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Barracuda ATA II 100 Family Product Manual, Rev. A
write operation. Servo electronics are active. Seek mode power rep-
resents the worst-case power consumption, using only random seeks
with read or write latency time. This mode is not typical and is provided
for worst-case information.
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Read/Write power and current
Read/write power is measured with the heads on track, based on a
16-sector write followed by a 32-msec delay, then a 16-sector read
followed by a 32-msec delay.
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Operating power and current
Operating power is measured using 40 percent random seeks, 40
percent read/write mode (1 write for each 10 reads) and 20 percent
drive inactive.
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Idle mode power
Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with servo
electronics active and with the heads in a random track location.
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Standby mode
During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is
not spinning, and the servo and read/write electronics are in power-
down mode.
