Western Digital Corp. AC36400 hard drive specifications

WD Caviar AC36400 - hard drive - 6.4 GB - ATA-33

Award-winning WD Caviar 5400 RPM EIDE hard drives provide performance, reliability and value for mainstream and high-performance desktop systems. The latest WD Caviar drives achieve leading areal densities and a wide range of drive capacities perfect for storing Internet downloads, digital pictures and music files. The drives also feature Data Lifeguard for the highest level of data protection available on a hard drive today. Data Lifeguard includes embedded features that proactively guard your data and software tools that make installation, configuration and diagnostics simple and worry-free. Features like ATA/100, 5400RPM spindle speed and up to 100 MB/s data transfer rate, make WD Caviar 5400 RPM drives the best combination of performance and value for entry-level to mainstream PCs.

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Manufacturer
Western Digital Corp.

HDD Part Number
AC36400


Hard drive health monitoring software
ActiveSMART by Ariolic Software. Click to download ActiveSMART

General

Device Type
Hard drive - Internal hard drive

Width
4 in

Depth
5.7 in

Height
1 in

Weight
1.1 lbs

Localization
English / United States

Hard Drive

Form Factor

Capacity
6.4 GB

Interface Type
ATA-33

Buffer Size
256 KB

Bytes per Sector
512

Compliant Standards
224-bit Reed Solomon ECC

Performance

Drive Transfer Rate
33.3 MBps

Internal Data Rate
16.4 MBps

Seek Time
9.5 ms (average) / 19 ms (max)

Track-to-Track Seek Time
2 ms

Average Latency
5.5 ms

Spindle Speed
5400 rpm

Reliability

Mean time before failure
350,000 hour(s)

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

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

Compatible Slots
x None

Miscellaneous

Cables Included
None

Power

Power Device
None

Software / System Requirements

Software Included
None

Manufacturer Warranty

Service & Support
1 year warranty

Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - Parts and labor - 1 year - Bring-in

Environmental Parameters

Min Operating Temperature
41 �F

Max Operating Temperature
131 �F

Humidity Range Operating
5 - 85%

Shock Tolerance
10 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 150 g @ 3ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)

Vibration Tolerance
0.75 g @ 20-300 Hz (operating) / 4 g @ 20-500 Hz (non-operating)

Sound Emission
37 dBA

Max Altitude Operating
9840 ft


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