The Drive
Momentus 7200.4 A powerful combination of capacity, mobility and durability for both mainstream and high-performance notebook computers. 500 GB • 7200 RPM • 2.5-Inch Laptop Hard Drive
Key Technical Features Highest available notebook performance increases productivity in all environments. 500-GB capacity. Native Command Queuing (NCQ) with command ordering. Green features: Leverages Seagate laptop power management technology, delivering the lowest-power 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. Built tough enough to withstand up to 1,000 Gs of non-operating shock and 350 Gs of operating shock to protect drive data. 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. Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands. Best-Fit Applications OWC Mercury On-The-Go Portable 2.5" SATA Enclosure Kit. Performance laptops such as the MacBook, MacBook Pro and the Axiotron Modbook. Small form factor PCs and the Intel Mac Mini. Non-mission-critical blade servers and industrial applications.
Momentus 7200.4 Specifications Specifications 500 GB1 Model Number ST9500420AS Interface SATA 3Gb/s Performance Cache (MB) 16 Average Latency (ms) 4.17 Spindle Speed (RPM) 7200 Configuration/Organization Logical CHS 16,383/16/63 Bytes per Sector 512 Reliability/Data integrity Recording Method 16/17 EPRML Head-Rest Method QuietStep™ Ramp Load Load/Unload Cycles 600,000 Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read 1 per 1014 bits read Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.5% Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF, hours) 500,000 Limited Warranty (years) 3 Power Management Startup Current 5v (amps max) 1.0 Power Mgmt (watts) Seek, Typical Idle/ Typical 1.554 0.67 Environmental Temperature (°C) Operating Nonoperating 0 to 60 –40 to 70 Shock (G) Operating: 2 ms Nonoperating: 1 ms 350 1000 Acoustics (bels—sound power) Idle Performance Seek 2.3 2.5 Physical Height (in/mm) 0.370/9.5 Width (in/mm) 2.75/69.85 Depth (in/mm) 3.951/100.35 Weight (lb/g) 0.238/110 One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.

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