTERFACE SPECIFICATION

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8 GENERAL

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8.1

Introduction

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8.2

Terminology

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9 DEVIATIONS FROM STANDARD

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10 PHYSICAL INTERFACE

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11 REGISTERS

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11.1

Register naming convention

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11.2

Command register

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11.3

Device Control Register

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11.4

Device Register

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11.5

Error Register

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