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Seagate Desktop HDD Product Manual, Rev. A 10
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2.8 Power specifications
The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. Refer to Figure 1 on page 17.
2.8.1 Power consumption
Power requirements for the drives are listed in Table 2. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested,
under nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient temperature.
• Spinup power
Spinup power is measured from the time of power-on to the time that the drive spindle reaches operating speed.
• Read/write power and current
Read/write power is measured with the heads on track, based on a 16-sector write followed by a 32-ms delay, then a 16-
sector read followed by a 32-ms delay.
• Operating power and current
Operating power is measured using 40 percent random seeks, 40 percent read/write mode (1 write for each 10 reads) and
20 percent drive idle mode.
• Idle mode power
Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with servo electronics active and with the heads in a random track
location.
• Standby mode
During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is not spinning, and the servo and read/write electronics
are in power-down mode.
*During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels.
†5W IDLE with DIPLM Enabled
2.8.2 Conducted noise
Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the +12 volt line
or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line.
• Using 12-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 120 mV peak-to-peak square-wave injected noise at
up to 10MHz.
• Using 5-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 100 mV peak-to-peak square-wave injected noise at
up to 10MHz.
Table 2 DC power requirements (6-5TB)
Power dissipation (6-disk values shown) Avg (25° C) Avg 5V typ Avg 12V typ
Spinup — — 2.0A
Idle* † 7.20W 0.19A 0.52A
Operating 9.0W 0.22A 0.65A
Standby 0.60W 0.09A 0.01A
Sleep 0.60W 0.09A 0.01A
Table 3 DC power requirements (4TB)
Power dissipation (4-disk values shown) Avg (25° C) Avg 5V typ Avg 12V typ
Spinup — — 2.0A
Idle* † 4.00W 0.109A 0.289A
Operating 5.60W 0.319 0.329A
Standby 0.50W 0.08A 0.004A
Sleep 0.50W 0.08A 0.004A
Note
Equivalent resistance is calculated by dividing the nominal voltage by the typical RMS read/write current.