Hitachi 4K40, 4K80 User Manual

Hitachi Travelstar

™

4K40

H A R D D I S K D R I V E S

40GB, 30GB, and 20GB | 4200 RPM | ATA-6

Hard drive artistry — the continued refinement of an industry-leading design

Highlights

> Based on proven technology of

Travelstar 80GN and Travelstar 4K80

> Industry’s highest operating shock of 300Gs

> Doubling of industry standard load/unload

cycles to 600,000

> Optimized for single disk design

> Enhancements to mechanical and

electrical design

Craftmanship o f d e s i g n

The Hitachi Travelstar 4K40 series continues to redefine state-of-the-art storage for mobile computing. With industry-leading shock characteristics, efficient power consumption, outstanding acoustics, and a range of capacities, the Hitachi Travelstar 4K40 raises the standard for ruggedness. Designed to address the most demanding applications this drive offers customers a stable design platform for even the most advanced portable devices.

The Travelstar 4K40 is based on an industry leading design that has been made even better. Simply put, it is hard drive artistry!

Features a n d B e n e f i t s

Feature / Function Beneﬁts

Reliability 300Gs operating shock Exceptional ruggedness to withstand tougher 1000Gs non-operating shock handling and improve portability

600,000 load/unload cycles Double the industry standard specification

Reduces disk wear

Protects user data

Fewer electrical components Additional design robustness

Enhanced Error Correction Code (ECC) Improved data integrity

Optimized single disk design Results in improved shock rating

Acoustics Fluid Dynamic Bearing Motors (FDB) Quiet operation

Power Enhanced Adaptive Battery Life Leading low power for longer notebook battery life

Extender™ (ABLE)

Pe r f o r m a n c e , quality and r e l i a b i l i t y

Designed with mobile life styles in mind, the Travelstar 4K40 leverages proven technologies such as True Track Servo, which eases system integration, enhances hard disk drive reliability, and adds robustness against vibration and disk shift, Drive Fitness Test™ (DFT), Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) to enable a hard drive to predict impending catastrophic failure, and an adaptive control algorithm to help maintain high performance and fast seek times at high environmental temperatures.

Applications

> Notebook systems

> Digital audio

> Multi-media

> External storage

> Portability applications

Hitachi q u a l i t y a n d s e r v i c e

The Hitachi Travelstar mobile hard disk drives are designed with the highest quality standards and contain field-proven components to provide superior quality hard drives backed by Hitachi warranty. Hitachi provides worldwide technical support and services to enable customers to quickly bring their products to market globally.

Hitachi is dedicated to providing a breadth of hard disk drive solutions to satisfy all of today’s data storage needs.

www.hitachigst.com

H i t a c h i T r a v e l s t a r 4 K 4 0

Pro d u ct Travelstar 4K40

Model names HTS424040M9AT00 / HTS424030M9AT00 / HTS424020M9AT00

Spe c i fic a t ion s

Conﬁguration

Interface ATA-6 Capacity (GB)1 40 / 30 / 20 Sector size (Bytes) 512 Recording zones 24 Data heads (physical) 2 / 2 / 1 Data disks 1 Max. areal density (Gbits/sq. inch) 70

Performance

Data buffer (MB) 2 Rotational speed (RPM) 4200 Latency average (ms) 7.1 Media transfer rate (Mbits/sec, max) 370 Interface transfer rate (MB/sec, max) 100 MB/sec (mode-5) PIO 16.6 MB/sec (mode-4) Seek time (read, typical)

Average (ms) 12 Track to track (ms) 2.5 Full track (ms) 23

Reliability

Error rate (non-recoverable) < 1 per 1.0 E 13 bits transferred Load/Unload cycle 600,000

Power

Requirement +5VDC(+-5%) Dissipation Startup current (peak, max.) 4.7W Seek (avg.) 2.3W Read (avg.) 2.0W Write (avg.) 2.1W Performance idle (avg.) 1.85W Active idle (avg.) 0.85W Low power idle (avg.) 0.65W Standby (avg.) 0.25W Sleep 0.1W Power consump. efficiency index (W/GB) 0.016 / 0.022 / 0.033

Physical Size

Height (mm) 9.5 Width (mm) 70 Depth (mm) 100 Weight - typical (g) 95

Environmental characteristics

Operating Ambient temperature 5° to 55° C Relative humidity (non-condensing) 8% to 90% Max. wet bulb (non-condensing) 29.4° C Shock (half sine wave) 300 G / 2ms Vibration (random (RMS)) 0.67 G (5 - 500 Hz)

Swept sine 1 G 0-P (5 - 500 Hz) Non-operating Ambient temperature -40° to 65° C Relative humidity (non-condensing) 5% to 95% Max. wet bulb (non-condensing) 40° C Shock (half sine wave) 1000 G / 1 ms Vibration (random (RMS)) 3.01 G (5 to 500 Hz) Acoustics (A-Weighted Sound Power (Bels)) Idle (typ.) 2.1 Op (typ.) 2.4 Idle (max.) 2.4 Op (max.) 2.6

GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity; accessible capacity may be less.

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

For m o r e inf o r mat i o n:

Internet:

> www.hitachigst.com (Main Web site)

> www.hitachigst.com/vpp (Reseller Web site)

Technical Support E-mail:

> support_usa@hgst.com (N. America)

> support_ap@hgst.com (Asia Pacific)

> support_uk@hgst.com (EMEA and UK)

Technical Support Phone Numbers:

> 1 888 426-5214 (N. America)

> 65 6840 9595 (Asia Pacific)

> 44 20 7133 0032 (EMEA and UK)

> 49 6929 993601 (Germany)

How t o R e ad th e T rav e l sta r M o del N u mber

HTS424040M9AT00 = 40GB/2MB H = Hitachi T = Travelstar S = Standard (vs C for Compact, for example) 42 = 4200 RPM 40 = Full capacity - 40GB 40 = Capacity this model 40 =40GB

(30 =30GB, 20 =20GB)

M = Generation code 9 = 9.5mm z - height AT = ATA interface 0 = Reserved 0 = Reserved

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