Seagate ST320005N4A1AS Barracuda 7200.10 SATA Product Manual - Page 41
Note., Test for Prominent Discrete Tones PDTs, Table 13, Fluid Dynamic Bearing FDB motor acoustics
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2.10 Acoustics Drive acoustics are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels (no pure tones). All measurements are consistent with ISO document 7779. Sound power measurements are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. For all tests, the drive is oriented with the cover facing upward. Note. For seek mode tests, the drive is placed in seek mode only. The number of seeks per second is defined by the following equation: (Number of seeks per second = 0.4 / (average latency + average access time) Table 13: Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor acoustics Idle* ST3750640AS, ST3750840AS, ST3500630AS, ST3500830AS 2.8 bels (typ) 3.0 bels (max) ST3400620AS, ST3400820AS 2.7 bels (typ) 2.9 bels (max) ST3320620AS, ST3320820AS, ST3300620AS, ST3300820AS, 2.5 bels (typ) ST3250620AS, ST3250820AS, ST3200820AS 2.9 bels (max) ST3250410AS, ST3250310AS 2.6 bels (typ) 2.7 bels (max) ST3160815AS, ST3160310AS, ST3160215AS, ST3120815AS, 2.8 bels (typ) ST3120215AS, ST380815AS, ST380215AS, ST340815AS, 3.0 bels (max) ST340215AS Seek 3.7 bels (typ)** 3.9 bels (max)** 3.4 bels (typ)** 3.6 bels (max)** 3.0 bels (typ)** 3.2 bels (max)** 2.7 bels (typ)*** 2.8 bels (max)*** 3.0 bels (typ)*** 3.2 bels (max)*** *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. **Measured in performance mode. ***Measured in quiet mode. 2.10.1 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) Seagate follows the ECMA-74 standards for measurement and identification of PDTs. An exception to this process is the use of the absolute threshold of hearing. Seagate uses the lower limit for the threshold curve* to discern tone audibility and to compensate for the inaudible components of sound prior to computation of tone ratios according to Annex D of the ECMA-74 standards. * Defined as the median curve given by ISO 389-7 (Tf curve) minus 10dB at all frequencies. Barracuda 7200.10 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. K 35