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  Specifications for the 850MB EIDE drive (model AC2850).
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  Specifications for the 850MB EIDE drive (model AC2850).
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Specifications for the WD Caviar AC2850

Recommended Setup Parameters
Cylinders 1654
Heads 16
Sectors/Track 63
Landing Zone 1654
WPC 1654
Jumper Setting Information Six Pin Drive
10 and 6 Pin Jumper Settings

Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity 853 MB
Interface 40-pin EIDE
Actuator Type Rotary Voice Coil
Number of Platters 2
Data Surfaces 4
Number of Heads 4
Bytes Per Sector 512
User Sectors Per Drive 1,667,232
Servo Type Embedded
Recording Method 1,7 RLL
ECC Reed Solomon
Head Park** Automatic

** Turning the system power off causes the WD Caviar to perform an automatic head park operation.

Performance Specifications
Average Seek (Read) 10 ms
Track to Track Seek 4.0 ms
Full Stroke Seek

23 ms

Average Latency 6.67 ms
Rotational Speed 4500 RPM
Transfer Rate (Buffer to Host) 13.3 MB/s (burst DMA)
11.1 MB/s (burst PIO)
Interleave 1:1
Buffer Size 64 K
Error Rate (Non-Recoverable) <1 in 1013 bits read
Spindle Start Time
- From Power-on to Drive Ready*
- From Power-on to Rotational Speed
   
10s typical
5s typical
Contact Start/Stop Cycles (CSS) 50,000 minimum

* Defined as the time from power-on to the setting of the Drive Ready and Seek Complete including calibration.

Physical Dimensions
Height English:
1.00 inch (±0.02 inch)

Metric:
25.4 mm (±0.51 mm)

Length English:
5.75 inches (±0.02 inch)

Metric:
146.05 mm (±0.51 mm)

Width English:
4.00 inches (±0.02 inch)

Metric:
101.6 mm (±0.51 mm)

Weight (min) English:
1.21 pounds

Metric:
.549 kg


Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements and Power Dissipation
Operating Mode Power, Typical*
Spinup 12.7 W
Read/Write 4.6 W
Power Management Commands
Operating Mode Power, Typical*
Idle 4.6 W
Standby 1.5 W
Sleep 1.5 W

Input Voltage Requirements

+5.0V (±5%) and 12.0V (±8%)

* All values are typical (25°C, 5.0V, and 12V input) except where specified as maximum.

Environmental Specifications
Shock:* Operating
10 G

Non-operating
150 G
Vibration Operating
5-20 Hz, 0.037 inches (double amplitude)
20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak)

Non-operating
5-20 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude)
20-500 Hz, 4.0 G (0 to peak)

Operating Temperature and Humidity Temperature
5º C to 55º C (41ºF to 131ºF)

Humidity
8-80% RH non-condensing

Thermal Gradient
10°C/hour (maximum)
Non-Operating Temperature and Humidity

Temperature
-40º C to 60º C (-40ºF to 140ºF)

Humidity
5-95% RH non-condensing

Thermal Gradient
20°C/hour (maximum)

Acoustics Idle Mode**
37 dBA (typical)
Reliability

MTBF
300,000 Hours

Warranty Period
Warranty Status

* Half sine wave, measured without shock isolation and without non-recoverable errors.

** No audible pure tones.


1As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.
2As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s)= one billion bits per second.


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