Western Digital WD5000AZRX User manual

Cool, quiet operation for
efcient eco-conscious
computing.
Cool and quiet
Reduced power consumption
Eco-conscious
WD Green™
Desktop Hard Drives
WD Green hard drives are designed for
use in systems that require cool and quiet
operation, as secondary drives in PCs, for
external enclosures and other applications
where low noise and low heat are benecial.
These earth-friendly drives are ideal
whenever energy efciency is needed.
Learn more
about WD Green

Product Specications
WD Green
Desktop Hard Drives
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As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second
(MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.
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Product Features
WD Green is a part of WD’s complete lineup of internal hard drives.
Cool and quiet
WD GreenPower Technology™
yields lower operating
temperatures for increased
reliability and low acoustics
perfect for ultra-quiet PCs
and external drives.
Reduced power
consumption
WD Green drives deliver both
signicant power savings and
solid performance. These
drives also consume less
current during startup allowing
lower peak loads on systems
as they are booted.
Eco-conscious
WD Green drives are
innovatively designed and
manufactured with lead-free,
conict-free and halogen-free
materials to help ensure a
sustainable future.
Conict-free materials
As a leader in hard drive
manufacturing, WD proudly
guarantees our hard drives
are built with 100% conict-
free raw materials.
Halogen free
In addition to being RoHS
compliant, all WD Green
drives are lead and halogen
free, resulting in less pollutants
getting into our environment.
Reduced rare
earths dependency
WD’s next-generation
WD Green hard drives are
built using less rare earth
minerals.
IntelliSeek™
Calculates optimum seek
speeds to lower power
consumption, noise and
vibration.
NoTouch™Ramp Load
technology
The recording head never
touches the disk media
ensuring signicantly less
wear to the recording head
and media as well as better
drive protection in transit.
Tested for compatibility
We perform tests on hundreds
of systems and a multitude of
platforms in our FIT Lab™to
give our customers condence
that our drives will work in their
systems.
INTERFACE FORM FACTOR SPIN SPEED CACHE
SATA 6 Gb/s 3.5-inch IntelliPower™32 MB (DX models)
64 MB (RX models)
MODELS CAPACITIES LIMITED WARRANTY
WD5000AZRX
WD5000AZDX
WD10EZRX
WD10EARX
WD15EARX
WD20EARX
WD20EZRX
WD30EZRX
500 GB
1 TB
1.5 TB
2 TB
3 TB
2 years
WD Black™
Desktop Hard Drives
for performance users.
WD Red™
NAS Hard Drives for home
and small ofce NAS systems.
WD Green™
Desktop Hard Drives
for energy-efcient applications.
WD Blue™
Desktop Hard Drives
for everyday computing.