Maxtor QUICKVIEW ATA - Manual (Page 33)

Product Specifications
4-4 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive
4.5 Power Mode Definitions
Spin-up
The drive is spinning up following initial application of power and has not yet
reached full speed.
Seek
A random access operation by the drive.
Read/Write
Data is being read from or written to the drive.
Idle
The drive is spinning, the actuator is parked and powered off and all other circuitry
is powered on.
The drive is capable of responding to read commands within 40 ms.
Standby
The motor is not spinning. The drive will leave this mode upon receipt of a
command that requires disk access. The time-out value for this mode is
programmable. The buffer is active to accept write data.
Sleep
This is the lowest power state – with the interface set to inactive. A software or
hardware reset is required to return the drive to the Standby state.
4.6 EPA Energy Star Compliance
Maxtor Corporation supports the goals of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s Energy Star program to reduce the electrical power consumption of
computer equipment.