Performance, Reliability, Versatility

General Description

•Emulation of IBM® PC AT® task file register, and all AT fixed disk commands

•Windows 2000TM, WinXP, and 9X Certification

Performance

•Native Command Queuing

•10.1 ms seek time

•Average rotational latency of 4.17ms

•2 MB buffer with 1.9MB (approximate) Advance Cache Management (ACM).

•Advanced Multi-burst ECC on-the-fly

•Support of all standard ATA data transfer modes with PIO mode 4 and multiword DMA mode 2, and Ultra DMA modes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

•Quiet Drive Technology (QDT)

•Advanced Native Serial ATA 2 interface using 1.5 Gb/s interface

•Fluid Dynamic Bearing Motor for quiet idle operation

•Latching Serial ATA cable connector

•57 Byte Reed-Soloman ECC with up to 54 Byte correction capability.

•S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology)

•Auto Park and Lock actuator mechanism

•Transparent media defect mapping

•High performance, in-line defective sector skipping

•Reassignment of defective sectors discovered in the field, without reformatting

•Shock Protection System to reduce handling induced failures

•Data Protection System to verify drive integrity

•High durability with 50,000 cycles for reliable load/unload functions

•Power saving modes

•Downloadable firmware

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