Key Advantages, Best-Fit Applications | Seagate ST9640420AS instruction

Data Sheet

Industry-leading 7200-RPM performance meets extreme green low power consumption levels

Up to 500 GB • 7200 RPM • SATA 3Gb/s with NCQ • Optional G-Force Protection™ technology

Key Advantages

•Highest available notebook performance increases productivity in all environments.

•SATA 3Gb/s interface with Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and command ordering

•16-MB cache on every capacity

•Green features:

–Leverages Seagate® laptop power management technology, delivering the lowest-power 500-GB 7200-RPM laptop hard drive yet

–Utilizes ramp load features which remove the head from

the disk during idle periods, improving idle power consumption and adding to the durability of the drive

•Optional G-Force Protection feature adds another layer of robustness for road warriors.

•QuietStep™ technology enables ultra-quiet load/unload acoustics

•State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms

•Fluid dynamic bearing motor for quiet operation

•Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting

•High-performance and mainstream laptop PCs

•Small form factor PCs

•Workstations

•Non-mission-critical blade servers and industrial applications