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1. Specifications........................................................................................................................ 5
1.1. Critical Item Definition .................................................................................................... 5
1.2. Characteristics................................................................................................................ 5
1.2.1.
1.2.2.
1.2.3.
1.2.4.
1.2.5.
1.2.6.
1.2.7.
1.2.8.
1.2.9.
Interface Definition........................................................................................................... 5
IDE Transfer Modes......................................................................................................... 5
Performance .................................................................................................................... 5
Access Time .................................................................................................................... 6
Seek Time........................................................................................................................ 6
Input Voltage.................................................................................................................... 6
Current Consumption....................................................................................................... 6
Memory Capacity............................................................................................................. 7
Endurance........................................................................................................................ 8
1.2.10. Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)............................................................................. 8
1.2.11. Physical Characteristics................................................................................................... 8
1.3. Environmental Conditions ............................................................................................ 11
1.3.1.
1.3.2.
1.3.3.
1.3.4.
1.3.5.
1.3.6.
Temperature .................................................................................................................. 11
Altitude ........................................................................................................................... 12
Relative Humidity ........................................................................................................... 12
Shock ............................................................................................................................. 12
Vibration......................................................................................................................... 12
Storage Life and Data Retention ................................................................................... 12
2. Drive Configuration............................................................................................................. 13
3. Interface Connectors .......................................................................................................... 14
4. Supported IDE Commands................................................................................................. 15
5. CE and FCC Compatibility.................................................................................................. 16
6. Label Information ................................................................................................................ 17
7. Using the IDE 4000 Flash Disk........................................................................................... 18
7.1. Unpacking the Drive ..................................................................................................... 18
7.2. Handling Instructions.................................................................................................... 18
7.3. Installing the Drive in a PC ........................................................................................... 18
7.4. Using the IDE 4000 in an MS-DOS-Based Platform .................................................... 19
7.5. Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................... 19
7.6. How to Get Help ........................................................................................................... 20
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Product Specification and User Manual IDE 4000 Flash Disk
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1.
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PECIFICATIONS
1.1. Critical Item Definition
The dimensions of the IDE 4000 flash disk enable mounting in a standard 2.5”or 1.8” disk drive
bay, as described in Section 1.2.11.
Note: The information written in this document refers to both IDE 4000 2.5” and 1.8” unless
otherwise stated.
1.2. Characteristics
1.2.1.
Interface Definition
The IDE 4000 supports the commands listed in Section 4, in compliance with ATA4 standards.
1.2.2.
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IDE Transfer Modes
The IDE 4000 supports the following transfer modes:
PIO modes 0 through 4
DMA modes 0 through 2
Performance
1.2.3.
The IDE 4000 complies with the performance requirements described in Table 1.
Table 1: IDE 4000 Transfer Rates
Operation
Read
Write
Burst Rate (MB/sec)
16.6
16.6
Sustained Rate (MB/sec)
3.8
3.4
Performance was measured on a system with the following configuration:
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Computer with ASUS P4T533-C motherboard and Intel 2.4 GHz processor
Windows XP Professional operating system
IDE transfer mode: Multiword DMA 2
IDE 4000 disk capacity: 4GB
The HDTACH v2.61 benchmark utility was used to measure IDE 4000 performance. See
Figure 1 for measurement results.
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Product Specification and User Manual IDE 4000 Flash Disk
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