MPD3043AT Fujitsu 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 4.3GB and featuring a IDE interface. MPD3043AT Fujitsu Desktop 4.3GB 5400RPM ATA-33 512KB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Drive.

All information about the Fujitsu MPD3043AT hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.

Fujitsu MPD3043AT Technical Details:

  • Hard Disk Model: FUJITSU MPD3043AT
  • Disk Family: Desktop 18
  • Form Factor: 3.5″
  • Capacity: 4300 MB (4300 x 1 000 000 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/33
  • Buffer-Host Max. Rate: 33.3 MB/seconds
  • Buffer Size: 512 KB
  • Drive Ready Time (typical): 8 seconds
  • Average Seek Time: 9.5 ms
  • Track To Track Seek Time: 1.5 ms
  • Full Stroke Seek Time: 18 ms
  • Width: 101.6 mm (4.00 inch)
  • Depth: 146.0 mm (5.75 inch)
  • Height: 26.1 mm (1.03 inch)
  • Weight: 600 grams (1.32 pounds)
  • Power Required (Seek): 6.0 W
  • Power Required (Idle): 4.1 W
  • Power Required (Standby): 1.0 W
  • Manufacturer: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

Fujitsu MPD3043AT Hard Drives:

MPD3043AT Fujitsu 4.3GB IDE 3.5 Inch Hard Drive

  • MPD3043AT, PN CA05177-B99200UW, Fujitsu 4.3GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive

Fujitsu MPD3043AT 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 MPD3043AT Data Recovery & HDD Repair:

When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Fujitsu MPD3043AT 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:
CA26227-B11604BA, etc.