SV4002H Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring a IDE interface. SV4002H Samsung V40 Series 40GB 5400RPM ATA 2MB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Drive.

All information about the Samsung SV4002H hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.

Samsung SV4002H Technical Details:

  • Hard Disk Model: SAMSUNG SV4002H
  • Disk Family: SpinPoint V40
  • Form Factor: 3.5″
  • 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: 2048 KB
  • Drive Ready Time (typical): 10 seconds
  • Average Seek Time: 8.9 ms
  • Track To Track Seek Time: 0.8 ms
  • Full Stroke Seek Time: 16.5 ms
  • Width: 101.6 mm (4.00 inch)
  • Depth: 146.0 mm (5.75 inch)
  • Height: 25.4 mm (1.00 inch)
  • Weight: 635 grams (1.40 pounds)
  • Acoustic (Idle): 2.7 Bel
  • Acoustic (Min performance and volume): 2.8 Bel
  • Acoustic (Max performance and volume): 2.8 Bel
  • Required Power For Spinup: 2250 mA
  • Power Required (Seek): 9.5 W
  • Power Required (Idle): 7.7 W
  • Power Required (Standby): 0.90 W
  • Manufacturer: Samsung

Samsung SV4002H Hard Drives:

SV4002H Samsung 40GB IDE 3.5 Inch Hard Drive

  • SV4002H, FW 100-07, V4040, Samsung 40GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • SV4002H, SV4002H, FW 100-07, V4040, Samsung 40GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • SV4002H, REV. A, FW 100-07, V4040, Samsung 40GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive

Samsung SV4002H 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

Samsung SV4002H Data Recovery & HDD Repair:

When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Samsung SV4002H 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:
BF41-00050A, etc.