Mass-Storage Drives; Hard Disk Drives; Flexible Disk Drives - HP Kayak XA Technical Reference Manual

3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives

Mass-Storage Drives

Mass-Storage Drives
The IDE controller is described on
described on page 45.

Hard Disk Drives

A 3.5-inch hard disk drive is supplied on an internal shelf in some models.
HP part number
Manufacturer
Product name
Average seek time
Revolutions per minute (RPM)
Average Latency
Maximum internal transfer rate
Maximum external transfer rate

Flexible Disk Drives

Both desktop and minitower models are supplied with the new bezelless
version of the drive (either Sony or Alps).
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page 39. The flexible disk controller is
2.5 GB 4.3 GB
Ultra-ATA 33 Ultra-ATA 33
D2678-6X001 D2677-6X001
Quantum Quantum
Stratus Stratus
11.0 ms 11.0 ms
5400 5400
5.6 ms 5.6 ms
16.7/33 MB/s 16.7/33 MB/s
NA NA
2.1 GB 4.5 GB
SCSI SCSI
D5094-6X001 D5095-6X001
Quantum Quantum
Viking Viking
8 ms 8 ms
7200 7200
4.17 ms 4.17 ms
83 -140 MB/s 83-140 MB/s
10 MB/s (avg) 10 MB/s (avg)
40 MB/s (max) 40 MB/s (max)