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Notebook Hard Drive Model: IC25N040ATCS05

Features:

* High areal densities.
40GN provides areal densities of up to 34Gbits/sq.in., yielding up to 20GB of capacity per disk
* Fluid Dynamic Bearings.
* All models contain Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor technology for industry-leading idle and operating acoustic performance.
* Industry-leading operational shock.
Travelstar provides industry-leading operational shock rating of up to 200Gs (2ms).
* Pixie Dust technology.
Travelstar leverages latest antiferromagnetically coupled (AFC) media, also known as “pixie dust” allowing for higher areal density.

Specification:

Device Side Interface
ATA-5 (ATA/100)
Capacity
40 GB
Speed
5400 RPM
Seek Time
12 ms avg.
Buffer Size
8MB

The drive is in excellent condition, the price is a steal at $65.

beaker wrote:The drive is in excellent condition, the price is a steal at $100.

You're joking, right?

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... e=100517-1

or: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... ode=100520

Regards,

James

The drive is in excellent condition, the price is a steal at $65.

Sorry, try again. You're going to have to lower your expectations by a lot -- that drive is $63, NEW. For a USED hard drive of unknown history, age, without assurance of a warranty, i would be willing to pay $20. PM me if you're interested.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822146040

supernova87a wrote:Sorry, try again. You're going to have to lower your expectations by a lot -- that drive is $63, NEW. For a USED hard drive of unknown history, age, without assurance of a warranty, i would be willing to pay $20. PM me if you're interested.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822146040

That's a 20GB HD, not a 40GB! Apples and oranges.

But you're not far off the price for a new 5K40 at newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822146041

A used 5K40, especially an ancient 40GN series such as the OP is offering, is worth NMT $50.

Regards,

James

i got 74$ shipped, for mine on ebay. better luck there.
keep in mind the people frequenting this board are prolly a bit savier when it comes to spotting a deal.

thinkpadz wrote:i got 74$ shipped, for mine on ebay. better luck there.
keep in mind the people frequenting this board are prolly a bit savier when it comes to spotting a deal.

That's an excellent price, for a seller, and just proves that eBay is not a good source for pricing of items such as HDs, memory, etc. due to the fact that the average eBay shopper is not a knowledgeable shopper.

A few minutes spent checking prices at newegg and zipzoomfly will often show that what appears to be a "buy" on eBay is often listed for more than twice what a new item is selling for from either of these respected resellers.

There are bargains to be had on eBay, but you have to do your homework.

Regards,

James

I'm intererested by your Hdd. is it still for sale?