Specifications

Feature	Value	Comment
Performance Specifications
Rotational Speed	7,200 RPM (nominal)
Buffer Size	8 MB
Average Latency	4.20 ms (nominal)
Load/unload Cycles	50,000 minimum
Seek Times
Read Seek Time	8.9 ms
Write Seek Time	10.9 ms (average)
Track-To-Track Seek Time	2.0 ms (average)
Full Stroke Seek	21.0 ms (average)
Transfer Rates
Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk)	972 Mb/s (Max)
Physical Specifications
Formatted Capacity	160,041 MB
Capacity	160 GB
User Sectors Per Drive	312581808
English
Height	1.028 Inches
Depth	5.787 Inches
Width	4.00 Inches
Weight	1.07 Pounds
Metric
Height	25.4 mm
Depth	147 mm
Width	101.6 mm
Weight	0.485 kg
Shock
Operating Shock (Read)	65G, 2 ms
Non-operating Shock	350G, 2 ms
Acoustics
Idle Mode	24 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0	27 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 3	25 dBA (average)
Temperature (English)
Operating	32° F to 140° F
Non-operating	-40° F to 149° F
Temperature (Metric)
Operating	-0° C to 60° C
Non-operating	-40° C to 65° C
Humidity
Operating	5-95% RH non-condensing
Non-operating	5-95% RH non-condensing
Altitude (English)
Operating	-1,000 feet to 10,000 feet
Non-operating	-1,000 feet to 40,000 feet
Altitude (Metric)
Operating	-305M to 3,050M
Non-operating	-305M to 12,200M
Vibration
Linear	20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak)
Random	10-300 Hz, 0.008 g² / Hz
Current Requirements
Read/Write	280 mA
Idle	270 mA
Standby	6 mA
Sleep	6 mA
Product Specifications
Interface	PATA 100 MB/s
Operating System
Compatibility	Windows/Mac
Release Date
First seen	5 September 2008

Western Digital WD1600AAJB