Seagate Power Specifications and Requirements for SATA Drives

2.7Power specifications

The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. See Figure 2 on page 22.

2.7.1Power consumption

Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 9. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient temperature.

• Spinup power

Spinup power is measured from the time of power-on to the time that the drive spindle reaches operating speed.

• Read/write power and current

Read/write power is measured with the heads on track, based on a 16-sector write followed by a 32-msec delay, then a 16-sector read followed by a 32-msec delay.

• Operating power and current

Operating power is measured using 40 percent random seeks, 40 percent read/write mode (1 write for each 10 reads) and 20 percent drive idle mode.

• Idle mode power

Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with servo electronics active and with the heads in a random track location.

• Standby mode

During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is not spinning, and the servo and read/ write electronics are in power-down mode.

Table 4:	DC power requirements
Power dissipation (2-disc values shown)		Avg (watts 25° C)	Avg 5V typ amps	Avg 12V typ amps
Spinup		—	—	2.0 (peak)
Idle* †		5.0	0.168	0.337
Idle* † (with offline activity)		5.40	0.153	0.387
Operating		6.57	0.496	0.341
Standby		0.79	0.35	0.01
Sleep		0.79	0.35	0.01

Table 5:	DC power requirements
Power dissipation (1-disc values shown)		Avg (watts 25° C)	Avg 5V typ amps	Avg 12V typ amps
Spinup		—	—	2.0 (peak)
Idle* †		4.60	0.378	0.224
Idle* † (with offline activity)		4.50	0.250	0.240
Operating		6.19	0.656	0.243
Standby		0.79	0.35	0.01
Sleep		0.79	0.35	0.01

*During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels.

†5W IDLE with DIPLM Enabled

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