
2.5-inch 40GB SATA Hard Disk Drive
PC-HDD40S User’s Guide
CONTEC CO.,LTD.
Thank you for purchasing the CONTEC PC-HDD40S. Please use this product in accordance with the
procedures described in this document.
Product Configuration
- Hard Disk Drive [PC-HDD40S]…1
About the adjustment model
This is an optional product for BX-100n series
By the product specifications, this product can be used only with the model(s) listed below
- BX-100n-DC5xxx-C01
Disposal
When disposing of the product, follow the disposal procedures stipulated under the relevant laws and
municipal ordinances.
Safety Information
This document provides safety information using the following symbols to prevent accidents resulting in
injury or death and the destruction of equipment and resources. Understand the meanings of these labels
to operate the equipment safely.
DANGER
WAR NI NG
CAUTION
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DANGER indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will
result in death or serious injury.
WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could
result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result
in minor or moderate injury or in property damage.
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Handling Precautions
CAUTION
- Do not apply pressing force on the top of cover (See Figure 1.).
- Do not cover the breathing hole on the top cover (See Figure 2.).
Figure 1. Figure 2.
- Do not touch the interface connector pins and the surface of printed circuit board.
- Hard disk is precision instruments. Be extremely careful in handling during and after assembly .
- The drive can be easily damaged by shocks or ESD (Electrical Static Discharge), so any damages
applied to the drive after taking out from shipping package and opening ESD protective bag are user’s
responsibilities.
- Be sure to turn off the power of the unit when plugging in or unplugging connectors.
- CONTEC bears absolutely no responsibility for use if modified hard disk.
- Excessive impact (greater than 900G; 1ms or 120G; 11ms), if this hard disk is subjected to, might
cause a fatal error that is not recoverable.
- The life of a hard disk drive changes with environment or operating conditions. As a standard,
power time below 30,000 hours (power time) or five years, or an early thing.
- When the surface temperature exceeds 70°C, the service life will drop significantly. Beware that
the temperature of the surface temperature measurement point must be kept below 60°C.
Surface temperature measurement point
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Specification
Item Specification
Total recording capacity
Interface ATA8-ACS, Serial-ATA Revision 2.5 (Genli)
Data-transfer velocity (Gbps) 1.5 (Max.)
Input voltage +5VDC (±5%)
Consumed
power
Operating
Conditions
Non operating
Conditions
Weight
*1 Maximum power consumption at motor startup
Spin up *1 5.0W (Max.)
Read / Write / Seek 1.9W / 1.9W / 2.1W (typ.)
Idle 0.60W (typ.)
Standby 0.13W (typ.)
Sleep 0.13W (typ.)
Temperature
Humidity 8 - 90%RH (With no condensation)
Maximum wet bulb
temperature
Temperature change
gradient
Altitude Above the sea -300 - 3000m
Swept sine vibration 1.0G or less (5 - 500Hz)
Shock 325G or less (2ms)
Temperature -40 - 85°C
Humidity
Maximum wet bulb
temperature
Temperature change
gradient
Altitude Above the sea -300 - 12000m
Swept sine vibration 5.0G or less (5 - 500Hz)
Shock 900G or less (1ms) / 120G or less (11ms)
40GByte
-15 - 80°C
-15 - 85°C (Surface)
29°C (With no condensation)
20°C/h or less
(With no condensation from temperature gradient)
5 - 95%RH (With no condensation)
40°C (With no condensation)
20°C/h or less
(With no condensation from temperature gradient)
96g (Max.)
Drive Characteristics
Logical block address (Default value)
Head Sector Cylinder
PC-HDD40S 16 63 16,383 512 78,140,160 40,000,000,000
Formatted capacity
/Block (byte)
Number of user
sectors
Total recording capacity
(byte)
3
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Physical Dimensions
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