WDxxxYY xxZZxx - meaning of sub part numbers

[sceggy]

Anybody worked out the meaning of the sub part numbers on Western Digital drives; and closeness of PCBs.

For example with a WD2500BB- [00GUC0] does it refer purely to the ROM chip???

scegs

[hddguru]

Anybody worked out the meaning of the sub part numbers on Western Digital drives; and closeness of PCBs.

For example with a WD2500BB- [00GUC0] does it refer purely to the ROM chip???

scegs

{xxGUCO} xx is OEM e.g =75GUC0 Would be a Dell OEM

[Starling]

BB in WD2500BB means it's a 7200 rpm ATA-100 drive.

[rameez]

1. WD
Western Digital
2. Capacity
200,0 GB (up to 999,9 GB maximum)
3. Rotational speed of the disks
letters A-E are assigned to EIDE
A - 5400 rpm (WD Caviar 5400)
B - 7200 rpm (WD Caviar 7200)
C - 10'000 rpm
D - 4500 rpm (WD Spartan)
E - 5400 rpm (WD Protege)
letters F-Z are assigned to SCSI and specialized HDDs
F - 10'000 rpm, 2 Mb cache
G - 10'000 rpm, 8

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