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One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity
may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Seagate reserves the right to change, with
out notice, product offerings or specifications.
• State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms.
• Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor intervention.
• Quiet operation.
• SeaTools diagnostic software performs a drive self-test that eliminates unnecessary drive returns.
• Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting.
• Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands.
• Support for autodetection of master/slave drives that use cable select (CSEL).
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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
following drive models:
ST3750640AV
ST3500630AV
ST3320620AV
ST3250820AV
ST3160815AV
2.1Specification summary table
The specifications listed in the table below are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or
definition, see the appropriate section of this manual.
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Table 1: Drive specifications summary for 750 and 500 Gbyte models
Altitude, nonoperating
(below mean sea level, max)
Operational Shock63 Gs at 2 msec max
Non-Operational Shock300 Gs at 2 msec max
Multiword DMA modes 0–2
Ultra DMA modes 0–6
12V ± 10%
–40° to 70°C (nonoperating)
30°C per hour max (nonoperating)
5% to 95% (nonoperating)
40.0°C max (nonoperating)
(–200 ft. to 10,000+ ft.)
–60.96 m to 12,192 m
(–200 ft. to 40,000+ ft.)
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Drive specificationST3750640AVST3500630AV
Vibration, operating5–22 Hz: 0.02 inches, Limited displacement, peak to peak
Vibration, nonoperating5–350 Hz: 5.0 Gs
Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)
Idle**2.8 (typical)
Seek3.2 (typical)
Nonrecoverable read errors1 per 10
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)0.80%
WarrantyTo determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to
Contact start-stop cycles50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity
*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 activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and
power to operational levels.
22–350 Hz: 0.50 Gs
350–500 Hz: 0.25 Gs
350–500 Hz: 1.0 Gs
2.9 (max)
3.4 (max)
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access the following web page:
www.seagate.com/support/service/
From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be
asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part
number) and country of purchase. The system will display the war
ranty information for your drive.
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Table 2: Drive specifications summary for 320, 250 and 160 Gbyte models
Vibration, operating5–22 Hz: 0.02 inches, Limited displacement, peak to peak
Vibration, nonoperating5–350 Hz: 5.0 Gs
Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)
Idle**2.8 (typical)
Seek3.0 (typical)
Nonrecoverable read errors1 per 10
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)0.80%
WarrantyTo determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the follow-
Contact start-stop cycles50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity
*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 activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and
power to operational levels.
22–350 Hz: 0.50 Gs
350–500 Hz: 0.25 Gs
350–500 Hz: 1.0 Gs
2.9 (max)
3.1 (max)
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ing web page:
www.seagate.com/support/service/
From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to provide the
drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. The sys
tem will display the warranty information for your drive.
2.6 (typical)
2.7 (max)
2.5 (typical)
2.6 (max)
3.1 (typical)
3.2 (max)
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2.2Formatted capacity
Model
ST3750640AV750 Gbytes1,465,149,168512
ST3500630AV500 Gbytes976,773,168512
ST3320620AV320 Gbytes781,422,768512
ST3250820AV250 Gbytes488,397,168512
ST3160815AV160 Gbytes312,581,808512
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.
Formatted
capacity*
Guaranteed
sectors
Bytes per sector
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 4.1.2, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes.
2.3Default logical geometry
CylindersRead/write headsSectors per track
16,3831663
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2.4Recording and interface technology
750GB500GB320GB250GB160GB
InterfaceATA
Recording methodPerpendicular
Recording density, KBPI (kbits/inch max)926813824
Track density, KTPI (ktracks/inch avg)145137.259
Areal density (Gbits/inch2 avg)128.2114.4101
Spindle speed (RPM) (± 0.2%)7,200
Internal data transfer rate (Mbits/sec max)1,030
Sustained data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)787280