hi Jon,
My laptop has almost the same. There are HDD running only with 5V/500mA.
But you have power saving features which could help a litte.

regards, Vasile

On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Jon Baker wrote:

> Hi.
> Just wondered if someone out there who had a newish laptop computer could tell me what the power rating of the internal hard drive is. The old old old one Ive got is 410mA @ 5V and 215mA @ 12V .. I was hoping to find a drive with significantly lower demands.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jon
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