WD2500KS Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. WD2500KS-00MJB0 Western Digital Caviar 250GB 7200RPM SATA 3GB/s 16MB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Disk Drive.
All information about the Western Digital WD2500KS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.
Western Digital WD2500KS Technical Details:
- Manufacturer: Western Digital
- Manufacturer Website: www.wdc.com
- Manufacturer Part No: WD2500KS
- Product Series or Family: Caviar SE16
- Product Type: Internal Hard Drive
- Storage Capacity: 250GB
- Spindle Speed: 7200RPM
- Drive Interface: SATA 3.0Gbps
- Form Factor: 3.5Inch
- Cache: 16MB
Western Digital WD2500KS Hard Drives:
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSCAYTLAA, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSCANT2CA, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSCHNTKAH, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSBANTKAA, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM HBBHCTJAHN, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DBBHNTJAHN, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM HSBANT2CHB, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DBCHCTJCAB, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSBACT2AAN, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM HBBACTJAHN, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM HSCANTJCHB, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM HSBAYT2CAB, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSBHYT2AHN, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM HSBHYTJAAN, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSBHNTJAH, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSBHYTJCHB, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSCHNTJAA, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM HSCAYT2CHB, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSBACT2AAB, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSBNTJCHN, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSCACTKAA, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSBHCTJAH, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM HBBHNTJAHN, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM DSCANT2AHN, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD2500KS-00MJB0, DCM HSBHYT2CHN, Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
Western Digital WD2500KS 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
Western Digital WD2500KS Data Recovery & HDD Repair:
When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Western Digital WD2500KS 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:
2060-701335-003, 2060-701335-005, etc.
Multiple Model Number revisions:
WD2500KS-00MJB0, etc.