This might have been one of the last MQ02-H hybrid drives; I guess it was a failed concept from the beginning, but points for trying. In general, at Toshiba, first installment wins; the original MQ01s remain in production today, unlike the generations that tried to innovate.
Interesting little two rectangles on the cover in the corner, wonder why they put that there. Asides from that, wish it was 7200RPM but still seems to be decent little drives.
Those probably assist in clamping the cover down onto the magnets; this is the purpose of the signature "crescent moon groove" on Seagates. Sadly, no one ever produced a multiplatter 7,200 RPM 2.5" after the 7K1000 and Spinpoints; Toshiba never tried, although certainly, they did make single platter ones. Mating a 7,200 RPM platform with NAND flash would have been a sight. Here's a teardown of an MQ01ABD100, which has exactly the same HDA. ua-cam.com/video/52sm6tq-GhE/v-deo.html
This might have been one of the last MQ02-H hybrid drives; I guess it was a failed concept from the beginning, but points for trying. In general, at Toshiba, first installment wins; the original MQ01s remain in production today, unlike the generations that tried to innovate.
Interesting little two rectangles on the cover in the corner, wonder why they put that there. Asides from that, wish it was 7200RPM but still seems to be decent little drives.
Those probably assist in clamping the cover down onto the magnets; this is the purpose of the signature "crescent moon groove" on Seagates. Sadly, no one ever produced a multiplatter 7,200 RPM 2.5" after the 7K1000 and Spinpoints; Toshiba never tried, although certainly, they did make single platter ones. Mating a 7,200 RPM platform with NAND flash would have been a sight.
Here's a teardown of an MQ01ABD100, which has exactly the same HDA. ua-cam.com/video/52sm6tq-GhE/v-deo.html