MHJ2181AT Fujitsu 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 18GB and featuring a IDE interface. MHJ2181AT Fujitsu 18GB 4200RPM ATA-66 2.5-inch Hard Drive.

All information about the Fujitsu MHJ2181AT hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.

Fujitsu MHJ2181AT Technical Details:

  • Hard Disk Model: FUJITSU MHJ2181AT
  • Disk Family: Mobile 18
  • Form Factor: 2.5″
  • Capacity: 18100 MB (18100 x 1 000 000 bytes)
  • Number Of Disks: 3
  • Number Of Heads: 6
  • Rotational Speed: 4200 RPM
  • Rotation Time: 14.29 ms
  • Average Rotational Latency: 7.14 ms
  • Disk Interface: Ultra-ATA/66
  • Buffer-Host Max. Rate: 66.6 MB/seconds
  • Buffer Size: 512 KB
  • Average Seek Time: 13 ms
  • Track To Track Seek Time: 1.5 ms
  • Full Stroke Seek Time: 23 ms
  • Width: 70 mm (2.76 inch)
  • Depth: 100 mm (3.94 inch)
  • Height: 12.5 mm (0.49 inch)
  • Weight: 145 grams (0.32 pounds)
  • Acoustic (Idle): 2.5 Bel
  • Required Power For Spinup: 1100 mA
  • Power Required (Seek): 2.1 W
  • Power Required (Idle): 0.8 W
  • Power Required (Standby): 0.13 W
  • Manufacturer: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

Fujitsu MHJ2181AT Hard Drives:

MHJ2181AT Fujitsu 18GB IDE 2.5 Inch Hard Drive

  • MHJ2181AT, PN CA05365-B01600DL, Fujitsu 18GB IDE 2.5″ Hard Drive

Fujitsu MHJ2181AT 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

Fujitsu MHJ2181AT Data Recovery & HDD Repair:

When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Fujitsu MHJ2181AT 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:
CA25336-B70204BA, etc.