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DiamondMax

®

8S 

SERIAL ATA HARD DRIVE

40GB

PERFORMANCE

HIGHLIGHTS

3.5-inch 7200 RPM Serial ATA
hard drive

Designed for consumer and
commercial PC users 

FEATURES

Industry leading design, 
optimized to meet the needs 
of entry level and value 
applications:

Second-generation Serial

ATA with 1.5Gb/s interface
speed

Native Command Queuing

Enables RAID for best mix of

performance and reliability 

Supports today’s favorite

capacity—40GB

Fluid dynamic bearing motor
for quiet operation

Low height to improve airflow

and cooling

Low weight to reduce

shipping costs

Improved reliability with:
– Shock Protection System

– Data Protection System

RoHS compliant version

available

Serial ATA Performance for Entry Level Desktop Systems  

Maxtor hard drive leadership continues with the DiamondMax 8S

drive, an optimized second-generation, 7200 RPM, Serial ATA solution

for Entry and Value storage applications. Combining performance 

and value, the drive is a perfect solution for mainstream consumer

or commercial Serial ATA systems. 

Serial ATA II interface

DiamondMax 8S drives use the

Serial ATA II interface, the fastest

desktop interface with data transfer

rates up to 150MB/sec, to

accelerate system performance.

High Performance

The DiamondMax 8S drive

incorporates Native Command

Queuing (NCQ). NCQ intelligently

reorders read and write commands

to reduce average access time per

command and improve overall

system performance.

RoHS Compliant

Maxtor supports the EU directive

for Restriction of Hazardous

Substances (RoHS)

. RoHS compli-

ant versions of DiamondMax 8S

are available. 

Delivering Reliability

DiamondMax 8S drives deliver

high reliability and data integrity

using the Maxtor-developed Shock

Protection System (SPS) and Data

Protection System (DPS).

SPS and DPS give the drive enhanced

protection against operating and

non-operating shock to minimize

costly drive returns.

As you transition your Entry Level

40GB application to Serial ATA, select

DiamondMax 8S drives from Maxtor.

†Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January, 2003.

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