Samsung SFD-500P 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive Half-Height FDD 360KB 1.2MB

Samsung SFD-500P 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive Half-Height FDD 360KB 1.2MB

The Samsung SFD-500P is a half-height 5.25-inch internal floppy disk drive designed for use in IBM PC-compatible desktop systems. It connects via a standard 34-pin FDD ribbon cable and 4-pin Molex power connector, making it a direct fit for any system with a conventional floppy drive bay and controller. The drive is rated at +12VDC 0.6A and +5VDC 0.5A and was manufactured in South Korea.

Specifications & What's Included

• Model: Samsung SFD-500P
• Form factor: Half-height 5.25 inch
• Interface: 34-pin FDD ribbon connector
• Power connector: 4-pin Molex
• Power requirements: +12VDC 0.6A / +5VDC 0.5A
• Front panel: Disk insertion slot, eject button, green activity LED
• Internal: Spindle motor assembly, read/write head carriage, controller PCB
• Certifications: CSA (LR50298), UL (E75631), TÜV
• Country of manufacture: South Korea
• Drive only — no data cable or mounting screws included

Applications

Half-height 5.25-inch floppy drives like the SFD-500P were standard equipment in IBM PC XT, AT, 286, 386, and 486-era desktop computers from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. They read and write both double-density (360KB) and high-density (1.2MB) 5.25-inch diskettes, depending on the drive configuration and controller. Today these drives remain in use for legacy industrial equipment, CNC machines, medical devices, and other embedded systems that still rely on 5.25-inch floppy media for program storage and data transfer. They are also sought after for vintage PC restoration projects and retrocomputing builds.