MPE3043AE Fujitsu 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 4.3GB and featuring a IDE interface. MPE3043AE Fujitsu Desktop 4.3GB 5400RPM ATA-66 512KB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Drive.

All information about the Fujitsu MPE3043AE hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.

Fujitsu MPE3043AE Technical Details:

• Hard Disk Model: FUJITSU MPE3043AE
• Disk Family: XV8
• Form Factor: 3.5″
• Capacity: 4340 MB (4340 x 1 000 000 bytes)
• Number Of Disks: 1
• Number Of Heads: 1
• 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: 25.4 mm (1.00 inch)
• Weight: 620 grams (1.37 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 MPE3043AE Hard Drives:

• MPE3043AE, PN CA05743-B311, Fujitsu 4.3GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive

Fujitsu MPE3043AE 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 MPE3043AE Data Recovery & HDD Repair:

When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Fujitsu MPE3043AE 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:
CA26249-B41304BA, etc.