Western Digital WD1002FAEX, WD1502FAEX, WD2002FAEX, WD5002AALX, WD5003AZEX User Manual

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WD Caviar® Black

Desktop Hard Drives

WD Caviar Black drives combine a high performance

electronics architecture with a rock solid mechanical

architecture to deliver the perfect storage solution for your

fully-loaded PC or maxed out gaming machine. Cool drive

operation, no-touch head technology, leading-edge

vibration protection ensure enhanced reliability.

INTERFACE

SATA 6 Gb/s

WIDTH/HEIGHT

3.5-inch/1-inch

ROTATIONAL SPEED

7200 RPM

CAPACITIES

500 GB to 2 TB

MODEL NUMBERS

WD2002FAEX WD7502AAEX
WD1502FAEX WD5003AZEX
WD1002FAEX WD5002AALX

Note: Not all products may be
available in all regions of the
world.

Product Features

Rock Solid Mechanical Architecture

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Dual actuator technology
A head positioning system with two
actuators that improves positional
accuracy over the data track(s). The
primary actuator provides coarse
displacement using conventional
electromagnetic actuator principles.
The secondary actuator uses a
piezoelectric motor to fine tune the
head positioning to a higher degree
of accuracy. (2 TB and 1.5 TB models
only)

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StableTrac™ — The motor shaft is
secured at both ends to reduce
system-induced vibration and
stabilize platters for accurate
tracking, during read and write
operations. (2 TB and 1.5 TB models
only)

NoTouch™ ramp load technology
The recording head never touches
the disk media ensuring significantly
less wear to the recording head and
media, as well as better drive
protection in transit.

High Performance Electronics
Architecture

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Dual processor — Twice the
processing power to maximize
performance.

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Colossal cache — Bigger, faster
cache of up to 64 MB means faster
performance.

Massive Capacity

WD Caviar Black SATA drives are
available in capacities up to 2 TB.

Compatible

We perform tests on hundreds of
systems and a multitude of platforms
in our FIT Lab™ and Mobile
Compatibility Lab to give our
customers confidence that our drives
will work in their systems.

5-year limited warranty

Applications

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Power computing applications such as multimedia, video and photo editing, and maxed out gaming computers.

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Desktop / Consumer RAID Environments - WD Caviar Black Hard Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID applications (RAID-0 /
RAID-1).

- Business Critical RAID Environments – WD Caviar Black Hard Drives are not recommended for and are not warranted for use in RAID environments utilizing Enterprise HBAs and/or
expanders and in multi-bay chassis, as they are not designed for, nor tested in, these specific types of RAID applications. For all Business Critical RAID applications, please consider WD’s
Enterprise Hard Drives that are specifically designed with RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER), are tested extensively in 24x7 RAID applications, and include features like
enhanced RAFF technology and thermal extended burn-in testing.

WD Caviar Black

Specifications

1

2 TB 1.5 TB 1 TB 750 GB 500 GB 500 GB

Model number WD2002FAEX WD1502FAEX WD1002FAEX WD7502AAEX WD5003AZEX WD5002AALX
Interface SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s
Formatted capacity 2,000,398 MB 1,500,301 MB 1,000,204 MB 750,156 MB 500,107 MB 500,107 MB
User sectors per drive 3,907,029,168 2,930,277,168 1,953,525,169 1,465,149,168 976,773,168 976,773,168
SATA latching connector Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Form factor 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch
RoHS compliant

Performance

Data transfer rate (max)

Buffer to host
Host to/from drive (sustained)

2

YesYesYesYesYesYes

6 Gb/s
138 MB/s

6 Gb/s
138 MB/s

6 Gb/s
126 MB/s

6 Gb/s
126 MB/s

6 Gb/s
150 MB/s

6 Gb/s

126 MB/s
Cache (MB) 646464646432
Rotational speed (RPM) 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200

Reliability/Data Integrity

Load/unload cycles
Non-recoverable read errors per

bits read
Limited warranty (years)

Power Management

3

300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000
<1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014 <1 in 1014

4

555555

Average power requirements (W)

Read/Write
Idle
Standby
Sleep

Environmental Specifications

10.7

8.2

1.3

1.3

5

10.7

8.2

1.3

1.3

6.8

6.1

0.7

0.7

6.8

6.1

0.7

0.7

6.8

6.1

0.8

0.8

6.0

5.6

0.9

0.9

Temperature (°C)

Operating
Non-operating

0 to 60

-40 to 70

0 to 60

-40 to 70

0 to 60

-40 to 70

0 to 60

-40 to 70

0 to 60

-40 to 70

0 to 60

-40 to 70

Shock (Gs)

Operating (2 ms, read)
Operating (2 ms, read/write)
Non-operating (2 ms)

Average acoustics (dBA)

Idle mode

6

Seek mode

Physical Dimensions

Height (in./mm, max) 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4
Length (in./mm, max) 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147
Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6
Weight (lb./kg, ± 10%) 1.66/0.75 1.66/0.75 1.52/0.69 1.52/0.69

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As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes , one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576

bytes. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte pe r second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second. Effective maximum SATA 3 Gb/s and SATA 6 Gb/s transfer rates calculated according to the Serial ATA specification
published by the SATA-IO organization as of the date of this specification sheet. Visit www.sata-io.org for details.

2

WD hard drive products manufactured and sold worldwide after June 1, 2006, meet or exceed Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU..

3

Controlled unload at ambient condition

4

The term of the limited warranty may vary by region. Visit http://support.wdc.com/warranty for details.

5

No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests.

6

Sound power level.

30
65
300

29
34

30
65
300

29
34

30
65
300

28
33

30
65
300

28
33

30
65
350

29
30

1.028/25.4

5.787/147
4/101.6

0.97/0.44

30

65

350

29

30

1.028/25.4

5.787/147

4/101.6

0.97/0.44

WD Caviar Black is part of WD’s complete lineup of desktop hard drives.

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