Seagate 1080SL manual

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© 19 95 Seag at e Tech nology , Inc. All r ight s reser ved Publicat ion Numb er : 36325- 00 1, Re v. A, Augu st 1995 Seag ate, Seagat e Tech nology and the Seagat e logo are regis- ter ed tradem arks of Seaga te Tech nology , Inc . M edalist SL, Sea - FAX, SeaF ONE, SeaBO ARD and Se aTDD are tra demar ks of Seag ate Technology , Inc. Ot her produ[...]

Introductio n Tha nk you for ch oosing a Seagat e drive . The pu rpose of this guide is to assist you with i n stalling your ne w hard drive. Its organ izat ion ou tlines t he com plete inst allatio n pro cess f rom h an- dling the drive and drive applicat ion in Be fore you begin. .. to off ering t roublesh oot ing sugges tion s and te chnica l s [...]

Drive fea tures Form att ed Capa city (Mby tes) 108 0.23 Total sector s 2,109 ,840 Cylin ders 4, 826 Physica l he ads 4 Sector s per tra ck (aver ag e) 109 Bytes per secto r 512 Spindle spe ed 5,376 RPM Aver age s eek tim e (m sec) 12.5 mse c Cache (se gment ed) 128 Kbyt es Inte rnal tr ans fer rat e ( Mbits per s econd max) 33 M Hz t o 65 M Hz Ext[...]

Read before yo u begin... Not e. Th r o ughout this manual the Medalist 1080sl SCSI is ref erre d to b y its m odel n umber , ST510 80N. Appl icat ion. Your Seag ate ® d rive is design ed fo r I BM an d IBM- comp atib le perso nal comput ers, Mac intosh a nd o ther syste ms using the SCSI inter face. Turn off the system power bef ore attem pting a[...]

you void the war ranty. Seagat e custome r service centers are the only facilities author ized to repair Seaga te drives. Seag ate doe s not sanct ion any thir d-par ty re pair facilit ies. Shi pping . Keep your original box and packing mate rials for tra nsport ing or shipping your drive. T he box has a Seag ate Appr oved Packag e labe l. Ship pin[...]

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J3. Standard power connector 1 2 3 4 J1. Interface connector J8. Options jumper block +5V +5V return +12V return +12V Circuit board J1 pin 1 J8 pin 1 Figur e 1. Conne ct or an d ju mper bl oc k locat ions 6 Med alis t 1080sl SCSI Ins tallation Guide , Aug ust 1995[...]

SCSI ID 0 SCSI ID 1 SCSI ID 2 SCSI ID 3 (default) SCSI ID 4 SCSI ID 5 Note. 1. All other pins are reserved. Do not use them. 2. Jumpers on pins 28 and 30 and 32 and 34 are spares; these pins do not require jumpers. SCSI ID 6 SCSI ID 7 Remote LED  connection Reserved  Do not use Remote start Enable parity (default) Disable terminator (de[...]

ass i g n ID values 0 through 7. Be sur e that the ID yo u choose is not used by ano ther device on t he SCSI bus . Your Sea gate drive is s hipped by the f acto ry configur ed as SCSI ID 3—jum pe rs a re attac hed to pins 3 and 4 and pin 5 an d 6. Yo u must recon figure the SCSI ID if ano ther device is assign ed SCSI ID 3 or i f y ou a re makin[...]

nator s enabled . If you are pos i t ioning the drive at t he end o f the cab l e , you must en able the drive’s int ernal ter minat ors or a ttach an extern al ter minat or to the end of the cable. Terminat ors on the dev i c es bet wee n the bus en ds m ust be disa bled or re moved . • To enable the drive ’s term inat ors, leave the p i n -[...]

Attaching c ables Requ ired mat erials : A fo ur-c onduct or p ower- supply cable A fifty- con ductor, nonshielded i n terfac e cable with a 50-pin, fe- male connect or attache d for each SCSI device tha t is to be con nected to the SCSI bus. The ma ximum ca ble leng th for asy nchron ous oper ation is 19. 5 feet (6 meter s). The m axim um cab l e [...]

Mounting th e drive Requ ired mat erials : • Fou r 6-32 UNC- 2A sc rews (not inclu ded) The driv e fits in the st andar d 3 .5-inc h ba y an d ca n be m oun ted in any orient ation. Posit ion the drive so that the cables are not str ained or crim ped. Secure it with four mou nting scre ws no t mor e than 6 fu l l turns (0.20 inch es) int o the dr[...]

Configuri ng the drive and compu ter Once the drive is physic ally installed, the drive an d com puter must be config ured to wor k with each ot her. This inv olves p arti- tio ning and form atting the dr ive a nd ma y r equ i r e a specia l devic e driver o r installat ion softwar e dep ending o n the oper ating syst em you are using a nd y our SC[...]

to low- level form at the dr ive, use the for mat ro utine supplie d with you r SCSI ad apter . Ref er to the SCSI a dapter ’s d ocume ntat i o n for instruc tion s on how to low- level forma t the drive. Parti tioni ng You mu st partition the drive into one or mor e logica l driv es b efore you can use it. Caut ion. Par titioning or for matt i n[...]

High -level formatti ng High- level form atting ver ifies the infor matio n wr i t ten b y t he low- level for mat and build s the file alloc atio n table (F AT) used by DOS to access files on th e dr ive. I f yo u pu t more than one pa rtit ion o n the drive, you m ust high -level f ormat eac h par tition. Ref er to your DOS re ference gu ide for [...]

NonDO S o perat ing systems If you are installi ng the drive i n a s ystem that i s u sing an oper ating syste m othe r than DO S, you m ay n eed a device driver or instal - lat i o n s oftwa re. The de vice driver is provided by yo ur SCSI ada pter m anuf acturer and is op erat ing- system specif ic. It is pro- vided on a d iskett e that come s wi[...]

Basic troub leshooting Warn ing. Always tur n of f the system bef ore changing jum p ers or unp lugging cables and car ds. If your drive does no t respon d or f unct i o n prop erly when you tur n the powe r on following the hard ware i n stalla tion , perf orm thes e bas i c check s: • Chec k all car ds. Make sure all car ds are seate d securely[...]

Make sure th at the dr ive is ru nni ng. List en ca re fully for th e drive m otor spin ning. Also , the dr i v e-act ivity LED flashes when the power is tur ned on. If the LED sta ys on aft er power -on, make sure the int erfa ce cable is pr operly con nected and that no ot her device on t he bu s is u sing t he sam e SCSI I D. • Ver ify y our h[...]

Advanced troub leshoo ting If you ha ve perf ormed the prece ding ba sic che cks but t he prob - lem has not been solve d, follow the se guidelines for analyz ing spe cific ca ses: The syst em do es no t reco gnize the pre senc e of the dri ve or sys tem er ror messa ge, “No Dri ves Foun d,” appears . • Chec k all cables . Ma ke sure they are[...]

• If the drive is at leas t the third d rive in your system , you ma y ne ed to conf igure the BIO S for t hree or more drives or ins tall a de vice dr iver. Re fer to you r host a dapter’s us er guide for as sistance . Cont act the host a dapter manu fact urer for the de vice dr iver i f one is requ ired . Syst em er ror messag e, “ Drive no[...]

• The DO S utilit i e s d iskett e m ay b e c orru pted. T ry yo ur backu p DOS diske tte. • If you have DO S Version 4.0 or ea rlier, ma ke the dr ive par ti- tions sma ller. • Chec k for med i a d efect s at the beginn ing of t he drive. Use a thir d-par ty sur face scan utilit y. The FDISK error mess age, “No Fixed Di sk Presen t,” ap [...]

Technical support services If you need assista nce inst alling your dr i v e, con sult you r dealer . Your dealer is fam ilia r with system configur at ions a nd can help you with system conf licts a nd ot her t echnic al iss ues. If you ne ed addit ional assistan ce with your Sea gate drive or other Seag ate produc ts, yo u can call Se aBO ARD [...]

Loc atio n Mod em num ber Tha iland 66 2-531- 81 11 Austr alia 61 -2-756- 235 9 Kor ea 82-2 -556- 7294 SeaF AX You ca n use a touc h-to ne telepho ne to access Seagat e’s autom ate d FAX sy stem to r eceive technical supp ort inf or ma- tio n by r eturn FAX. This service is ava ilab l e 24 hours daily. Loc atio n Telep hone num ber Unit ed St ate[...]

SeaT DD. 40 8/ 438-53 82 Using a teleco mmunicat ions d evice for th e deaf (TDD) , you can send question s or com ment s 24 hours daily a nd exchang e mess ages with a technical suppo rt specialist betwe en 8:0 0 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. (Pac ific t ime) Mon day thr oug h Frid ay . Seag ate Com puServe for um Online t echnical sup port for Seaga te prod[...]

Storing an d shipping your dri ve Keep your original box and pack ing mater ials for storin g or shipp ing you r drive . The box ha s a Seaga te Appr oved Pa ckag e label. Shipping a drive in an unappr oved cont ainer voids the war ranty. Call yo ur aut horized Sea gate dist ribut or to p urchas e add itiona l boxes. Figur e 4 shows how t o pack a [...]

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Seag ate Tech nology , I nc. 920 Disc Drive, Scot ts Valle y, CA 95066, USA Publication Nu mber: 36325 -001, August 1995, Printed in USA[...]