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Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v5 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. E 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 4 2TB Drive DC power requirements
6.0Gb mode
Voltage +5V +12V Watts
Regulation ± 5% Total
Avg Idle Current * 0.20 0.271 4.25
Advanced Idle Current *
Idle_A 0.197 0.270 4.22
Idle_B 0.128 0.244 3.57
Idle_C 0.137 0.156 2.56
Standby 0.122 0.011 0.74
Maximum Start Current
DC (peak DC) 0.466 2.046
AC (Peak DC) 0.608 2.2
Delayed Motor Start (DC max) 0.144 0.020 0.96
Peak operating current (random read):
Typical DC 0.220 0.628 8.64
Maximum DC 0.228 0.644 8.86
Peak operating current (random write)
Typical DC 0.231 0.599 8.34
Maximum DC 0.239 0.623 8.67
Peak operating current (sequential read)
Typical DC 0.491 0.291 5.95
Maximum DC 0.497 0.299 6.07
Peak operating current (sequential write)
Typical DC 0.431 0.310 5.87
Maximum DC 0.438 0.317 5.99