Western Digital Caviar wd5000aajb 500GB IDE
Western Digital Caviar wd5000aajb 500GB IDE
Cool, quiet and fast. WD Caviar SE drives offer superior performance and reliability, making them ideal for business and family desktops.
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Key Features
Fast - 8 MB cache - Keeps more of your data in high-speed memory for
unsurpassed performance in its class. Fast 7200 RPM spindle speed and EIDE
(Ultra ATA/100) for burst transfer rates up to 100 MB/s. For even higher
performance, consider WD Caviar SE16 SATA 3 Gb/s hard drives.
Cool - Cool operation results in the highest reliability, even in
intensely hot environments such as digital video recorders. That's why these,
the coolest on the market, are the drives of choice for the world's leading
consumer electronics and PC manufacturers.
Quiet - The technology that Tom's Hardware Guide called "very fast and
nearly silent" is used throughout this family of drives. Our WhisperDrive™
technology minimizes noise to levels near the threshold of human hearing. To cut
seek noise, SoftSeek™ technology streamlines read/write seeking algorithms,
resulting in more efficient operation.
How this WD hard drive protects your data
Data Lifeguard™ is an exclusive set of data protection features,
including shock protection, an environmental protection system and real-time
embedded error detection and repair. WD's Data Lifeguard technology
automatically finds, isolates, and repairs problems that may develop over the
life of a hard drive.
Data Lifeguard Tools™ are software utilities designed for WD hard drives
that work with the embedded Data Lifeguard features to make hard drive
installation,diagnostics and repair both simple and worry-free. (Download Data
Lifeguard Tools)
ShockGuard™ instantaneously protects the hard drive against damage from
bumps and vibrations while it is running. This technology enables WD Caviar
drives to achieve industry-leading shock specifications.
Technical Specifications:
Performance Specifications |
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Rotational Speed |
7,200 RPM (nominal) |
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Buffer Size |
8 MB |
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Average Latency |
4.20 ms (nominal) |
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Start/Stop Cycles |
50,000 minimum |
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Seek Times |
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Read Seek Time |
8.9 ms |
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Write Seek Time |
10.9 ms (average) |
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Track-To-Track Seek Time |
2.0 ms (average) |
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Full Stroke Seek |
21.0 ms (average) |
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Transfer Rates |
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Buffer To Disk |
972 Mbits/s (Max) |
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Physical Specifications |
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Formatted Capacity |
500,107 MB |
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Capacity |
500 GB |
|
Interface |
EIDE 100 MB/s |
|
User Sectors Per Drive |
976,773,168 |
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Physical Dimensions |
English |
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Height |
1.028 Inches (Max) |
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Length |
5.787 Inches (Max) |
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Width |
4.00 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch) |
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Weight |
1.39 Pounds |
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Metric |
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Height |
25.4 mm (Max) |
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Length |
147 mm (Max) |
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Width |
101.6 mm |
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Weight |
0.63 kg |
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Environmental Specifications |
Shock |
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Operating Shock (Read) |
65G, 2 ms |
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Non-operating Shock |
350G, 2 ms |
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Acoustics |
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Idle Mode |
28 dBA (average) |
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Seek Mode 0 |
26 dBA (average) |
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Seek Mode 3 |
29 dBA (average) |
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Temperature (English) |
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Operating |
32° F to 140° F |
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Non-operating |
-40° F to 149° F |
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Temperature (Metric) |
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Operating |
-0° C to 60° C |
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Non-operating |
-40° C to 65° C |
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Humidity |
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Operating |
5-95% RH non-condensing |
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Non-operating |
5-95% RH non-condensing |
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Altitude (English) |
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Operating |
-1,000 feet to 10,000 feet |
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Non-operating |
-1,000 feet to 40,000 feet |
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Altitude (Metric) |
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Operating |
-305M to 3,050M |
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Non-operating |
-305M to 12,200M |
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Vibration |
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Operating |
|
Linear |
20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak) |
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Random |
7-500 Hz (0.00221 g² / Hz) |
|
|
Non-operating |
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Low
Frequency |
10-300 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude) |
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High
Frequency |
300-500 Hz, 5.0G (0 to peak) |
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Electrical Specifications |
Current Requirements |
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12 VDC |
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Read/Write |
460 mA |
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Idle |
450 mA |
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Standby |
6 mA |
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Sleep |
6 mA |
|
|
5 VDC |
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Read/Write |
650 mA |
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Idle |
600 mA |
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Standby |
180 mA |
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Sleep |
180 mA |
|
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Power Dissipation |
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Read/Write |
8.77 Watts |
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Idle |
8.40 Watts |
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Standby |
0.97 Watts |
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Sleep |
0.97 Watts |