Seagate Technology ST38420A hard drive specifications

Seagate Medalist 8420 - hard drive - 8.4 GB - ATA-33

Seagate's Medalist family of Ultra ATA disc drives delivers excellent performance and reliability for desktop PC needs. The Medalist family of 5,400 RPM drives ranges from 3.2 to 17.2 GB. All Medalist drives are shipped with Seagate's exclusive SeaShield System and acclaimed DiscWizard installation software.

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Manufacturer
Seagate Technology

HDD Part Number
ST38420A


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ActiveSMART by Ariolic Software. Click to download ActiveSMART

General

Device Type
Hard drive - Internal hard drive

Width
4 in

Depth
5.8 in

Height
1 in

Weight
1.4 lbs

Hard Drive

Form Factor

Capacity
8.4 GB

Interface Type
ATA-33

Buffer Size
512 KB

Bytes per Sector
512

Compliant Standards
S.M.A.R.T.

Performance

Drive Transfer Rate
33.3 MBps

Internal Data Rate
8.5 MBps

Seek Time
9 ms (average) / 16.5 ms (max)

Track-to-Track Seek Time
1.5 ms

Average Latency
5.6 ms

Spindle Speed
5400 rpm

Reliability

Mean time before failure
400,000 hour(s)

Storage Hard Drive / Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^14

Start / Stop Cycles
40,000

Storage Controller

Type
None

Expansion / Connectivity

Connections
1 x Storage - ATA-33 - 40 pin IDC

Compatible Bays
1 x Internal - 3.5" x 1/3H

Miscellaneous

Cables Included
None

Mounting Kit
Included

Compliant Standards
Plug and Play

Package Type
Retail

Power

Power Device
None

Software / System Requirements

Software Included
Drivers & Utilities

OS Required
None

Manufacturer Warranty

Service & Support
1 year warranty

Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - Replacement - 1 year - Bring-in

Environmental Parameters

Min Operating Temperature
41 �F

Max Operating Temperature
131 �F

Humidity Range Operating
0 - 90%

Shock Tolerance
15 g @ 11ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 200 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)

Vibration Tolerance
0.5 g @ RMS (random) (operating) / 5 g @ RMS (random) (non-operating)

Sound Emission
32 dBA

Max Altitude Operating
9840 ft


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