Western Digital WD10EARX, WD10EZRX, WD15EARX, WD15EZRX, WD20EARX User Manual

WD GREEN™

Desktop Hard Drives

WD Green hard drives are designed for use in systems that require cool and quiet operation, as secondary drives in PCs, for external enclosures and other applications for which low noise and low heat are beneficial. These earth-friendly hard drives are ideal for use whenever energy efficiency is needed.

INTERFACE	WIDTH/HEIGHT	ROTATIONAL SPEED	CAPACITIES
SATA 6 Gb/s	3.5-inch/1-inch	IntelliPower™	500 GB to 3 TB
MODEL NUMBERS			Note: Not all products may be
WD30EZRX	WD15EZRX		available in all regions of the world.
WD20EARX	WD10EZRX
WD20EZRX	WD10EARX
WD15EARX	WD5000AZRX

Product Features

WD’s commitment to sustainability – WD’s green initiative goes beyond the product level, focusing on recycling and improving the cleanliness of the air,

water and land.

Leading the way to green hard drives – WD led the industry in creating a new category of hard drives that use less power and helps to reduce the world’s energy demands one computer user at

a time. With over 90 million WD Green drives sold* customers using WD Green drives have saved the planet over 466 million kwh of power – nearly equaling the annual power production of a single coal power plant!

*Data reflects approximate drives sold as of March 2012.

Conflict-free materials – As a leader in hard drive manufacturing, WD proudly guarantees our hard drives are built with 100% conflictfree raw materials.

Halogen free – In addition to being RoHS compliant, all WD Green drives are lead and halogen free, resulting in less pollutants getting into our environment.

Reduced rare earths dependency – WD’s nextgeneration WD Green hard drives are built using less rare earth minerals.

Reduced power consumption	IntelliSeek™
Best-in-class power management	Calculates optimum seek speeds to
technology delivers significant power	lower power consumption, noise and
savings and solid performance.	vibration.
Cool and quiet	Tested for compatibility
WD GreenPower Technology™ yields	We perform tests on hundreds of
lower operating temperatures for	systems and a multitude of platforms
increased reliability and low acoustics	in our FIT Lab™ to give our customers
perfect for ultra-quiet PCs and	confidence that our drives will work in
external drives.	their systems.
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.

Applications

WD Green hard drives are tested and recommended for use as secondary storage in PCs, external enclosures and applications that require cool and

quiet operation. Desktop drives are not recommended for use in RAID environments. Please consider using WD Red™ hard drives for home and small office 1-5 bay NAS systems and WD enterprise hard drives for rackmount and NAS systems with more than 5 bays.*

*WD hard drives are designed and tested for use in specific applications and environments. This ensures that your hard drive is compatible with and functions properly in your application. Our hard drives are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship in the system for which they were designed. Use in systems other than for what the hard drive was designed could result in compatibility problems that affect proper function, unrelated to material and/or workmanship defects. For best results, be sure to select the appropriate product for your application by consulting our product spec sheets on our website at www.wd.com or by calling our customer support line where we would be happy to help you through the selection process.

The WD Advantage

WD puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. This testing ensures our products consistently meet the highest quality and reliability standards of the WD brand. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles as well as helpful software and utilities. Our customer support lines have longer operational hours to ensure you get the help you need when you need it. Our toll-free customer support lines are here to help or you can access our WD Support site for additional details.