Hitachi Deskstar: 725032GLA360 vs 725032VLA360

What's the difference between V and G?

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Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
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> What's the difference between V and G?
>

According to Hitachi Deskstar spec sheet(*) the "V" is a "generation
code" (and seem to be the current one). What they understand by this is
left as an exercise to the reader; I'd guess a firmware/hardware release
number, but it could be something else.


(*)
http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/97C736A5F94D66338625713A007D979C/$file/DS_T7K500_DS.pdf

> According to Hitachi Deskstar spec sheet(*) the "V" is a "generation
> code" (and seem to be the current one). What they understand by this is
> left as an exercise to the reader; I'd guess a firmware/hardware release
> number, but it could be something else.

I found that, too. But I can't find an example of "G" in Hitachi's
site...

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Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
>> According to Hitachi Deskstar spec sheet(*) the "V" is a "generation
>> code" (and seem to be the current one). What they understand by this
>> is left as an exercise to the reader; I'd guess a firmware/hardware
>> release number, but it could be something else.
>
> I found that, too. But I can't find an example of "G" in Hitachi's
> site...

If it's an old version you won't find it, unless they have an archive
section.

Ofnuts wrote:
> Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
>>> According to Hitachi Deskstar spec sheet(*) the "V" is a "generation
>>> code" (and seem to be the current one). What they understand by this
>>> is left as an exercise to the reader; I'd guess a firmware/hardware
>>> release number, but it could be something else.
>>
>> I found that, too. But I can't find an example of "G" in Hitachi's
>> site...
>
> If it's an old version you won't find it, unless they have an archive
> section.

Guess that means I should only look for "V". Thanks.

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