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Seagate 9S1038-500 80GB IDE Ultra ATA/100 5400 2.5-inch 8MB Hard Drive
- Capacity: 80GB
- Interface: IDE (ATA/ATAPI)
- Data Transfer Rate: Ultra ATA/100 (UDMA Mode 5)
- Rotational Speed: 5400 RPM
- Form Factor: 2.5-inch
- Cache Size: 8MB
- Designed for legacy laptops and systems
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Key specifications
See full specs ↓- Capacity
- 80GB
- Interface
- IDE (ATA/ATAPI)
- Data Transfer Rate
- Ultra ATA/100 (100MB/s)
- Rotational Speed
- 5400 RPM
- Form Factor
- 2.5-inch
- Cache
- 8MB
Product details
The Seagate 9S1038-500 is an 80GB 2.5-inch IDE hard drive designed for older laptops and systems. It operates at 5400 RPM with an Ultra ATA/100 interface and features an 8MB cache, providing basic storage capabilities for legacy hardware.
Technical Information
| Capacity | 80GB |
| Interface | IDE (ATA/ATAPI) |
| Data Transfer Rate | Ultra ATA/100 (100MB/s) |
| Rotational Speed | 5400 RPM |
Additional Specifications
| Form Factor | 2.5-inch |
| Cache | 8MB |
| Drive Type | HDD (Hard Disk Drive) |
Description
The Seagate 9S1038-500 is a legacy 2.5-inch hard disk drive, primarily intended for use in older notebook computers and other systems that utilize the Parallel ATA (PATA), also known as IDE or EIDE, interface. With a storage capacity of 80GB, it offers a modest amount of space suitable for basic operating systems, essential applications, and user data in systems from the early to mid-2000s. The drive operates at a rotational speed of 5400 RPM, which was standard for mobile computing at the time, balancing performance with power efficiency and acoustics. It supports the Ultra ATA/100 (UDMA Mode 5) standard, providing a maximum theoretical interface transfer rate of 100 megabytes per second. An 8MB cache buffer is included to help improve data access times by storing frequently used information closer to the drive's read/write heads. This drive is a replacement or upgrade option for laptops and other devices that are not compatible with modern SATA interfaces. Its primary use case is to restore functionality to older machines or to provide storage for specific legacy hardware projects. Given its age and interface type, it is not suitable for modern high-performance computing environments.
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