Toshiba MK1237GSX hard drive specifications
Toshiba MK1237GSX - hard drive - 120 GB - SATA-300
The Toshiba MK1237GSX drive features Perpendicular Magnetic Recording technology (PMR), which allows for maximum data capacity on small form factor. The drive's 5400-rpm motor speed improves system-level performance by as much as 12 percent when compared to 4200 rpm. The MK1237GSX incorporates the Serial ATA II Interface and is ATA-7 compliant, supporting high transfer rates of up to 150 megabytes per second. This Toshiba HDD provides mobile PC manufacturers with the ideal hard disk drive to produce faster performing and application enriched notebooks.
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Manufacturer
HDD Part Number
MK1237GSX
Hard drive health monitoring software
ActiveSMART by Ariolic Software. Click to download ActiveSMART
General
Device Type
Hard drive - Internal hard drive
Width
2.8 in
Depth
3.9 in
Height
0.4 in
Weight
3.6 oz
Hard Drive
Form Factor
Capacity
120 GB
Interface Type
Serial ATA-300
Buffer Size
8 MB
Features
Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor, Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) head technology, Perpendicular Recording
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate
300 MBps
Seek Time
12 ms (average) / 22 ms (max)
Track-to-Track Seek Time
2 ms
Average Latency
5.55 ms
Spindle Speed
5400 rpm
Reliability
Mean time before failure
300,000 hour(s)
Storage Hard Drive / Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^13
Seek Errors
1 per 10^6
Storage Controller
Type
None
Expansion / Connectivity
Interfaces
1 x Serial ATA-300
Compatible Bays
1 x Internal - 2.5" x 1/8H
Compatible Slots
x None
Miscellaneous
Microsoft Certifications
Works with Windows Vista
Environmental Parameters
Shock Tolerance
850 g @ 1ms (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance
1 g @ 5-500 Hz (operating)
0.0749