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CHAPTER 1 DEVICE OVERVIEW
1.1 Features
1.2 Device Specifications
1.3 Power Requirements
1.4 Environmental Specifications
1.5 Acoustic Noise
1.6 Shock and Vibration
1.7 Reliability
1.8 Error Rate
1.9 Media Defects
Overview and features are described in this chapter, and specifications and power requirement are
described.
The MPE3xxxAH series are a 3.5-inch hard disk drive with a built-in ATA controller. The disk drive is
compact and reliable.
1.1 Features
1.1.1 Functions and performance
(1) Compact
The disk has 2, 3 or 4 disks of 95 mm (3.5 inches) diameter, and its height is 26.1 mm (1
inch).
(2) Large capacity
The disk drive can record up to 6.83 GB (formatted) on one disk using the 48/51 EPR4ML
recording method and 15 recording zone technology. The MPE3xxxAH series have a
formatted capacity of 10.24 GB to 27.32 GB respectively.
(3) High-speed Transfer rate
The disk drive has an internal data rate up to 40.7 MB/s. The disk drive supports an external
data rate up to 16.7 MB/s or 66.6 MB/s (ultra DMA mode 4).