HTS543232L9SA0 Hitachi 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface.
All information about the Hitachi HTS543232L9SA0 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.
Hitachi HTS543232L9SA0 Technical Details:
- Hard Disk Model: HITACHI HTS543232L9SA02
- Disk Family: Travelstar 5K320
- Form Factor: 2.5″
- Capacity: 320 GB (320 000 000 000 bytes)
- Number Of Disks: 2
- Number Of Heads: 4
- Rotational Speed: 5400 RPM
- Rotation Time: 11.11 ms
- Average Rotational Latency: 5.56 ms
- Disk Interface: Serial-ATA/300 (SATA-2 3.0Gbps)
- Buffer-Host Max. Rate: 300 MB/seconds
- Buffer Size: 8192 KB (8 MB)
- Drive Ready Time (typical): 3.5 seconds
- Average Seek Time: 12.0 ms
- Track To Track Seek Time: 1.0 ms
- Width: 70.0 mm (2.76 inch)
- Depth: 100.0 mm (3.94 inch)
- Height: 9.5 mm (0.37 inch)
- Weight: 102 grams (0.22 pounds)
- Acoustic (Idle): 2.4 Bel
- Acoustic (Min performance and volume): 2.4 Bel
- Acoustic (Max performance and volume): 2.6 Bel
- Required Power For Spinup: 5V (Peak 1.0A)
- Power Required (Seek): 1.8 W
- Power Required (Idle): 0.8 W
- Power Required (Standby): 0.2 W
- Manufacturer: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Hitachi HTS543232L9SA0 Hard Drives:
- Hitachi HTS543232L9SA0, 5400RPM, 3.0Gp/s, 120GB SATA 2.5″ HDD
- HTS543232L9SA00, PN 0A59057, MLC DA2387, Hitachi 320GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA00, PN 0A57337, MLC DA2387, Hitachi 320GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA02, PN 0A59337, MLC DA2611, Hitachi 320GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA00, PN 0A57307, MLC DA2639, Hitachi 320GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA0, PN 0A72032, MLC DA2834, Hitachi 250GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA0, PN 0A72031, MLC DA2834, Hitachi 160GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA0, PN 0A57323, MLC DA2611, Hitachi 160GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA00, PN 0A57357, MLC DA2387, Hitachi 320GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA0, PN 0A57327, MLC DA2611, Hitachi 320GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA0, PN 0A72030, MLC DA2834, Hitachi 120GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA0, PN 0A72033, MLC DA2834, Hitachi 250GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA00, PN 0A57307, MLC DA2387, Hitachi 320GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA00, PN 0A57307, MLC DA2890, Hitachi 320GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- Hitachi HTS543232L9SA00, 5400RPM, 1.5Gp/s, 320GB SATA 2.5″ HDD
- HTS543232L9SA0, PN 0A57325, MLC DA2611, Hitachi 320GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA0, PN 0A72033, MLC DA2834, Hitachi 320GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA02, PN 0A74217, MLC DA2834, Hitachi 320GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA0, PN 0A57325, MLC DA2611, Hitachi 250GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
- HTS543232L9SA00, PN 0A55637, MLC DA2352, Hitachi 320GB SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
Hitachi HTS543232L9SA0 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 HTS543232L9SA0 Data Recovery & HDD Repair:
When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Hitachi HTS543232L9SA0 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:
88I9305-TLA2, 0A57118, 0A54359, etc.
Multiple Sticker Number revisions:
0A57128 DA2358_, 0A71278 DA2814_, 0A57126 DA2357_, 0A54346 DA2110A, 0A57128 DA2358A, 0A57126 DA2357B, 0A57126 DA2357A, 0A57126DA2357A, etc.