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5400.6 SATA model drives:
Momentus 5400.6 SATA Product Manual, Rev. F1
1.1About the Serial ATA interface
The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the traditional (parallel) ATA interface. The primary
advantages include:
• Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity. It is not normally necessary to set
any jumpers or other configuration options .
• Thinner and more flexible cabling for improved enclosure airflow and ease of installation.
• Scalability to higher performance levels.
In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from parallel ATA easy by providing legacy software support. Serial
ATA was designed to allow you to install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disc drive in your current
system and expect all of your existing applications to work as normal.
The Serial ATA interface connects each disc drive in a point-to-point configuration with the Serial ATA host
adapter. There is no master/slave relationship with Serial ATA devices like there is with parallel ATA. If two
drives are attached on one Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating system views the two devices as if they
were both “masters” on two separate ports. This essentially means both drives behave as if they are Device 0
(master) devices.
Note.The host adapter may, optionally, emulate a master/slave environment to host software where two
devices on separate Serial ATA ports are represented to host software as a Device 0 (master) and
Device 1 (slave) accessed at the same set of host bus addresses. A host adapter that emulates a
master/slave environment manages two sets of shadow registers. This is not a typical Serial ATA
environment.
The Serial ATA host adapter and drive share the function of emulating parallel ATA device behavior to provide
backward compatibility with existing host systems and software. The Command and Control Block registers,
PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are all emulated.
The Serial ATA host adapter contains a set of registers that shadow the content s of the traditio nal device regi sters, referred to as the Shadow Register Block. All Serial ATA devices behave like Device 0 devices. For additional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized
AT Attachment” specification. The specification can be downloaded from http://www.serialata.org.
2Momentus 5400.6 SATA Product Manual, Rev. F
2.0Drive specifications
Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal
power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the
Momentus 5400.6 SATA models.
2.1Specification summary table
The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual. .
Table 1: Drive specifications for 500, 400 and 320 GB models
Drive specification
Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)*500400320
Guaranteed sectors976,773,168781,422,768625,142,448
Bytes per sector512
Physical read/write heads43
Discs22
Cache (Mbytes)8
Recording density in BPI (bits/inch avg)1490k
Track density TPI (tracks/inch avg)265k
2
Areal density (Gbits/inch
Spindle speed (RPM)5400
Average latency (msec)5.6
Internal transfer rate (Mbits/sec max)1175
I/O data transfer rate
(Mbytes/sec max)
ATA data-transfer modes supportedSATA 1.0, Serial ATA Revision 2.6
Height (max)9.5 +/- 0.2 mm (0.374 +/- .0079 inches)
Width (max)69.85 mm +/- 0.25 mm (2.75 +/- 0.0098 inches)
Length (max)100.35 + 0.20 / - 0.25 mm (3.957 + 0.0079 / - 0.0098 inches)
Weight (max)98.8 grams (0.218 lb)
Power-on to ready (sec typical)3.6
Power-on to ready (sec max)3.8
Standby to ready (sec typical)1.8
Standby to ready (sec max)2
Track-to-track seek time, read (msec typical) 1
Table 1: Drive specifications for 500, 400 and 320 GB models
Drive specification
Average seek, read (msec typical)14
Full-stroke seek, read (msec max)30
Startup current, +5V (max)1 amp
Seek power (typical)1.54 watts
Read/write power (typical)Read: 1.40 watts; Write: 1.78 watts
Idle mode, low power (typical)0.67 watts
Standby mode0.20 watts (typical)***
Sleep mode0.20 watts (typical)***
Voltage tolerance (including noise)+5V ± 5%
Ambient temperature 0° to 60°C (operating), –40° to 70°C (nonoperating)
Temperature gradient
(°C per hour max)
Relative humidity5% to 95% (operating)
Relative humidity gradient30% per hour max
Wet bulb temperature
(°C max)
Altitude, operating–304.8 m to 3048 m (–1000 ft to 10,000
Altitude, nonoperating
(meters below mean sea level, max)
Shock, operating (Gs max at 2 msec)350
Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 2 msec)800
Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 1 msec)1000
Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 0.5 msec)600
Vibration, operating1.0 G (0 to peak, 5–500 Hz)
Vibration, nonoperating5.0 Gs (0 to peak, 5–500 Hz)
Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)
Idle**2.4 (typical)
Table 2: Drive specifications for 250 and 160 GB models
Drive specification
Altitude, nonoperating
ST9250315AS
ST9250315ASG
–304.8 m to 12,192 m (–1000 ft to 40,000+ ft)
ST9160314AS
ST9160314ASGST9160301AS
(meters below mean sea level, max)
Shock, operating (Gs max at 2 msec)350
Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 2 msec)800
Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 1 msec)1000
Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 0.5 msec)600
Vibration, operating1.0 G (0 to peak, 5–500 Hz)
Vibration, nonoperating5.0 Gs (0 to peak, 5–500 Hz)
Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)
Idle**2.4 (typical)
Table 3: Drive specifications for 120 and 80 GB models
Drive specification
ST9120315AS
ST9120315ASG
ST980313AS
ST980313ASG
Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)*12080
Guaranteed sectors234,441,648156,301,488
Bytes per sector512
Physical read/write heads1
Discs1
Cache (Mbytes)8
Recording density in BPI (bits/inch avg)1490k
Track density TPI (tracks/inch avg)265k
Areal density (Gbits/inch2 avg)394
Spindle speed (RPM)5400
Average latency (msec)5.6
Internal transfer rate (Mbits/sec max)1175
I/O data transfer rate
300
(Mbytes/sec max)
ATA data-transfer modes supportedSATA 1.0, Serial ATA Revision 2.6
PIO modes 0–4
Multiword DMA modes 0–2
Ultra DMA modes 0–6
Height (max)9.5 +/- 0.2 mm (0.374 +/- .0079 inches)
Width (max)69.85 mm +/- 0.25 mm (2.75 +/- 0.0098 inches)
Length (max)100.35 + 0.20 / - 0.25 mm (3.957 + 0.0079 / - 0.0098 inches)
Weight (max)93.5 grams (0.206 lb)
Power-on to ready (sec typical)3.6
Power-on to ready (sec max)3.8
Standby to ready (sec typical)1.8
Standby to ready (sec max)2
Track-to-track seek time, read (msec typical) 1
Average seek, read (msec typical)14
Full-stroke seek, read (msec max)30
Startup current, +5V (max)1 amp
Seek power (typical)1.54 watts
Read/write power (typical)Read: 1.40 watts; Write: 1.78 watts
Idle mode, low power (typical)0.67 watts
Standby mode0.20 watts (typical)***
Sleep mode0.20 watts (typical)***
Voltage tolerance (including noise)+5V ± 5%
Ambient temperature 0° to 60°C (operating), –40° to 70°C (nonoperating)
Temperature gradient
(°C per hour max)
20°C (operating)
35°C (nonoperating)
Relative humidity5% to 95% (operating)
5% to 95% (nonoperating)
Relative humidity gradient30% per hour max
Wet bulb temperature
(°C max)
37.7 (operating)
40 (nonoperating)
Altitude, operating–304.8 m to 3048 m (–1000 ft to 10,000+ ft)
Altitude, nonoperating
–304.8 m to 12,192 m (–1000 ft to 40,000+ ft)
(meters below mean sea level, max)
Momentus 5400.6 SATA Product Manual, Rev. F7
Table 3: Drive specifications for 120 and 80 GB models
Drive specification
Shock, operating (Gs max at 2 msec)350
Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 2 msec)800
Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 1 msec)1,000
Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 0.5 msec)600
Vibration, operating1.0 G (0 to peak, 5–500 Hz)
Vibration, nonoperating5.0 Gs (0 to peak, 5–500 Hz)
Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)
Idle**2.4 (typical)
Yes (requires COMRESET from host after a hotplug event)
ST980313AS
ST980313ASG
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment
and formatting.
**During periods of drive idle, some offline
power to operational levels.
***Typical notebooks will pull power to the drive when entering S3 and S4; while in the S3 and S4 states, drive sleep and drive standby
modes will not contribute to b
attery power consumption.
2.2Formatted capacity
Model
activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and
Formatted
capacity*
Guaranteed
sectors
Bytes per
sector
ST9500325AS and ST9500325ASG500 Gbytes976,773,168
ST9400326AS400 Gbytes781,422,768
ST9320325AS and ST9320325ASG320 Gbytes625,142,448
ST9250315AS and ST9250315ASG250 Gbytes488,397,168
512
ST9160314AS, ST9160301AS and ST9160314ASG160 Gbytes312,581,808
ST9120315AS and ST9120315ASG120 Gbytes234,441,648
ST980313AS and ST980313ASG80 Gbytes156,301,488
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment
and formatting.
8Momentus 5400.6 SATA Product Manual, Rev. F
2.2.1LBA mode
When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (
sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,
where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.
See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48-
bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes.
2.3Default logical geometry
CylindersRead/write headsSectors per track
16,3831663
LBA mode
When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,
where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.
2.4Physical organization
Drive modelRead/write headsNumber of discs
ST9500325AS, ST9500325ASG and ST9400326AS42
ST9320325AS and ST9320325ASG32
ST9250315AS, ST9250315ASG, ST9160314AS,