All maxtor products are backed by the no quibble – Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 User Manual
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Maxtor’s DiamondMax
Plus 40 series delivers
outstanding performance
including:
• 7,200 RPM spin speed
• 10.2 GB of storage per disk
• < 9.0 ms average seek
• 2 MB cache buffer
• Fast data transfer rates
(up to 66 MB/sec)
• 3-year warranty
P
E R F O R M A N C E
S
P E C I F I C A T I O N S
Seek Times (typical)
Track to Track
1 ms
Average
< 9.0 ms
Maximum
< 20 ms
Average Latency
4.17 ms
Rotation Speed (± 0.1%)
7,200 RPM
Controller Overhead
< 0.3 ms
Start Time (0 - drive ready)
< 10 sec typical
D
ATA
T
R A N S F E R
R
AT E S
To/From Interface
up to 66.7 MB/sec
To/From Media
up to 43.2 MB/sec
D
R I V E
C
O N F I G U R A T I O N
Integrated Controller
ATA-5/UDMA 66
Buffer Size
2 MB
Buffer Type
SDRAM
Data Zones per Surface
16
Bytes per Sector/Block
512
R
E L I A B I L I T Y
S
P E C I F I C A T I O N S
Start/Stop Cycles
50,000 (minimum)
Component Design Life
5 years (minimum)
Data Errors (non-recoverable)
< 1 per 10
15
bits read
Annual Return Rate (ARR)
<1%
P
O W E R
R
E Q U I R E M E N T S
(
T Y P I C A L
)
M
O D E
1 2 V ± 1 0 %
5 V ± 5 %
P
O W E R
Spin-up (peak)
2500 mA
620 mA
Seek
800 mA
510 mA
12.9 W
Read/Write
350 mA
530 mA
6.8 W
Idle
350 mA
490 mA
6.6 W
Standby
15 mA
235 mA
1.4 W
E
N V I R O N M E N T A L
L
I M I T S
A
C O U S T I C S
Idle mode
1
3.6 bel (average sound power)
T
E M P E R AT U R E
Operating
5° C - 55° C
Non-operating, Storage
-40° C - 71° C
R
E L AT I V E
H
U M I D I T Y
(
N O N
-
C O N D E N S I N G
)
Operating, Non-operating, Storage
5% - 95%
Maximum Wet Bulb
30° C
A
LT I T U D E
(
R E L AT I V E T O S E A L E V E L
)
Operating
-200 - 10,000 feet
Non-operating
-200 - 40,000 feet
V
I B R AT I O N
2
Operating, random, no errors
10 - 45 Hz at 0.004 G2/Hz
48 - 62 Hz at 0.008 G2/Hz
65 - 300 Hz at 0.004 G2/Hz
301 - 500 Hz at 0.0006 G2/Hz
Non-operating, random
10 - 2,000 Hz at 4.1 Grms, no damage
Operating, swept sine (1 octave per minute)
5 - 20 Hz
0.049” double amplitude
21 - 300 Hz
1.0 G peak amplitude
S
H O C K
2
Operating Mechanical Shock
30 Gs, 2 ms, no errors
Non-operating Mechanical Shock
250 Gs, 2 ms, no damage
P
H Y S I C A L
D
I M E N S I O N S
Height
1.02 in
2.59 cm
Length
5.77 in
14.66 cm
Width
4.02 in
10.21 cm
Weight
1.30 lbs
0.59 kg
All Maxtor products are backed by the
No Quibble
®
service policy, the benchmark
for service and support in the industry.
No Quibble includes:
• Advance replacement in 2 business days
• MaxFax
TM
24-hour automated technical support
• Maxtor’s commitment to total customer satisfaction
• Phone technicians available Monday– Friday
For more information or to talk to a customer support representative, call: (U.S. and Canada)
800-2MAXTOR. Available 5
A
.
M
.– 5
P
.
M
. (PT) Mon – Fri; (Europe) +353 1 204 1111. Available
9:30
A
.
M
.– 6
P
.
M
. (CET) Mon –Thurs and 9:30
A
.
M
.– 5
P
.
M
. (CET) Fri; (Asia/Pacific) 800-481-6788.
Available 8
A
.
M
.– 5:30
P
.
M
. (GMT+8) Mon – Fri; or visit our homepage on the Internet at
http://www.maxtor.com.
1
Based on 1- and 2-disk models;
2
Without non-recoverable errors. Specifications subject to change without notice. Maxtor defines
1 megabyte as 10
6
or 1 million bytes and 1 gigabyte as 10
9
or 1 billion bytes. DualWave
TM
, MaxFax
TM
, MaxSafe
TM
and ShockBlock
TM
are trademarks of Maxtor. DiamondMax
®
, Maxtor
®
and No Quibble
®
are registered trademarks of Maxtor Corporation. Printed in the
U.S.A. Copyright © 1999 Maxtor Corporation. 11/99 Stock #DMP40 Rev. 4533
MODEL
54098U8
53073U6
52049U4
51536U3
51024U2
CAPACITY
40,981 MB
30,735 MB
20,490 MB
15,367 MB
10,245 MB
HEADS
8
6
4
3
2
DISKS
4
3
2
2
1
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