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4.6 Power Mode Definitions
Spin-up
The drive is spinning up following initial application of power and has
not yet reached full speed.
Seek
A random access operation by the drive.
Read/Write
Data is being read from or written to the drive.
Idle
The drive is spinning, the actuator is parked and powered off and all
other circuitry is powered on.
The drive is capable of responding to read commands within 40 ms.
Standby
The motor is not spinning. The drive will leave this mode upon receipt
of a command that requires disk access. The time-out value for this
mode is programmable. The buffer is active to accept write data.
Sleep
This is the lowest power state – with the interface set to inactive. A
software or hardware reset is required to return the drive to the Standby
state.
4.7 EPA Energy Star Compliance
Maxtor Corporation supports the goals of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s Energy Star program to reduce the electrical power
consumption of computer equipment.