WD5000M22K Western Digital 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 500GB and featuring a SATA interface. WD5000M22K Western Digital UltraSlim 500GB 5400RPM SATA 16GB NAND Cache 2.5-inch Solid State Hard Drive.

All information about the Western Digital WD5000M22K hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.

Western Digital WD5000M22K Technical Details:

  • Manufacturer: Western Digital
  • Manufacturer Part No: WD5000M22K
  • Product Series or Family: WD Black
  • Product Type: SSD
  • Storage Capacity: 500GB
  • Spindle Speed: 5400RPM
  • Drive Interface: SATA
  • Form Factor: 2.5Inch

    Western Digital WD5000M22K Hard Drives:

    WD5000M22K Western Digital 500GB MSATA 2.5 Inch Hard Drive

    • WD5000M22K-24Z1LT0, DCM HVVJBBC, Western Digital 500GB MSATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
    • WD5000M22K-60Z1LT0, DCM HBVJBBC, Western Digital 500GB MSATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
    • WD5000M22K-24Z1LT0, DCM HHVJBHC, Western Digital 500GB MSATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
    • WD5000M22K-60Z1LT0, DCM HVVJBHC, Western Digital 500GB MSATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
    • WD5000M22K-24Z1LT0, DCM HBVJBHC, Western Digital 500GB MSATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
    • WD5000M22K-24Z1LT0, DCM HVVJKVC, Western Digital 500GB MSATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
    • WD5000M22K-24Z1LT0, DCM HHVJBBC, Western Digital 500GB MSATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
    • WD5000M22K-24Z1LT0, DCM HBVJBVC, Western Digital 500GB MSATA 2.5″ Hard Drive
    • WD5000M22K-24Z1LT0, DCM HBVJBBC, Western Digital 500GB MSATA 2.5″ Hard Drive

    Western Digital WD5000M22K 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 WD5000M22K Data Recovery & HDD Repair:

    When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Western Digital WD5000M22K 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:
    2060-771941-003, 771941-003, etc.

    Multiple Model Number revisions:
    WD5000M22K-60Z1LT0, WD5000M22K-24Z1LT0, etc.