WD1600JS Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. WD1600JS-18SHB2 Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 3.5-inch Hard Drive.

All information about the Western Digital WD1600JS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.

Western Digital WD1600JS Technical Details:

  • Hard Disk Model: WDC WD1600JS
  • Disk Family: Caviar SE
  • Form Factor: 3.5″
  • Capacity: 160 GB (160 x 1 000 000 000 bytes)
  • Number Of Disks: 1
  • Number Of Heads: 2
  • Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
  • Rotation Time: 8.33 ms
  • Average Rotational Latency: 4.17 ms
  • Disk Interface: Serial-ATA/300
  • Buffer-Host Max. Rate: 300 MB/seconds
  • Buffer Size: 8192 KB
  • Drive Ready Time (typical): 12 seconds
  • Average Seek Time: 8.9 ms
  • Track To Track Seek Time: 2.0 ms
  • Full Stroke Seek Time: 21.0 ms
  • Width: 101.6 mm (4.00 inch)
  • Depth: 147 mm (5.79 inch)
  • Height: 26.1 mm (1.03 inch)
  • Weight: 600 grams (1.32 pounds)
  • Acoustic (Idle): 2.6 Bel
  • Acoustic (Min performance and volume): 2.7 Bel
  • Acoustic (Max performance and volume): 3.1 Bel
  • Required Power For Spinup: 1250 mA
  • Power Required (Seek): 9.5 W
  • Power Required (Idle): 8.75 W
  • Power Required (Standby): 1.6 W
  • Manufacturer: Western Digital Corporation

Western Digital WD1600JS Hard Drives:

WD1600JS Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5 Inch Hard Drive

  • WD1600JS-22MHB0, DCM DSBHNTJAH, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-22NCB1, DCM HSBHNT2AHN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-40NGB2, DCM HBBHNT2CH, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-00MHB0, DCM DSCANT2AA, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-75NCB1, DCM DSBACTJAA, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-75NCB3, DCM HSBANTJAAN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-75NCB1, DCM HSBACTJAA, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-75NCB1, DCM HSCACT2AA, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-40SGB0, DCM HSBHNT2CH, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-75NCB1, DCM DSBHCTJAH, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-60MHB1, DCM DSBHCTJAH, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-55NCB1, DCM HSCHNTJCHN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-55NCB1, DCM HSBANTJCAN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-55NCB1, DCM HSBHNTJCHN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-55NCB1, DCM HSBHCT2AHN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-40HGB2, DCM HSBANTJAH, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-40HGB2, DCM HBBHNT2AAN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-40TGB0, DCM DSCHNT2CHN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-60MHB5, DCM DBCHYTJCHN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-75NCB3, DCM HSCACT2CAN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-61MHB1, DCM HSBHYT2AAN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-22NCB1, DCM HSBHCT2CH, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-60NCB1, DCM HSBANT2AH, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-61MHB1, DCM DSCANT2AAN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1600JS-61MHB1, DCM HSBHNTJAAN, Western Digital 160GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive

Western Digital WD1600JS Failure Symptoms:

  • Electrical Failure Symptoms:
    Drive is powered, but shows no sign of function;
    Disk knocking as the motor fails to spin;
    Clicking sound as the heads search or initialize;
  • Mechanical Failure Symptoms:
    Clicking, grinding sounds;
    Completely quiet due to ” motor freeze”;
    “music” tone as the disk is powered up;
  • Logical Failure Examples:
    Accidental deletion, accidental format, file corruption, software bugs, file system corruption, viruses and malware, and many, many more.
  • Firmware Failure Symptoms:
    drive powers up, but is not recognised by the computer;
    Drive powers up, but is recognised wrongly, sometimes with nonsensical characters;
    Drive freezes during booting up;
  • Bad Platter Area Symptoms:
    Hard disk still accessible but appear to “hang” or “sluggish”;
    Constant Cyclic Redundancy (CRC) errors;
    Unable to access folders or files which could be seen;
  • Complex Failure Model

Western Digital WD1600JS Data Recovery & HDD Repair:

When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Western Digital WD1600JS Hard Disk Drive experience is burnt circuit board(PCB). So if you will need to match a replacement PCB, it is important that you note the “Board Number” of your current circuit board in addition to the hard drive’s “Model Number“.

Multiple PCB Number revisions:
2060-701355-005, 2060-701335-005, 2060-701335-003, etc.

Multiple Model Number revisions:
WD1600JS-60MHB1, WD1600JS-40HGB2, WD1600JS, WD1600JS-98MHB0, WD1600JS-58NCB1, WD1600JS-23MHB0, WD1600JS-00NCB1, WD1600JS-55MHB0, WD1600JS-22MHB0, WD1600JS-88MHB0, WD1600JS-00SGB0, WD1600JS-22NCB1, WD1600JS-75NCB1, WD1600JS-40MVB1, WD1600JS-40NGB2, WD1600JS-55MHB1, WD1600JS-40TGB0, WD1600JS-40SGB0, WD1600JS-41MVB1, WD1600JS-00MHB0, WD1600JS-00MHB5, WD1600JS-00MVB1, WD1600JS-60MHB5, WD1600JS-75NCB3, WD1600JS-75NCB2, WD1600JS-61MHB1, WD1600JS-60NCB1, WD1600JS-00MHB1, WD1600JS-70SGB1, WD1600JS-55NCB1, WD1600JS-56MHB1, WD1600JS-08NCB1, WD1600JS-08MHB0, WD1600JS-75MHB0, etc.