WD Scorpio Blue Mobile Hard Drives 500 GB SATA 3 Gb/s 8 MB Cache

Big capacity for portable computing.

WD Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch drives offer high-performance, low power consumption and cool operation, making them ideal for notebooks and other portable devices.

With available SATA or PATA interfaces, WD Scorpio Blue drives offer high-performance, low power consumption, and cool operation, perfect for notebooks and other portable devices. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Scorpio Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability.

Key Features

Massive capacity – Storage capacity for 2.5-inch form factor drives has arrived at a realm once thought to be impossible Â? up to 1 TB for mobile storage.* Whether they are in an external drive or a notebook computer, WD Scorpio Blue SATA drives continue to offer the highest capacity for space-hungry operating systems with plenty of room left over for photos, music, and video. Quiet – In a notebook drive, silence is golden. WD’s exclusive WhisperDriveÂ? combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market. These algorithms also optimize the way a drive seeks for data, which significantly improves power consumption. So now silence (and longer battery life) is golden. Reliable and rugged – WD’s ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks. WD’s SecureParkÂ? parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down, and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long term reliability due to less head wear, and improved non-operational shock tolerance. Fast and efficient – Ultra-fast 3 Gb/s SATA interface speed yields performance fit for demanding mobile applications. Advanced Format Technology (AF) – Technology being adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers as one of multiple ways to continue growing hard drive capacities. AF is a more efficient media format that enables increased areal densities. (PVT models only) Tested for compatibility – We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT LabÂ? and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems. *TPVT models are 12.5 mm high and may not be compatible with all notebook systems. Consult system specifications for maximum allowable drive height before attempting to install.

Performance Specifications
	Rotational Speed	5,400 RPM (nominal)
	Buffer Size	8 MB
	Average Latency	5.50 ms (nominal)

Seek Times
	Read Seek Time	12.0 ms
	Track-To-Track Seek Time	2.0 ms (average)

Transfer Rates
	Buffer To Host (Serial ATA)	3 Gb/s (Max)

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Physical Specifications
	Formatted Capacity	500,107 MB
	Capacity	500 GB
	Interface	SATA 3 Gb/s
	User Sectors Per Drive	976,773,168

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Physical Dimensions
English
	Height	0.374 Inches
	Length	3.94 Inches
	Width	2.75 Inches
	Weight	0.26 Pounds

Metric
	Height	9.5 mm
	Length	100.2 mm
	Width	69.85 mm
	Weight	0.117 kg

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Environmental Specifications
Acoustics
	Idle Mode	24 dBA (average)
	Seek Mode 0	26 dBA (average)

Temperature (English)
	Operating	32° F to 140° F
	Non-operating	-40° F to 149° F

Temperature (Metric)
	Operating	-0° C to 60° C
	Non-operating	-40° C to 65° C

Humidity
	Operating	8% to 95% Non-condensing
	Non-operating	5-95% RH non-condensing

Altitude (English)
	Operating	-1,000 feet to 10,000 feet
	Non-operating	-1,000 feet to 40,000 feet

Altitude (Metric)
	Operating	-305M to 3,050M
	Non-operating	-305M to 12,200M

Vibration
	Operating	0.00459 g²/Hz (10 to 500 Hz)
	Non-operating	0.05102 g²/Hz (10 to 500 Hz)

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Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements
	5 VDC
	Read/Write	500 mA
	Idle	400 mA
	Standby	50 mA
	Sleep	20 mA

	Power Dissipation
	Read/Write	2.50 Watts
	Idle	0.85 Watts
	Standby	0.25 Watts
	Sleep	0.10 Watts