ST96812A3 - Seagate 60GB 5400RPM ATA-100 2.5-inch Hard Drive
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- Provides essential data storage
- Legacy interface support
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Key specifications
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- Seagate
- Model
- ST96812A3
- Capacity
- 60GB
- Form Factor
- 2.5-inch
- Interface
- IDE Ultra ATA/100 (ATA-6)
- Rotational Speed
- 5400 RPM
Product details
The Seagate ST96812A3 is a 60GB 2.5-inch IDE hard drive. It operates at 5400 RPM and features Ultra ATA/100 (ATA-6) interface support, commonly used in older laptops and portable devices.
Specifications
- Brand
- Seagate
- Model
- ST96812A3
- Capacity
- 60GB
- Form Factor
- 2.5-inch
- Interface
- IDE Ultra ATA/100 (ATA-6)
- Rotational Speed
- 5400 RPM
Description
The Seagate ST96812A3 is a 2.5-inch internal hard disk drive designed for use in laptops and other portable computing devices that utilize the IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) interface. With a storage capacity of 60 Gigabytes, it offers a reasonable amount of space for operating systems, applications, and user data in older systems. The drive adheres to the Ultra ATA/100 (also known as ATA-6) standard, which was a prevalent interface for IDE drives, providing data transfer rates up to 100 Megabytes per second (MB/s). Operating at a rotational speed of 5400 RPM, this drive balances storage capacity with power efficiency and acoustic performance, making it suitable for mobile environments where battery life and noise levels are considerations. The 2.5-inch form factor is standard for laptop hard drives, ensuring physical compatibility with a wide range of notebook computers from the era when IDE was the dominant interface. This drive is primarily intended for legacy systems or as a replacement part for older laptops that do not support SATA interfaces. While significantly slower than modern SATA or NVMe SSDs, it serves its purpose as a functional storage component for devices that require an IDE connection. Its inclusion of a cache buffer (though not explicitly stated in the title, it's standard for drives of this type) aids in improving data access times.
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