Specifications for the 500 GB WD AV EIDE hard drive (WD5000AVJB).
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Physical Specifications |
Model Number |
WD5000AVJB |
Formatted Capacity 1 |
500,107 MB |
Used Sectors Per Drive |
976,773,168
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Interface |
40-pin EIDE (ATA 100) |
Bytes Per Sector |
512 |
Dedicated Landing Zone |
Yes |
Actuator Latch/Auto Park |
Yes |
1 Western Digital defines a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes and a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes
Performance Specifications |
Data Transfer Rate (maximum) - Buffer to Host - Host to/from Drive |
100 MB/s max2 972 Mbits/s sustained (minimum) |
Interleave |
1:1 |
Average Read Seek |
8.9 ms (average) |
Rotational Speed |
7200 RPM |
Read Cache |
Adaptive |
Write Cache |
Yes |
Buffer |
8 MB |
Drive Ready Time (from power on) |
12.5 sec average |
Start/Stop Cycles |
50,000 min |
Error Rate (non-recoverable) |
<1 in 1014 bits read |
2Maximum burst rate running the specified PIO, DMA, Ultra ATA, or Serial ATA transfer mode. 3 On reads and writes.
Physical Dimensions |
Height |
1.028 in. (25.4 mm) max |
Length |
5.787 in. (147.0 mm) max |
Width |
4.0 in. (101.6 mm) ± .01 in. |
Weight |
1.40 lb. (0.64 kg) ± 10% |
Power Requirements4 |
Mode |
12 V (± 10%) |
5 V (± 5%) |
Power |
Read/Write4 |
470 mA |
660 mA |
8.9 W |
Seek |
500 mA |
675 mA |
9.4 W |
Idle |
450 mA |
600 mA |
8.4 W |
Standby |
6 mA |
170 mA |
0.90 W |
Sleep |
6 mA |
170 mA |
0.90 W | 420% duty cycle.
Environmental Specifications5 |
Shock |
Operating (2ms) |
65G |
Non-operating (2ms) |
250G |
Half sine wave measured in 2 ms duration, measured without isolation. |
Vibration |
Operating |
- Random |
0.008 g2/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)
|
- Linear |
20-300 Hz, 0.75G (0 to peak)
|
Non-operating |
- Linear |
20-500 Hz, 0.195 inches (dbl amp) 20-500 Hz, 4G (0 to peak)
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Operating Temperature and Humidity |
Temperature |
0°C to 60°C |
Humidity |
5-95% RH non-condensing |
Thermal Gradient |
20°C/hour (maximum) |
Non-Operating Temperature and Humidity |
Temperature |
-40°C to 65°C (-40°F to 149°F) |
Humidity |
5-95% RH non-condensing |
Thermal Gradient |
30°C/hour (maximum) |
Acoustics (average) |
Idle Mode6 |
28 dBA |
Seek Mode 06 |
29 dBA |
Warranty Period |
Warranty Length | 5No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests. 6Sound power level.
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