MKxx55GSX

Product Features

    • 160 to 500 GByte capacity
    • 9.5 mm height
    • 3.0 Gbps SATA II interface
    • 400 G max. operating shock
    • 8 MByte buffer

Product info

The 160GB MK1655GSX drive belongs to the new MKxx55GSX series which offers capacities from 120GB to 500GB, while offering 0.0012W/GB power consumption efficiency in operation. The 5400 rpm drives have been specifically developed for devices such as ultra-portable notebooks, which must balance performance capabilities and long battery life. Due to the “Silent-Seek” technology featured in these drives, the HDDs are extremely quiet. The ultra silent single-platter drives (120GB, 160GB and 250GB) boast acoustic specifications of 20dB (seek) and 19dB (idle) making them almost indistinguishable to the human hear. The new drives incorporate the latest SATA Interface and support a 3.0Gbit/s interface data transfer rate. In addition, they offer, as an option, the Free Fall Sensor Technology to protect your drive from unexpected rough handling.

The new MK1655GSX Model is ideal not only for OEMs and systems integrators under pressure to develop new mobile computing and storage products with more capacity and improved performance specifications, but as well as consumer electronic manufacturers of audio visual devices. Production of embedded hard disk drives appearing in television sets and DVD HDD recorders is increasing in Europe. The growing availability of instant audio and visual content demonstrates consumer demand for downloadable viewing.

The complete drive series is halogen-free, and boasts 20% improvement in increased energy consumption efficiency, lower CO2 emmision of 95g a year less, RoHS compatible and is a certified Toshiba ECP Product. Excellent ECP is a Toshiba internal environment initiative for high value products which are exceptionally environmentally friendly.

  • Technical Specs
    • Name
      Name MK1655GSX MK2555GSX MK3255GSX MK4055GSX MK5055GSX MK5055GSX
      Features
      Part number HDD2H25 HDD2H24 HDD2H27 HDD2H22 HDD2H21 HDD2H21
      Formatted capacity 160,041 MByte 250,059 MByte 320,072 MByte 400,088 MByte 500,107 MByte 500,107 MByte
      Form factor 2.5 inch
      Interface type
      • Serial ATA
      Supported interface standards
      • ATA-8
      • Serial ATA 2.6
      Head/actuator technology
      • "Ramp-Load" Technology
      • PMR (Write)/TMR (Read)
      Shock detection Shock sensor circuit
      S.M.A.R.T. The SMART command set is supported.
      Physical parameters
      Number of platters 1 1 2 2 2 2
      Number of cylinders 136,152 164,887 136,152 151,523 164,887 164,887
      Number of heads 2 2 4 4 4 4
      Bytes/sector 512
      Access times
      Average seek time 12 ms
      Maximum seek time 22 ms
      Track-to-track seek time 2 ms
      Transfer rates
      Internal
      • From 363 MBit/s to 952 MBit/s
      SATA (Host) 3 Gbit/s
      Rotational speed
      Rotational speed 5,400 rpm
      Buffer
      Buffer size 8,192 kByte
      Cache
      • Read-ahead cache
      • Write cache
      Reaction times
      Start time (Spin-up time, typical) 3.5 s
      Start time (Spin-up time, maximum) 9.5 s
      Recovery time (from stand-by, typical) 3.5 s
      Recovery time (from stand-by, maximum) 9.5 s
      Reliability specifications
      MTTF 600,000 Hours
      Seek error rate 1 error per 10^6 seeks 1 error per 106 seeks 1 error per 106 seeks 1 error per 106 seeks 1 error per 106 seeks 1 error per 106 seeks
      Non-recoverable error rate 1 error per 10^14 seeks 1 error per 1014 seeks 1 error per 1014 seeks 1 error per 1014 seeks 1 error per 1014 seeks 1 error per 1014 seeks
      Product life 5 years or 20,000 POH (whatever comes earlier)
      Preventive maintenance No preventive maintenance is required
      Power consumption
      Start (Maximum) 4.5 W
      Seek (Average) 2.2 W
      Read (Average) 1.9 W
      Write (Average) 1.9 W
      Low-power idle (Average) 0.6 W
      Sleep (Average) 0.13 W
      Stand-by (Average) 0.18 W
      Power supply
      Supply voltage +5 V (+/- 5 %)
      Allowable noise/ripple Max. 100 mV
      Mechanical specifications
      Drive width 69.85 mm
      Drive height 9.5 mm
      Drive depth 100 mm
      Drive weight 0.097 kg 0.097 kg 0.101 kg 0.101 kg 0.101 kg 0.101 kg
      Drive orientation The drive can be installed in all axes (6 directions)
      Mounting instructions (Screwing) Four screws should be tightened equally with 0.39 Nm torque. The depth should be 3.0 mm minimum and 3.5 mm maximum
      Temperature
      Operating
      • From 5 °C to 55 °C
      Non-operating
      • From -40 °C to 60 °C
      Shipping
      • From -40 °C to 70 °C
      Humidity
      Operating
      • From 8 % to 90 %
      Non-operating
      • From 8 % to 90 %
      Shipping
      • From 5 % to 90 %
      Vibration
      Operating (Maximum) 1 G, with 5 - 500 Hz
      Non-operating (Maximum) 5 G, with 15 - 500 Hz
      Shock
      Operating (Maximum) 400 G, with 2 ms half sine wave
      Non-operating (Maximum) 900 G, with 1 ms half sine wave
      Shipping (Maximum) 0.7 m free drop with no unrecoverable error.
      Applied shocks in each direction of the drive’s three
      mutually perpendicular axes, one axis at a time (Packed in Toshiba’s original shipping package).
      Altitude
      Operating
      • From -300 m to 3,000 m
      Non-operating
      • From -300 m to 12,000 m
      Acoustic noise
      Idle mode (Disk spinning) Max. 19 dB Max. 19 dB Max. 25 dB Max. 25 dB Max. 25 dB Max. 25 dB
      Random seek Max. 20 dB Max. 20 dB Max. 25 dB Max. 25 dB Max. 25 dB Max. 25 dB
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