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Momentus 5400.6 SATA 3Gb/s 500-GB Hard Drive

The 500-GB Seagate® Momentus® 5400.6 drive offers the best combination of performance, capacity, mobility and durability in a laptop hard drive to meet the demanding requirements of today’s notebook multimedia usage models. Able to withstand up to 1000 Gs of shock, this highly reliable 2.5-inch drive is perfect for notebook or external storage applications.

Model ST9500325AS SATA 3Gb/s 500GB

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Best-Fit Applications

  • Mainstream laptops
  • External storage solutions/boxes
  • Industrial applications requiring a smaller form factor

Key Features and Benefits

  • Up to 640GB holds thousands of songs, photos, video and more
  • 5400-RPM for great performance and the lowest power consumption
  • 8-MB cache delivers fast performance
  • 1000 Gs of nonoperating shock make the drive ideal for notebook PCs and industrial applications
  • Utilizes ramp load features that remove the head from the disk during idle periods, improving idle power consumption and adding to the durability of the drive

Key Advantages

  • Leverages Seagate laptop power management technology, delivering the lowest-power 5400-RPM laptop hard drive yet
  • QuietStep™ technology enables ultra-quiet load/unload acoustics
  • Energy-efficient power for maximum performance
  • 8-MB cache enhances performance
  • SATA 3Gb/s with Native Command Queuing enables fast data transfers
  • Perpendicular recording technology delivers the capacity points you need

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Momentus 5400.6 SATA 3Gb/s 500-GB Hard Drive

ST9500325AS

Specifications
Model Number ST9500325AS
Interface SATA 3Gb/s
Cache 8MB
Capacity 500GB
Areal density (avg) 394Gb/in2
Guaranteed Sectors 976,773,168
PHYSICAL
Height 9.5mm (0.374 in)
Width 69.85mm (2.75 in)
Length 100.35mm (3.957 in)
Weight (typical) 98.8g (.218 lb)
PERFORMANCE
Spindle Speed 5,400 RPM
Average latency 5.6ms
Random read seek time 14ms
I/O data transfer rate 300MB/s
Unrecoverable read errors 1 in 1014
RELIABILITY
Annual Failure Rate 0.48
POWER
5V start max current 1.0A
Average idle power 1.40W
Average seek power 1.54W
ENVIRONMENT
Ambient Temperature
Operating 0°–60°C
Nonoperating -40°–70°C
Maximum operating temperature change 20°C per hour
Maximum nonoperating temperature change 35°C per hour
Shock
Operating Shock (max) 350 Gs for 2ms
Nonoperating Shock (max) 1000 Gs for 1ms
ACOUSTICS
Acoustics (Idle Volume) 2.4 bels
Acoustics (Seek Volume) 2.6 bels

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