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Manufacturer ID: WD5000AAKS
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Product Description
WD Caviar SE16 7200 RPM next-generation SATA hard drives feature 16 MB cache for lightning-fast performance, cool and quiet operation and up to 500 GB of storage for capacity-hungry applications.
Ultra cool and quiet - Keeping the drive cool enhances reliability. WD continues to develop new and innovative ways to keep drives cool while they are operating which helps protect the drive and the data stored on it.
Capacity - We offer WD Caviar Blue drives with capacities from 80 GB to 1 TB because you can never have too much storage space. NoTouch ramp load technology - The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.
IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration. 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. (AALX models only)
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. Compatible - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.
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Great Drive but make sure u got a jumper for sata 1 use
operating system:Windows XPTop notch drive had it in for a few days now its siting with its 250 gig wd brothers the only slight negative is if you are going to run this on a slightly older mother board with only SATA 1 (150mbs) then u need to jumper pins 5 + 6 easy enough to do but it doesnt come with any jumpers and they can be a pain to source if u havnt got any
(I know its OEM but its a jumper for gods sake thats like a value of 0.0000001 pence surely they can send one with a drive)
Nice and Quiet - Make sure AAM is enabled !
Very big drive and whisper quiet.
If you have trouble with this drive sounding noisy then it is most likely because Acoustic Management has not been enabled.
To enable this download and burn to disc the utility used for Hitachi drives.(yes Hitachi)
Run the program in DOS and highlight the drive in the information screen.
Then press Alt and A together to bring up acoustic management settings and use the slide to set it how you want. The Hitachi utility works for many other makes of drive as well.
Fast, very fast.
operating system:Windows XPI couldn't believe the speed when I backed up some data onto this drive.
I had looked at a few reviews and benchtests first to decide which 500 SATA drive I wanted. I think I made a good choice.
Quick, quiet and so far reliable. I didn't need a jumper for SATA 1.
** A note to other reviewers - please don't drop stars because you had bad customer service or delivery issues. The star rating is surely for how good the product is, it's misleading. We help each other by recommending a good product, not necessarily the service.**
Just WOW
operating system:Windows XPWhat can I say about this product, I am certainly going to get one for home having had the pleasure of one at work, start up is amazingly quick and data retreival is blinding, I can\'t fault this hard drive, I don\'t think you will either.
Technical Specification
Manufacturer ID: WD5000AAKS
General | |
|---|---|
| Device Type | Hard drive - internal |
| Width | 10.2 cm |
| Depth | 14.7 cm |
| Height | 2.54 cm |
| Weight | 0.63 kg |
Hard Drive | |
| Form Factor | 3.5" x 1/3H |
| Capacity | 500 GB |
| Interface Type | Serial ATA-300 |
| Buffer Size | 16 MB |
| Features | Data Lifeguard, Shock Guard, IntelliSeek, Preemptive Wear Leveling (PWL) |
| Compliant Standards | S.M.A.R.T. |
Performance | |
| Drive Transfer Rate | 300 MBps (external) |
| Seek Time | 8.9 ms (average) |
| Track-to-Track Seek Time | 2 ms |
| Average Latency | 4.2 ms |
| Spindle Speed | 7200 rpm |
Reliability | |
| Non-Recoverable Errors | 1 per 10^15 |
| Start / Stop Cycles | 50,000 |
Expansion / Connectivity | |
| Interfaces | 1 x Serial ATA-300 - 7 pin Serial ATA |
| Compatible Bays | 1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H |
Miscellaneous | |
| Works with Windows Vista | Software and devices that carry the Works with Windows Vista logo have been tested for baseline compatibility with PC's running. |
| Compliant Standards | RoHS |
Manufacturer Warranty | |
| Service & Support | 3 years warranty |
| Service & Support Details | Limited warranty - 3 years |
Environmental Parameters | |
| Min Operating Temperature | 0 °C |
| Max Operating Temperature | 60 °C |
| Humidity Range Operating | 5 - 95% |
| Shock Tolerance | 65 g @ 2ms (operating) / 350 g @ 2ms (non-operating) |
| Vibration Tolerance | 0.75 g @ 20-300 Hz (operating) / 3 g @ 10-300 Hz (non-operating) |
| Sound Emission | 28 dBA |
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