Seagate ST31270A manual

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© 19 95 Seag at e Tech nology , I nc. All rights reser ved Publicat ion Numb er : 36315- 00 1, Re v. A, July 19 95 Se ag at e, Se ag at e Te chn olo gy and th e Se agate l ogo a re regist ered tra demar ks of Seag ate Tech nology , Inc. Meda list, SeaF AX, SeaF O NE, SeaBO ARD and SeaTDD are tradem ark s of Seaga te Techn ology, Inc. EZ- Drive an [...]

Introductio n Tha nk you for choosing a Se agat e ® dr ive. Th e purp ose of this guide is to assist yo u with i n stalling your new 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 application in Be fore you b egin.. . to off ering t roublesh oot ing sugges tion s and te chnica [...]

Dr ive fe ature s Featur e ST3 1270 A Form att ed Capa city 1,28 2.8 Mbytes Cylin ders 2, 485 Heads 16 Sector s 63 Aver age s eek tim e 12 msec Cache (se gment ed) 25 6 Kbyt es Spindle spe ed 4,50 0 RPM Inte rnal tr ans fer rat e ( Mbits per s ec max. ) 29 .6 to 57 .2 Exter nal transf er rat e 1 (Mb ytes per sec ma x.) 16 .6 LBA Sup port ed Multipl[...]

Before y ou begin... Not e. Throu ghou t this ma nual the M edalist 1 270 is refer red to b y its m odel numbe r, ST31 270A. Drive hand ling . Your dr i v e is vuln erable t o dam age fr om roug h han dling and static disch arge. Do not dro p you r drive . Do not rem ove the s eals and labels on the dr i v e. The drive war rant y is voide d if the [...]

facilit ies au thor ized to re pair Se agate drive s. Seaga te does not san ction any thir d-par ty repair facilit ies. Appl icat ion. Yo ur Seag ate drive is des i g ned for IBM AT an d comp atib le p ersona l co mput ers. It use s the ATA inter face . It is int ended for us e with UL- listed comp uter s or s imilar produc ts. Sicher hei tsan leit[...]

Warn ing. Tur n off the comput er befor e you remove its c over. Turn off the po wer befor e you inst all or remove any ada pter c ard or the drive . Caut ion. Spec i a l tr aining or too l s may be requir ed to serv i c e lapt op compu te rs. Rem ovin g the co ver ma y void y our war ranty. Re view the terms and con dition s of y our war ranty bef[...]

pin 1 J8 pin 1 J8. Options jumper block J1. Interface connector J3. Standard power connector 1 2 3 4 Circuit board +5V +5V return +12V return +12V Figur e 1. Dri ve con nector s 6 Meda list 1270 Installa tion Guid e, July 1995[...]

9 10 7 8 5 6 3 4 1 2 One drive only Drive is master; slave is present Drive is slave when another drive is present; Cable select Remote LED connection pin 13 (–), pin 14 (+) Spares 12 11 Master/slave timing protocol. Makes the drive compat- ible with some drives as  the slave. 14 13 Dual-drive emulation C[...]

Slave. Use this conf i g urat ion if t he dr ive is the se cond drive in the syste m. Th e slave is dr ive 1 in th e Syst em Set up r eco rd. Mast er/ slave timing prot oc ol. Th is pro tocol i n volves the comm unicat ion betwee n the com pute r an d the disc d rives during the power -on cycle only. The compu ter quer i e s the mast er drive for t[...]

Attaching t he cables Requ ired mat erials : • A 40 -condu ctor int er face cable with a 40 -pin, female inte rface co nnecto r for each drive you want t o atta ch. • A fo ur-c onduct or p ower- supply cable. Not e. To ensure t he i n tegr ity of y our dat a, us e a no nshielde d c ab l e w i th a m a xi m um l e ng t h o f 1 8 i nc he s ( 46 c[...]

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. Sec ure the dr ive with f our mount ing screws not mor e than 6 full turn s (0. 20 inches) into the drive fram e (se e Figur e 3) . Posit ion the drive so that t he c[...]

Transferri ng the software from the drive Requ ired mat erials : • Disket te Dr ive A • A blank disk ette tha t can be use d in Dr ive A • A boot ab l e dis kette with t he Fo rma t com mand Rece nt develo pment s in drive techn ology have pushed drive cap acitie s beyond the lim it that man y older com puters usin g DOS can addr es s. Seaga [...]

3. Inser t the blank diskett e. Press ENTER . When the forma t is comp lete , you can transf er the inst allat ion softwar e files to the diske tte. To t ransf er t he soft ware files : 1. Boot the comp uter with the diske tte to which you want to tra nsfer the softwar e files. 2. Enter the Syste m Set up. (Ref er to your com puter user’s guide. [...]

Determi ning if your BIOS a ccepts more than 528 Mbyt es The following su gges tions can help y ou to deter mine wh ether you r BIO S limit s th e driv e capa city to 528 Mbyt es. • If you are using a 28 6 or 3 86 comp uter , t he nat ive BIO S doe s no t reco gnize m ore than 528 Mbytes . • If the copyright date of the BIOS is earlier than 199[...]

tr y values allowe d by the BIO S, which limits the capac ity of ea ch logical dr ive t o 528 M byte s. Configuri ng the computer Conf iguring the compu ter involve s updat ing the co mput er’s Sys- tem Setup records with the new drive’s tra nslation ge omet ry (cylinder , he ad a nd s ector infor mat ion) and partit ioning and for - mat ting t[...]

Fe atures opt ion that appea rs in the dialog b ox wh en the for mat is com p l e te a llows y ou t o disable Max imu m Ov erdriv e. EZ- Drive is eas y and saf e to use. You can choose a f ully- auto- mat ic ins ta l lat ion, which puts a single part ition o n the driv e, or you can install the d rive with mu ltiple partitions an d other cust om fe[...]

of convent iona l m emor y are not fr ee when these viru s progr ams inspect con ventiona l m emo ry, t hey assum e a v irus is pr esent an d clea n and restor e the memor y. If this happe ns, infor matio n abo ut the EZ- Driv e in- stalled drive is dest royed, and the drive c annot be ident ifie d by the comp uter . Do no t us e these pro gram s. [...]

6. When the forma t is complet e, the Op tions dialog box appear s. We wa nt to call your attent ion to two of the option s in pa rticular : Cr eate Reco ver y Disk and Change Ins tall Fea tu res. Cr eate Recover y Dis k allo ws you to save the boot infor matio n EZ- Drive uses to loa d y our drive . You can use this disket te to rest ore the EZ- D[...]

Boot ing wit h a di skett e af ter EZ- Dr ive is insta lled To bo ot y our compu ter wit h a diskett e: 1. Boot the comp uter wit h t he diske tte- drive door open. 2. Press the CTRL key whe n t he following m essage appear s n ear the end o f the boot seque nce: Hol d the CTRL ke y dow n to boo t fro m a f loppy 3. Inser t the bo ot disket te. The[...]

If a user-def ined dr ive type is not offer ed, se l e ct a d rive typ e that appr oximat es, but does no t exceed, the CM OS (Set up) Mbyt es capac ity in the translat ion geo metry table above . Not e. The drive does no t use write prec omp and landing zone. If t hese param eters are listed, make their values z ero. If you upgr ade your system at[...]

Parti tioni ng and formatti ng the drive Befor e you can use y our Seagate drive , you mus t par tition and high- leve l forma t it. In this guide we discus s form atting your dr ive with DOS— refe r to your DO S user ’s guide for ass istance. I f you are using ano th er oper ating sys tem, co nsult your ope rating sys- tem user’s guide for f[...]

3. Select crea te DOS par tition or logica l DOS drive . Press ENTER . 4. Select creat e prim ary DOS pa rtit i o n . Use the maxim um avail- able size for your pr imar y partit ion and make the pa rtitio n active for Drive C. This puts the entire drive on one partit ion and allows you to load the DOS boot inf orm ation on the drive. Press ENTER fo[...]

driver m ust be tu rned off for you to open a nd us e W i n dows. Us e the Seagate replac em ent driver to res tore 32- bit disk acces s cap ability. To op en W indows an d rest ore 32-bit disk access: 1. Press ENTER to open Windows . 2. Open the Main me nu. 3. Open the Cont rol Pan el. 4. Open 386 Enha nced . 5. Select Virt ual M emo ry. 6. Select[...]

Basic troub leshooting Warn ing. Always tur n off t he com put er befor e chan ging jum p ers or unplug ging cable s and ca rds. Caut ion. Your drive a nd compu ter con tain sta tic-se nsitive de- vices . Wea r a ground strap or take oth er antistat ic preca utio n while handling your drive . If y ou ha ve inst alled y our dr ive an d it does not f[...]

if you hav e a lar ge-cap acity drive , the translat ion geom etr y se ttings must n ot ex ceed the limit ations set by the o perat ing syst em and BI OS. • Chec k for viru ses. Befor e you use s omeon e else’s d iskett e in your sy stem for t he f irst t ime, s can t he disk ette for vir uses . Advanced troub leshoo ting If you ha ve perf orme[...]

ve rify th at the drive and host adapt er are compa tible wit h your co mputer by removing a ll t he per iphe ral a dapter ca rds (power mus t be off) exce pt for t he video card. The n reinst all the drive an d host ada pter c ard. I f th i s is su ccessf ul, reinst all the other pe ripher als one at a time unt il the conflict re occurs . Afte r y[...]

The scre en re main s blank whe n you po wer up the s ystem . • Make sur e the monit or is plug ged in and turne d on. • Chec k a ll cards. M ake sure the video card is seat ed in it s slot an d secu red wit h mou nt i n g scr ews. • Chec k all cables . Ma ke sure the video -card cab les are se- cu rely a ttached. • While t he comp uter is [...]

• Make sur e the power sup ply is adequ ate fo r sy stem needs. • Rebo ot the com puter and make sure the dr ive sp ins up. Th e FDI SK e rror mess age, “No Fixe d Disk Pr esent ,” ap pears. • Chec k all ca bles. • Make sur e the power sup ply is adequ ate fo r sy stem needs. • Rebo ot the com puter and make sure the dr ive sp ins up.[...]

• Chec k all ca bles. • Use FDISK to verify that t he pr imar y part ition is ac tive. • Chec k fo r viruse s. Syst em er ror messag e, “ HDD c ontro ller failur e” ap pear s. • Conf irm the jum per set tings on the drive. • Ver ify the Syst em Set up dr ive- type va lues. The error messa ge “ Micros oft Wind ows 32- bit disk dri ve[...]

Disabl ing Max imum Over driv e Maxim um Over drive enables the driv e’s r ead/ write m ultiple fea- tur e. You can disab l e M aximu m Ove rdrive du ring the inst allat i o n proce ss or anyt ime after ward. To d i s able it du ring the ins tallation, select the Chang e Inst all Fea ture s opt ion in the Opt ions dialog box that appea rs whe n t[...]

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 you r Seagat e drive or other Seag ate produc ts, yo u can call Se aBO ARD ?[...]

SeaF AX You ca n use a touc h-tone telepho ne to access Seag ate’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 ates 408 -438- 2620 Englan d 44- 1-62 -847- 7080 Seag ate Tech nical Suppo rt FAX. 4 08/438 -8 137 You can [...]

Seag ate’ s In terne t connec tions Tec hnical inf orm ation for Sea gate dr ives is availab le on the i n te r ne t f r om S e aga te ’s W or l d- Wi de W eb ho m e p ag e ( h t t p : / / w w w . s e a g a t e . c o m ) o r S e a g a t e ’ s f t p s e r v e r (ftp: //ftp. seagat e.co m). The ftp s erver con tains infor matio n sim ilar t o t[...]

Storing an d shipping your dri ve Keep your original box and packing mat erials for stor ing 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 ov ed cont ainer voids the war ranty. Call yo ur aut horized Sea gate dist ribut or to p urchas e add itiona l boxes. The following figure shows how [...]

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