90871U2 Maxtor 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 8.4GB and featuring a IDE interface. 90871U2 Maxtor DiamondMax VL 17 8.7GB 5400RPM ATA-66 512KB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Drive.

All information about the Maxtor 90871U2 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.

Maxtor 90871U2 Technical Details:

  • Hard Disk Model: MAXTOR 90871U2
  • Disk Family: DiamondMax VL 17
  • Form Factor: 3.5″
  • Capacity: 8710 MB (8710 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/66
  • Buffer-Host Max. Rate: 66.6 MB/seconds
  • Buffer Size: 512 KB
  • Average Seek Time: 9.5 ms
  • Track To Track Seek Time: 1 ms
  • Full Stroke Seek Time: 20 ms
  • Width: 101.6 mm (4.00 inch)
  • Depth: 146.8 mm (5.78 inch)
  • Height: 25.9 mm (1.02 inch)
  • Acoustic (Idle): 3.5 Bel
  • Acoustic (Min performance and volume): 2.7 Bel
  • Acoustic (Max performance and volume): 2.7 Bel
  • Required Power For Spinup: 1520 mA
  • Power Required (Seek): 12.2 W
  • Power Required (Idle): 7.3 W
  • Power Required (Standby): 0.9 W
  • Manufacturer: Seagate Corporation

Maxtor 90871U2 Hard Drives:

90871U2 Maxtor 8.4GB IDE 3.5 Inch Hard Drive

  • 90871U2, Code FA570480, KZBE, Maxtor 8.4GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • 90871U2, Code FA570480, KZCE, Maxtor 8.4GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive

Maxtor 90871U2 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

Maxtor 90871U2 Data Recovery & HDD Repair:

When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Maxtor 90871U2 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” of your current circuit board in addition to the hard drive’s “Model Number“.

Multiple Main Controller IC Number revisions:
040100500, etc.

Multiple Board Number revisions:
301262101, etc.