he latest Toshiba HDD series, Mq01ABD050, provides a wide capacity range from 250 GB to 1 TB in a 9.5-millimeter-high design with only maximum 2 platters. The advanced MQ01ABD050 targets markets such as portable multimedia and gaming notebooks, mobile workstations and other capacity-hungry applications like external HDDs.
In addition, the drives also feature very good power efficiency value of 0.00055 for the 1 TB model. Due to the “Silent-Seek” technology featured in these drives, the HDDs are extremely quiet: Ultra-silent single-platter drives boast acuoustic specifications of 19dBa (seek) and 17 dBa (idle) making them almost indistinguishable to the human ear.
With its compact size and best-in class specifications, the SATA MQ01ADB050 series is the perfect choice for use in devices where a combination of sleek form factor and high capacity capabilities are essential. As with all Toshiba HDDs, the complete series is halogen-free and RoHS compatible, therefore, exceptionally environmentally friendly.

Features:

• 5,400 Rotational Speed
• Excellent power efficiency
• Silent-seek Technology
• MTTF of 600,000 Hours
• Capacity – 500 GB

Interface Type – Serial ATA – 300

• Data Transfer Rate – 300 MBps
• Spindle Speed – 5400 rpm
• Buffer Size – 8 MB

Specifications:

• Interface – Serial ATA 2.6 / ATA8
• Interface Speed – 3.0b/s
• Formatted Capacity – 500GB
• Number of Data Heads – 2
• Number of Disks – 1
• Number of User Data Cylinders – 231,312
• Bytes per Sector (HOST) – 512 byte
• Bytes per Sector (DISK) – 4,096 byte
• Logical Blocks (LBA) – 976,773,168
• Maximum Areal Density – 1153.4Mbit/mm2 (744.1Gbit/in2)
• Environmental Compliance – RoHS compliant
• Buffer Size – 8MB
• Rotational Speed – 5400rpm
• Average Latency Time – 5.55 ms
• Average Seek Time – 12 ms
• Track to Track Seek Time – 2 ms
• Max Seek Time – 22 ms
• Load/Unload – 600,000 times
• Error Rate Non-Recoverable – 1/1014 bit read
• Allowable Voltage – 5V+/-5%
• Start – 4.5W (Max)
• Seek – 1.85W (Typ)
• Read/Write – 1.5W (Typ)
• Lower Power Idle – 0.55W (Typ)
• Stand-by – 0.18W (Typ)
• Sleep – 0.15W (Typ)
• Energy Consumption Efficiency/Category Name – 0.0011 E
• Dimensions (H x W x D) – 9.5 mm x 69.85 mm x 100 mm
• Weight – 102g (Typ)
• Operating Temperature – 5 oC to 55 oC
• Non-operating Temperature – -40 oC to 65 degree Celcium
• Vibration (op) – 9.8m/s2 (1.0G)
• Vibration (non-op) – 49m/s2 (5.0G)
• Shock (op) 3,920m/s2 (400G) (2ms half sine)
• Shock (non-op) – 8.820m/s2 (900G) (1ms half sine)
• Idle (avg) – 17dB
• Seek – 19dB