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IBM H3171-A2 171MB IDE Hard Drive
Classic 3.5-inch slim-line IDE hard drive from IBM’s early 1990s lineup. The IBM H3171-A2 provides 171 MB of reliable formatted storage, making it an excellent choice for restoring authentic 386, 486, and early Pentium-era PCs.
*** Hard drive is tested for no bad sectors and is formatted as a FAT32 partition.
Key Specifications:
- Capacity: 171 MB formatted
- Form Factor: 3.5-inch Slim-Line (SL) – low profile (≈1 inch height)
- Interface: IDE / ATA (40-pin AT-Bus, ATA-1 compatible)
- Spindle Speed: 3,600 RPM
- Cache Buffer: 96 KB (segmented with read look-ahead)
- Average Seek Time: 14 ms (track-to-track ~4 ms)
- Data Transfer Rate: Up to 8.3 MB/s (external PIO Mode 2), ~3 MB/s internal
- Geometry (Logical): 984 cylinders / 10 heads / 34 sectors
- Power: Standard +5V / +12V Molex 4-pin connector
- Jumper Configurable: Master / Slave / Cable Select
Built for Vintage Systems
This genuine IBM drive was commonly used in IBM PS/1, PS/ValuePoint, and many other mid-1990s desktop computers. It performs perfectly in period-correct restorations, DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95/98 retro builds.
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