Toshiba MK1237GSX hard drive specifications

Toshiba MK1237GSX - hard drive - 120 GB - SATA-300

The Toshiba MK1237GSX drive features Perpendicular Magnetic Recording technology (PMR), which allows for maximum data capacity on small form factor. The drive's 5400-rpm motor speed improves system-level performance by as much as 12 percent when compared to 4200 rpm. The MK1237GSX incorporates the Serial ATA II Interface and is ATA-7 compliant, supporting high transfer rates of up to 150 megabytes per second. This Toshiba HDD provides mobile PC manufacturers with the ideal hard disk drive to produce faster performing and application enriched notebooks.

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Manufacturer
Toshiba

HDD Part Number
MK1237GSX


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General

Device Type
Hard drive - Internal hard drive

Width
2.8 in

Depth
3.9 in

Height
0.4 in

Weight
3.6 oz

Hard Drive

Form Factor

Capacity
120 GB

Interface Type
Serial ATA-300

Buffer Size
8 MB

Features
Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor, Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) head technology, Perpendicular Recording

Performance

Drive Transfer Rate
300 MBps

Seek Time
12 ms (average) / 22 ms (max)

Track-to-Track Seek Time
2 ms

Average Latency
5.55 ms

Spindle Speed
5400 rpm

Reliability

Mean time before failure
300,000 hour(s)

Storage Hard Drive / Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^13

Seek Errors
1 per 10^6

Storage Controller

Type
None

Expansion / Connectivity

Interfaces
1 x Serial ATA-300

Compatible Bays
1 x Internal - 2.5" x 1/8H

Compatible Slots
x None

Miscellaneous

Microsoft Certifications
Works with Windows Vista

Environmental Parameters

Shock Tolerance
850 g @ 1ms (non-operating)

Vibration Tolerance
1 g @ 5-500 Hz (operating)


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