Overview
WD Caviar Special Edition 7200 hard drives deliver data to users faster than any desktop hard drive has before. Perfect for games, DV editing and file server applications.
specifications
| GENERAL INFORMATION | ||
| Brand Name: | Western Digital | |
| Product Name: | Caviar Special Edition Hard Drive | |
| Manufacturer Part Number: | WD2500JB | |
| Packaged Quantity: | 1 | |
| Manufacturer Website Address: | www.wdc.com | |
| Product Line: | Caviar | |
| Manufacturer: | Western Digital Corporation | |
| Product Type: | Hard Drive | |
| TECHNICAL INFORMATION | ||
| Sectors Per Track: | 63 | |
| Bytes Per Sector: | 512 | |
| Platter: | 3 | |
| Storage Capacity: | 250GB | |
| Actuator Type: | Rotary VCM | |
| Cylinders: | 16383 | |
| Servo Type: | Embedded | |
| Heads: | 6 Physical | |
| 16 Logical | ||
| User Sectors Per Drive: | 488397168 | |
| DRIVE PERFORMANCE | ||
| Buffer: | 8MB | |
| Seek Time: | 21 ms Full-track Average | |
| 2 ms Track-to-Track Average | ||
| 8.9 ms Read Average | ||
| 10.9 ms Write Average | ||
| Start/Stop Cycles: | 50000 | |
| Drive Ready Time: | 9 Second | |
| Latency: | 4.2 ms Average | |
| Data Transfer Rate: | 748Mbps Maximum Internal/100MBps Maximum External | |
| Rotational Speed: | 7200 rpm | |
| INTERFACES/PORTS | ||
| Interfaces/Ports: | 1 x 40-pin IDC Ultra ATA IDE/EIDE | |
| RELIABILITY | ||
| Data Error Rate: | < 1/10E14 bits Read Non-recoverable | |
| Shock Tolerance: | 65Gs @ 2 ms Half Sine Wave Read Operating | |
| 30Gs @ 2 ms Write Operating | ||
| 250Gs @ 2 ms Half Sine Wave Non-operating | ||
| Vibration Tolerance: | 0.75Gs 10 Hz to 300 Hz Linear – Operating | |
| 4Gs 20 Hz to 500 Hz Non-operating | ||
| POWER DESCRIPTION | ||
| Frequency: | 0 MHz to 30 MHz | |
| Input Current: | 2.4 A Maximum @ 12V DC Spin-up | |
| 430 mA @12V DC Read/Write | ||
| 730 mA @12V DC Seek | ||
| 400 mA @12V DC Idle, E1H | ||
| 20 mA @12V DC Standby, E0H | ||
| 20 mA @12V DC Sleep, E6H | ||
| 680 mA @5V DC Spin-up | ||
| 730 mA @5V DC Read/Write | ||
| 750 mA @5V DC Seek | ||
| 680 mA @5V DC Idle, E1H | ||
| 190 mA @5V DC Standby, E0H | ||
| 85 mA @5V DC Sleep, E6H | ||
| Input Voltage: | 12 V DC 10% | |
| 5 V DC 5% | ||
| Power Consumption: | 8.3W Idle, E1H | |
| 1.2W Standby, E0H | ||
| 0.7W Sleep, E6H | ||
| 21.4W Spin-up | ||
| 8.8W Read/Write | ||
| 12.5W Seek | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS | ||
| Altitude: | -1000.66 ft to 40026.25 ft Non-operating | |
| -1000 ft to 10000 ft Operating | ||
| -1000.66 ft to 10006.56 ft Operating | ||
| Sound Emission: | 34 dB(A) Idle | |
| Altitude: | -1000 ft to 40000 ft Non-operating | |
| Temperature: | 41 °F (5 °C) to 131 °F (55 °C) Operating | |
| -40 °F (-40 °C) to 149 °F (65 °C) Non-operating | ||
| Humidity: | 5 to 95% Non-condensing Relative Humidity Operating | |
| 5 to 95% Non-condensing Relative Humidity Non-operating | ||
| Sound Emission: | 36 dB(A) Seek Mode 0 | |
| 35 dB(A) Seek Mode 3 | ||
| PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||
| Shipping Dimensions: | 5″ Height x 6″ Width x 8″ Depth | |
| Form Factor: | 3.5″ 1/3H Internal | |
| Shipping Weight: | 1.5 lb | |
| Dimensions: | 1.03″ Height x 4″ Width x 5.79″ Depth | |
| Weight: | 1.32 lb | |
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| Compatibility: | PC | |
| WARRANTY | ||
| Standard Warranty: | 3 Year Limited | |
Additional Warranty Information: Warranty Policy and Limitations:
Western Digital Corporation (“WDC”) values your business and always attempts to provide you the very best of service.
No limited warranty is provided by WDC unless your WDC Product (“Product”) was purchased from an authorized distributor or authorized reseller. Distributors may sell Products to resellers who then sell Products to end users. Please see below for warranty information or obtaining service. No warranty service is provided unless the Product is returned to an authorized return center in the region(Americas, Europe-Middle East-Africa, or Asia Pacific) where the Product was first shipped by WDC.
If your Product was purchased as a component integrated within a system by a system manufacturer, no limited warranty is provided by WDC. Please contact the place of purchase or the system manufacturer directly for warranty service.
Warranty Policy:
Western Digital has adopted a new warranty policy effective October 1, 2002. Western Digital WD Caviar Special Edition hard drives are covered under warranty for a three-year period. Western Digital WD Raptor hard drives are covered under warranty for a five-year period. All other Western Digital products will be covered under a standard warranty for a period of one year. Products purchased before October 1, 2022 are covered under the product’s original warranty, unless otherwise noted on the retail packaging.