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SV35 FAQs

See our most frequently asked questions about SV35 internal hard drives.

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Where can I find drivers for my SATA drive?

Find out where to find drivers for SATA drives.

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The BIOS does not detect or recognise the ATA/SATA hard drive

There are six main reasons why a system BIOS will not detect the presence of an internal hard drive.

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How do I Low-Level Format a SATA or ATA (IDE) Hard Drive?

Find out how to format your hard drive.

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Firmware Updates

Seagate products are run by firmware. Having the latest firmware can improve the performance and/or reliability of your product.

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Utilities

  • DiscWizard

    Seagate DiscWizard works with Maxtor and Seagate disc drives. The software lets you install your new disc drive quickly, with wizards that guide you through the processes of creating and formatting partitions on your disc drive, transferring and backing up your data. Learn more

  • MaxBlast 5

    MaxBlast works with Maxtor disc drives only. The software lets you install your new disc drive quickly, with wizards that guide you through the processes of creating and formatting partitions on your disc drive, transferring and backing up your data. Learn more

  • SCSIMax

    SCSIMax is a diagnostic utility for all Maxtor/Quantum® SCSI hard disc drives supporting Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART. This test will determine hard drive integrity in a short period of time, with a high degree of confidence. Learn more

  • SeaTools for DOS

    The quick diagnostic tool that checks the health of your drive. Learn more

Specifications

 
Generation SV35.6 SV35.5 SV35.4 SV35.3 SV35.2 SV35.1
Capacity 3TB 2TB 1TB 2TB 1TB 500GB 250GB 320GB 1TB 750GB 500GB 250GB 750GB 500GB 320GB 250GB 160GB 500GB 250GB 160GB
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Form Factor 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5"
Interface Options SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA 3Gb/s, ATA/IDE SATA 3Gb/s, ATA/IDE ATA/IDE, SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s, ATA/IDE SATA 3Gb/s, ATA/IDE ATA/IDE SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s, ATA/IDE
Performance                                        
Spindle Speed (RPM) 7200 7200 7200 5900 7200 7200 7200 5900 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200
Cache (MB) 64 64 64 64 32 16 8 16 32 32 32 8 16 16 16 8 8 16 8 8
Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) 600 600 600     600             300, 100 300, 100 100, 300 300, 100 300, 100 100 300 300, 100
Sustained Data Rate OD 210MB/s 210MB/s 210MB/s         90Mb/s         78 72 72 72 80      
Average Latency (ms) 4.16 4.16 4.16     4.16     4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16
Reliability/Data Integrity                                        
Non-recoverable Read Errors per Bits Read 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 10 in 1014         1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014
Annualised Failure Rate (AFR) <1% <1% <1% 0.80% 0.80% 0.80% 0.80% 0.62% 0.80% 0.80% 0.80% 0.80% 0.80% 0.80% 0.80% 0.80% 0.80% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0%
Power Management                                        
Seek, Typical Operating (W)           12.60             8.50 7.50 6.50 6.50 5.70 8.60 12.60 12.60, 8.60
Idling, Typical Operating (W)           6.90   3.03         9.30 9.30 9.30 9.30 9.30 6.90 6.90 6.90
Environmental                                        
Temperature                                        
Operating 0° to 60°C 0° to 60°C 0° to 60°C     0° to 60°C   0° to 75°C         0° to 60°C 0° to 60°C 0° to 60°C 0° to 60°C 0° to 60°C 0° to 60°C 0° to 60°C 0° to 60°C
Non-operating -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C     -40° to 70°C   -40° to 70°C         -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C
Shock                                        
Operating: Gs (ms)     80 (2ms)     63 (2ms)   70 (2ms)         63 (2ms) 63 (2ms) 63 (2ms) 63 (2ms) 63 (2ms) 63 (2ms) 63 (2ms) 63 (2ms)
Non-operating: Gs (ms)     300 (2ms)     300 (2ms)   350 (2ms)         300 (2ms) 300 (2ms) 300 (2ms) 300 (2ms) 350 (2ms) 300 (2ms) 350 (2ms) 350 (2ms)
Acoustics (bels - sound power)                                        
Idling 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 1.9         2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Operating 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.3         3.7, 3.2 3.7, 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.8
Physical                                        
Height (in/mm) 1.028/26.11 1.028/26.11 1.028/26.11 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1     1.028/26.10 1.028/26.10     1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1          
Width (in/mm) 4.0/101.6 4.0/101.6 4.0/101.6 4.0/101.6 4.0/101.6, 4.010/101.85 4.010/101.85, 4.0/101.6     4.010/101.6 4.010/101.6     4.000/101.6, 4.0/101.6 4.0/101.6 4.0/101.6          
Length (in/mm) 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.78/147.00 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99     5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99     5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99 5.787/146.99, 2.787/146.99          
Height (in/mm) (maximum)             0.794/20.20 0.795/20.20     1.028/26.10 0.794/20.20   1.028/26.1   1.028/26.1 0.787/20.0 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1