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Specifications for the WD Caviar® WD600BB

Recommended Parameters
Physical Specifications
Performance Specifications
Physical Dimensions
Electrical Specifications
Environmental Specifications

Recommended Setup Parameters
Cylinders 16,383
Number of Heads (Logical) 16
Number of Heads (Physical) 5
Sectors Per Track 63
Jumper Setting Information Ten Pin Drive
10 Pin Jumper Settings
Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity 60,022 MB
Capacity 60 GB
Interface EIDE
Actuator Type Rotary Voice Coil
Number of Platters 3
Bytes Per Sector 512
User Sectors Per Drive 117,231,408
Servo Type Embedded
Performance Specifications
Rotational Speed 7,200 RPM (nominal)
Buffer Size 2 MB
Average Latency 4.20 ms (nominal)
Contact Start/Stop Cycles 50,000 minimum
Read Seek Time (Average) 8.9 ms
Write Seek Time (Average) 10.9 ms (average)
Track-To-Track Seek Time 2.0 ms (average)
Full Stroke Seek 21.0 ms (average)
Transfer Rate (Buffer to Disk) 420 Mbits/s (Max)
Transfer Rate (Buffer to Host) 100.0 MB/s (Mode 5 Ultra ATA)
66.6 MB/s (Mode 4 Ultra ATA)
33.3 MB/s (Mode 2 Ultra ATA)
16.6 MB/s (Mode 4 PIO)
16.6 MB/s (Mode 2 multi-word DMA)
Physical Dimensions
Height (English) 1.028 Inches (Max)
Length (English) 5.787 Inches (Max)
Width (English) 4.00 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch)
Weight (English) 1.32 Pounds (+/- .10 lb)
Height (Metric) 25.4 mm (Max)
Length (Metric) 147 mm (Max)
Width (Metric) 101.6 mm
Weight (Metric) 0.6 kg (+/- .082 kg)

Electrical Specifications - Current Requirements
Read/Write 350 mA
Idle 330 mA
Standby 19 mA
Sleep 19 mA
Read/Write 800 mA
Idle 675 mA
Standby 200 mA
Sleep 50 mA
Read/Write 8.00 Watts
Idle 7.25 Watts
Standby 1.20 Watts
Sleep 0.50 Watts
Environmental Specifications
Operating Shock (Read) 65G, 2ms
Non-operating Shock 200G, 2 ms
Acoustics (Idle Mode) 35 dBA (average)
Acoustics (Seek Mode 0) 38 dBA (average)
Acoustics (Seek Mode 3) 35 dBA (average)
Operating Temperature (English) 41° F to 131° F
Non-operating Temperature (English) -40° F to 149° F
Operating Temperature (Metric) 5° C to 55° C
Non-operating Temperature (Metric) -40° C to 65° C
Operating Humidity 5-85% RH non-condensing
Non-operating Humidity 5-95% RH non-condensing
Operating Altitude (English) -1,000 feet to 10,000 feet
Non-operating Altitude (English) -1,000 feet to 40,000 feet
Operating Altitude (Metric) -305M to 3,050M
Non-operating Altitude (Metric) -305M to 12,200M
Linear Vibration 5-500 Hz, 0.25G (0 to peak)
Random Vibration 10-300 Hz, 0.004 g2/Hz
Low Frequency Vibration 5-20 Hz, 0.195 inches (double amplitude)
High Frequency Vibration 20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak)



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