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Seagate Enterprise Capacity 2.5 HDD v3 SATA Product Manual, Rev. G 12
*During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels.
Table 3 1TB standard drive DC power requirements
6.0Gb mode
(Amps) (Amps) (Watts)
Voltage +5V +12V Tot al
Regulation ± 5% ± 5%
Avg idle current DC * 0.44 0.13 3.76
Advanced Idle Current *
Idle_A 0.44 0.13 3.76
Idle_B 0.22 0.10 2.30
Idle_C 0.21 0.07 1.89
Standby 0.18 0.02 1.14
Maximum starting current
(peak DC) DC 0.50 0.70
(peak AC) AC 0.79 0.97
Delayed motor start (max) DC 0.19 0.03 1.31
Operating current (random read):
Typical DC 0.30 0.27 4.74
Maximum DC 0.38 0.31 5.62
Maximum (peak) DC 1.12 0.86
Operating current (random write)
Typical DC 0.30 0.25 4.50
Maximum DC 0.36 0.29 5.28
Maximum (peak) DC 1.12 0.86
Operating current (sequential read)
Typical DC 0.48 0.13 3.96
Maximum DC 0.55 0.15 4.55
Maximum (peak) DC 0.70 0.31
Operating current (sequential write)
Typical DC 0.44 0.16 4.12
Maximum DC 0.49 0.17 4.49
Maximum (peak) DC 0.60 0.30