The Samsung Spinpoint M6 is targeted to meet the growing storage needs of today’s laptop computers as well as slim form factor PCs and high density mobile applications.

According to the company, “The Spinpoint M6 500GB hard drive features a 5400rpm spindle speed, a 8MB cache, and 3.0Gbps SATA interface with a Free-Fall-Sensor available as an optional feature. Perpendicular Magnetic Recording technology enables the 500GB drive to store 160,000 digital images, 125 hours of DVD movies, or 60 hours of high definition video images. The drive also features Samsung’s Flying-on-Demand head technology that improves recording stability over changing temperature ranges.”

Features

Max. 167GB formatted capacity per disk • ATA Security Mode Feature Set
• SATA Native Command Queuing Feature • ATA S.M.A.R.T. Feature Set
• TuMR/PMR head with FOD technology • SilentSeek™
• Serial ATA 3.0Gbps Interface Support • NoiseGuard™
• Load/Unload Head Technology

Specifications

Drive Configuration

Capacity :  500GB
Interface :  SATA 3.0Gbps
Buffer DRAM Size:  8 MB
Byte per Sector :  512
Rotational Speed :  5,400 RPM

Performance Specifications

Average Seek time(typical):  12 ms
Average Latency :  5.6 ms
Data Transfer Rate / Media to/from Buffer(Max.):  860 Mbits/s
Data Transfer Rate / Buffer to/from Host(Max.):  300MB/s
Drive Reday Time(typical):  5 sec

Reliability Specifications

Non-recoverable Read Error : 1 sector in 1014 bits
Controlled Ramp Load/Unload :  600,000
Acoustics Idle: 2.5 Bel
Performance Seek:  2.7 Bel

Environmental Specifications

Temperature / Operating:  5 ~ 55 ℃
Temperature / Non-operating :   -40 ~ 70 ℃
Humidity(non-condensing) / Operating :  5 ~ 90 %
Humidity(non-condensing) / Non-operating :  5 ~ 95 %
Liner Shock(1/2 sine pulse) / Operating:  325 G
Liner Shock(1/2 sine pulse) / Non-operating:  900 G
Vibration / Operating:  0.76Grms
Altitude(relative to sea level) / Operating:  -300 to 3000 m
Altitude(relative to sea level) / Non-operating:   -400 to 15000 m
Power Requirenents Voltage:  +5V±5%
Spin-up Current(Max.):  1000 mA
Seek(typical):  2.6 W
Read/Write(typical):  2.3 W
Low Power Idle(typical):  0.6 W
Standby(typical :  0.25 W
Sleep(typical):  0.2 W

Physical Dimensions

Height (Max.) 9.5 mm
Width 69.85 mm
Length 100 mm
Weight(avg.) 115 g