Toshiba MK2546GSX hard drive specifications

Toshiba MK2546GSX - hard drive - 250 GB - SATA-300

The MK2546GSX offers the industries highest areal density per platter, at 200.1 gigabits per square inch. The drive's 5400 RPM motor speed, improves system-level performance by as much as 12 percent when compared to 4200 RPM. This drive offers enough capacity for portable video recording and editing, with lower power consumption compared to the traditional 3.5-inch HDDs. This functionality provides ideal storage for a range of commercial and consumer notebooks, as well as non-PC applications such as PDAs, printers, copiers, GPS systems and MP3 players. The MK2546GSX incorporates the Serial ATA (SATA) 3.0Gbps interface and is ATA-8 compliant, supporting high transfer rates of up to 300 megabytes per second.

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Manufacturer
Toshiba

HDD Part Number
MK2546GSX


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
250 GB

Interface Type
Serial ATA-300

Buffer Size
8 MB

Features
Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor, Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) head technology

Performance

Drive Transfer Rate
300 MBps

Seek Time
12 ms (average) / 22 ms (max)

Track-to-Track Seek Time
2 ms

Spindle Speed
5400 rpm

Reliability

Mean time before failure
300,000 hour(s)

Storage Hard Drive / Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^14

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
900 g @ 1ms (non-operating)

Vibration Tolerance
1 g @ 5-500 Hz (operating)


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