
TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION
2.5" HDD INSTALLATION NOTES
MK1234/1034/8034/6034/4034GSX
© 2006 Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
Contents subject to change without prior notice.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Toshiba’s 9.5mm series of 2.5" Hard Disk Drives is comprised of fast, high-capacity
drives which feature an ATA-7 and Seria ATA 1.0a/Seria TATA II 1.2 interface embedded
controller. Toshiba recommends that these drives be installed by a qualified technician.
Additional installation hardware may be required depending on how and or where the
drive is being installed.
Specifications MK1234GSX MK1034GSX MK8034GSX
HDD2D31 HDD2D37 HDD2D38
Formatted Capacity 120.034GB 100.03GB 80.026GB
Height 9.5mm 9.5mm 9.5mm
# of Disks (platters) 2 2 2
# of Data Heads 4 4 3
MK6034GSX MK4034GSX
HDD2D35 HDD2D39
Formatted Capacity 60.012GB 40.008GB
Height 9.5mm 9.5mm
# of Disks (platters) 1 1
# of Data Heads 2 2
FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Logical Drive MK1234GSX MK1034GSX MK8034GSX
Parameters HDD2D31 HDD2D37 HDD2D38
# of Cylinders (user) 79,056 69,336 74,520
Bytes per Sector 512 512 512
LBA Sectors 234,441,648 195,371,568 156,301,488
Buffer Size (KBYTES) 8,192 8,192
Rotation Speed (±.1%) 5400 5400
Transfer Rate 245 – 475 220 – 466 220 – 466
Internal (MBITS/sec.)
# of Cylinders (logical) 16,383 16,383 16,383
# of Heads 16 16 16
# of sec./Track 63 63 63
Host Transfer Rate 150MB/s 150MB/s 150MB/s
Seek Time (MSEC.)
Average 12 12 12
Track-to-track 2 2 2
Maximum 22 22 22

Single Segment S1
Power Segment P1
FIGURE 1 – 2.5" HDD JUMPER LOCATIONS
FIGURE 2 – MOUNTING HOLE LOCATIONS
INTERFACE CONNECTOR
Drive Side Connector Molex RSD97799-015 or equivalent
for board Right Angle Type: Molex 67492-0221,
67492-0222 or equivalent
for cable Molex 88750-5318 or equivalent (for
signal). No recommendation now for power
segment.
Recommended
Host Side
Connector