Caviar WD3200BB Hard Drive

WD® a long-time leader in hard drive technology designs and manufactures the #1 selling internal and external hard drives and award-winning media players and network drives

Manufacturer Part Number
WD3200BB
Full Product Specifications

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Cylinders 1: 16383
Heads: 16
Sectors/Track: 63
Landing Zone: 16383
WPC: 16383
Jumper Setting Information: Ten Pin Drive
Formatted Capacity 1: 320,072 MB
Interface: 40-pin EIDE
Actuator Type: Rotary Voice Coil
Number of Disks: 3
Data Surfaces: 6
Number of Heads: 6
Bytes Per Sector: 512
User Sectors Per Drive: 625,142,448
Servo Type: Embedded
Average Seek 1
- Read
- Write: 8.9 ms average
10.9 ms average
Track-to-Track Seek: 2.0 ms average
Full Stroke Seek : 21 ms average
Index Pulse Period: 8.3 ms (nominal)
Average Latency: 4.2 ms (nominal)
Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM (nominal)
Buffer Size: 2 MB
Data Transfer Rate (maximum)
- Buffer to Host:
100 MB/s (Mode 5 Ultra ATA)
66.6 MB/s (Mode 4 Ultra ATA)
33.3 MB/s (Mode 2 Ultra ATA)
16.6 MB/s (Mode 4 PIO)
16.6 MB/s (Mode 2 multi-word DMA)
Height: English:: 1.028 inches max

: Metric:: 26.1 mm max
Length: English:: 5.787 inches max

: Metric:: 147.0 mm max
Width: English:: 4.00 inches ±0.010 inch

: Metric:: 101.6 mm ±0.25 mm
Weight: English:: 1.32 pounds ±0.13 pounds

: Metric:: 0.60 kg ±0.06 kg
Shock
Operating (2ms): 30G (write), 65G (read)
Non-operating (2ms): 300G (2-platter), 250G (3-platter)
Half sine wave measured in 2 ms duration, measured without isolation.
Vibration
Operating: - Random: 0.004 g2/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)

- Linear: 20-300 Hz, 0.75G (0 to peak)

Non-operating : - Linear : 5-20 Hz, 0.195 inches (dbl amp)
20-500 Hz, 4G (0 to peak)

Operating Temperature and Humidity
Temperature: 5°C to 55°C
Humidity: 5-95% RH non-condensing
Thermal Gradient: 20°C/hour (maximum)
Non-Operating Temperature and Humidity
Temperature: -40°C to 65°C
Humidity: 5-95% RH non-condensing
Thermal Gradient: 30°C/hour (maximum)
Acoustics (average) : 3-platter
Idle Mode6: 34 dBA
Seek Mode 06 : 36dBA
Seek Mode 36: 35dBA
Warranty Period: Warranty Length