HTS541040G9AT00 Hitachi 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring a IDE interface. HTS541040G9AT00 Hitachi TravelStar 40GB 5400RPM 8MB Cache IDE/ATA 44-Pin 2.5-inch 9.5MM Laptop Hard Drive.
All information about the Hitachi HTS541040G9AT00 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.
Hitachi HTS541040G9AT00 Technical Details:
- Hard Disk Model: HITACHI HTS541040G9AT00
- Disk Family: Travelstar 5K100
- Form Factor: 2.5″
- Capacity: 40 GB (40 x 1 000 000 000 bytes)
- Number Of Disks: 1
- Number Of Heads: 2
- Rotational Speed: 5400 RPM
- Rotation Time: 11.11 ms
- Average Rotational Latency: 5.56 ms
- Disk Interface: Ultra-ATA/100
- Buffer-Host Max. Rate: 100 MB/seconds
- Buffer Size: 8192 KB
- Average Seek Time: 12 ms
- Width: 70 mm (2.76 inch)
- Depth: 100 mm (3.94 inch)
- Height: 9.5 mm (0.37 inch)
- Weight: 95 grams (0.21 pounds)
- Acoustic (Idle): 2.4 Bel
- Acoustic (Min performance and volume): 2.6 Bel
- Acoustic (Max performance and volume): 2.6 Bel
- Required Power For Spinup: 900 mA
- Power Required (Seek): 1.7 W
- Power Required (Idle): 0.8 W
- Power Required (Standby): 0.2 W
- Manufacturer: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Hitachi HTS541040G9AT00 Hard Drives:
- HTS541040G9AT00, PN 0A25392, MLC DA1175, Hitachi 40GB IDE 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS541040G9AT00, PN 0A25372, MLC DA1175, Hitachi 40GB IDE 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS541040G9AT00, PN 0A25382, MLC DA1230, Hitachi 40GB IDE 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS541040G9AT00, PN 13G1582, MLC DA1175, Hitachi 40GB IDE 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS541040G9AT00, PN 0A25372, MLC DA1160, Hitachi 40GB IDE 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS541040G9AT00, PN 0A25432, MLC DA1175, Hitachi 40GB IDE 2.5″ Hard Drive
Hitachi HTS541040G9AT00 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
Hitachi HTS541040G9AT00 Data Recovery & HDD Repair:
When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Hitachi HTS541040G9AT00 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 “Main Controller IC Number (3.5″)” or “White Label Number (2.5″)” of your current circuit board in addition to the hard drive’s “Model Number“.
Multiple Main Controller IC Number revisions:
0A26729, 14R8960, etc.
Multiple Sticker Number revisions:
0A26797 DA1188_, 0A26797 DA1188A, 0A25161 DA1005C, 0A16797 DA1188A, etc.