® ™ WD Caviar Blue Desktop Hard Drives WD Caviar Blue hard drives are available with either SATA or PATA interface in a variety of cache sizes with a multitude of available features to deliver rock solid performance and ultra-cool and quiet operation perfect for family and business computing. INTERFACES WIDTH/HEIGHT ROTATIONAL SPEED CAPACITIES SATA 6 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s 3.5-inch/1-inch 7200 RPM 80 GB to 1 TB PATA 100 MB/s MODEL NUMBERS SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s PATA 100 MB/s WD10EALX WD10EALS WD2500AAKS WD5000AAKB Note: Not all products may be WD7500AALX WD6400AAKS WD2500AAJS WD3200AAJB available in all regions of the WD5000AAKX WD5000AAKS WD1600AAJS WD2500AAJB world. WD3200AAKX WD3200AAKS WD800AAJS WD1600AAJB WD2500AAKX WD3200AAJS WD800AAJB Product Features Solid performance Capacity ™ ™ IntelliSeek ShockGuard With SATA and PATA interfaces, and WD Caviar Blue drives are available Calculates optimum seek speeds to Instantaneously protects the hard cache sizes up to 32 MB, this series in capacities from 80 GB to 1 TB lower power consumption, noise drive against damage from bumps of drives offers a full range of because you can never have too and vibration. and vibrations while it is running. performance features. much storage space. This technology enables WD Caviar drives to achieve industry-leading shock specifications. ™ Ultra-cool and quiet NoTouch ramp load technology Keeping the drive cool enhances reliability. WD continues to develop The recording head never touches new and innovative ways to keep the disk media ensuring significantly drives cool while they are operating less wear to the recording head and which helps protect the drive and media as well as better drive the data stored on it. protection in transit. Applications „ Family and business computing. „ Desktop / Consumer RAID Environments - WD Caviar Blue Hard Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID applications (RAID-0 / RAID-1). - Business Critical RAID Environments – WD Caviar Blue Hard Drives are not recommended for and are not warranted for use in RAID environments utilizing Enterprise HBAs and/or expanders and in multi-bay chassis, as they are not designed for, nor tested in, these specific types of RAID applications. For all Business Critical RAID applications, please consider WD’s Enterprise Hard Drives that are specifically designed with RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER), are tested extensively in 24x7 RAID applications, and include features like enhanced RAFF technology and thermal extended burn-in testing. WD Caviar Blue 1 1 TB 750 GB 640 GB 500 GB 500 GB 320 GB 320 GB Specifications Model number WD10EALX WD7500AALX WD6400AAKS WD5000AAKX WD5000AAKB WD3200AAKX WD3200AAKS WD10EALS WD5000AAKS WD3200AAJS Interface SATA 6 Gb/s (EALX) SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s (AAKX) PATA 100 MB/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s (EALS) SATA 3 Gb/s (AAKS) Formatted capacity 1,000,204 MB 750,156 MB 640,135 MB 500,107 MB 500,107 MB 320,072 MB 320,072 MB User sectors per drive 1,953,525,169 1,465,149,168 1,250,263,728 976,773,168 976,773,168 625,142,448 625,142,448 SATA latching connector Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Form factor 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 2 RoHS compliant Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Performance Data transfer rate (max) 3 Buffer to host 6 Gb/s (WD10EALX) 6 Gb/s 3 Gb/s 6 Gb/s (WD5000AAKX) 100 MB/s 6 Gb/s 3 Gb/s 3 Gb/s (WD10EALS) 3 Gb/s (WD5000AAKS) Host to/from drive (sustained) 126 MB/s 126 MB/s 126 MB/s 126 MB/s 126 MB/s 126 MB/s 126 MB/s Cache (MB) 32 32 16 16 16 16 16 (WD3200AAKS) 8 (WD3200AAJS) Rotational speed (RPM) 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 Reliability/Data Integrity 4 Load/unload cycles 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 Non-recoverable read errors <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 per bits read 5 Limited warranty (years) 33 3 3 3 3 3 Power Management 12VDC peak (A, ±10%) 2.8 2.8 1.375 1.77 1.375 1.77 1.77 Average power requirements (W) Read/Write 7.3 7.3 8.3 6.0 8.3 6.0 5.36 Idle 6.1 6.1 7.7 5.6 7.7 5.6 4.92 Standby 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.73 Sleep 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.73 Environmental 6 Specifications Temperature (°C) Operating 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 Non-operating -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 65 Shock (Gs) Operating (2 ms, read/write) 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 Operating (2 ms, read) 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 Non-operating (1 ms) 300 300 300 350 300 350 350 7 Average acoustics (dBA) Idle mode 28 28 25 29 25 29 29 Performance seek mode 33 33 29 30 29 30 30 Physical Dimensions Height (in./mm, max) 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 Length (in./mm, max) 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 Weight (lb./kg, ± 10%) 1.52/0.69 1.52/0.69 1.32/0.60 0.99/0.45 1.32/0.60 0.99/0.45 0.95/0.43 1 As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second. Effective maximum SATA 3 Gb/s transfer rate calculated according to the Serial ATA specification published by the SATA-IO organization as of the date of this specification sheet. Visit www.sata-io.org for details. 2 WD hard drive products manufactured and sold worldwide after June 1, 2006, meet or exceed Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the European Union for electrical and electronic products. The RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament, which is effective in the EU beginning July 1, 2006, aims to protect human health and the environment by restricting the use of certain hazardous substances in new equipment, and consists of restrictions on lead, mercury, cadmium, and other substances. 3 Maximum burst rate running the Mode 5 Ultra ATA transfer mode. 4 Controlled unload at ambient condition. 5 The term of the limited warranty may vary by region. Visit http://support.wdc.com/warranty for details. 6 No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests. 7 Sound power level. -2- WD Caviar Blue 1 320 GB 250 GB 250 GB 250 GB 160 GB 160 GB 80 GB 80 GB Specifications Model number WD3200AAJB WD2500AAKX WD2500AAKS WD2500AAJB WD1600AAJS WD1600AAJB WD800AAJS WD800AAJB WD2500AAJS Interface PATA 100 MB/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s PATA 100 MB/s SATA 3 Gb/s PATA 100 MB/s SATA 3 Gb/s PATA 100 MB/s Formatted capacity 320,072 MB 250,059 MB 250,059 MB 250,059 MB 160,041 MB 160,041 MB 80,026 MB 80,026 MB User sectors per drive 625,142,448 488,397,168 488,397,168 488,397,168 312,581,808 312,581,808 156,301,488 156,301,488 SATA latching connector No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Form factor 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 2 RoHS compliant Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Performance Data transfer rate (max) 3 3 3 3 Buffer to host 100 MB/s 6 Gb/s 3 Gb/s 100 MB/s 3 Gb/s 100 MB/s 3 Gb/s 100 MB/s Host to/from drive (sustained) 126 MB/s 126 MB/s 126 MB/s 126 MB/s 126 MB/s 126 MB/s 126 MB/s 126 MB/s Cache (MB) 8 16 16 (WD2500AAKS)88 8 8 8 8 (WD2500AAJS) Rotational speed (RPM) 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 Reliability/Data Integrity 4 Load/unload cycles 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 Non-recoverable read errors <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 per bits read 5 Limited warranty (years) 33 3 3 3 3 3 3 Power Management 12VDC peak (A, ±10%) 1.77 1.77 1.77 1.77 1.77 1.77 1.77 1.77 Average power requirements (W) Read/Write 5.36 6.0 5.36 5.36 5.36 5.36 5.36 5.36 Idle 4.92 5.6 4.92 4.92 4.92 4.92 4.92 4.92 Standby 0.73 0.9 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.73 Sleep 0.73 0.9 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.73 6 Environmental Specifications Temperature (°C) Operating 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 0 to 60 Non-operating -40 to 65 -40 to 70 -40 to 65 -40 to 65 -40 to 65 -40 to 65 -40 to 65 -40 to 65 Shock (Gs) Operating (2 ms, read/write) 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 Operating (2 ms, read) 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 Non-operating (1 ms) 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 7 Average acoustics (dBA) Idle mode 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 Performance seek mode 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 Physical Dimensions Height (in./mm, max) 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 1.028/25.4 Length (in./mm, max) 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 Weight (lb./kg, ± 10%) 0.95/0.43 0.99/0.45 0.95/0.43 0.95/0.43 0.95/0.43 0.95/0.43 0.95/0.43 0.95/0.43 1 As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second. Effective maximum SATA 3 Gb/s transfer rate calculated according to the Serial ATA specification published by the SATA-IO organization as of the date of this specification sheet. Visit www.sata-io.org for details. 2 WD hard drive products manufactured and sold worldwide after June 1, 2006, meet or exceed Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the European Union for electrical and electronic products. The RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament, which is effective in the EU beginning July 1, 2006, aims to protect human health and the environment by restricting the use of certain hazardous substances in new equipment, and consists of restrictions on lead, mercury, cadmium, and other substances. 3 Maximum burst rate running the Mode 5 Ultra ATA transfer mode. 4 Controlled unload at ambient condition. 5 The term of the limited warranty may vary by region. Visit http://support.wdc.com/warranty for details. 6 No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests. 7 Sound power level. WD Caviar Blue is part of WD’s complete lineup of desktop hard drives. 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