Seagate ST3500830A IDE ATA/100 Hard Drive

Capacity: 500GB
Spindle Speed: 7,200RPM
Interface Type: IDE / ATA (3.5″)
Disk Size: 3.5″x1.0″ (LFF Hard Drive)
Sustained Throughput (MBps): 72
Average Seek Time (read/write ms): 11 / 12
Electrical Interface Speed: EIDE / Ultra ATA/100 – 100MBps
On-Board Cache: 16MB

The Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 desktop hard drive features innovative perpendicular recording technology and is the first drive on the market to provide capacities up to 750 GB. Barracuda 7200.10 hard drives deliver superb performance, efficiency, speed and durability for all your application needs.

• Perpendicular recording technology for maximum drive capacity and reliability

   

   

• 16-MB cache buffer

   

   

• Ultra-fast performance

   

   

• Superb reliability

   

   

• Whisper-quiet operation

   

   

• Enhanced G-Force Protection against handling damage

   

  Drive specification	ST3500630A	ST3500830A
  Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)*	500
  Guaranteed sectors	976,773,168
  Bytes per sector	512
  Default sectors per track	63
  Default read/write heads	16
  Default cylinders	16,383
  Recording density in BPI (bits/inch max)	813,000
  Track density TPI (tracks/inch avg)	145,000
  Areal density (Mbits/inch2 avg)	114,400
  Spindle speed (RPM)	7,200
  Internal data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)	1,030
  Sustained transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec)	72
  I/O data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)	100
  ATA data-transfer modes supported	PIO modes 0–4Multiword DMA modes 0–2Ultra DMA modes 0–5
  Cache buffer	16 Mbytes	16 Mbytes
  Height (max)	26.11 mm (1.028 inches)
  Width (max)	101.85 mm (4.010 inches)
  Length (max)	146.99 mm (5.787 inches)
  Weight (max) grams / lb.	635 / 1.39
  Average latency (msec)	4.16
  Power-on to ready (typical)	15 sec
  Standby to ready (typical)	15 sec
  Track-to-track seek time (msec typical)	0.8 (read), 1.0 (write)
  Average seek, read (msec typical)	11.0
  Average seek, write (msec typical)	12.0
  Startup current (typical) 12V (peak)	2.8 amps
  Seek power (typical) watts	9.9
  Operating power (typical) watts	9.2
  Idle mode (typical) watts	7.2
  Standby mode (typical) watts	1.2
  Sleep mode	1.2
  Voltage tolerance (including noise)	5V ± 5% 12V ± 10%
  Ambient temperature	0° to 60°C (op.) –40° to 70°C (nonop.)