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Product Manual DiamondMax 21 P A T A 100451230 Rev . B September 20 07 STM3320820A STM3300620A STM3250620A STM3250820A STM3200820A STM3160215A STM380215A[...]
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Revision st atus summary sheet Copyright © 2006, 2007 Seagate T echnology LLC. All rights re served. Printed in U.S.A. Publication number: 100451230, Rev . B September 2007 Seagate, Seagate T echnology and the W ave logo ar e registered trademarks of Seagate T echno logy LLC in the United S tates and/or other co untries. DiamondMa x, MaxBlast, Max[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]
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ii DiamondMax 21 PATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. B[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operation c urrent profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 2. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 3. Breather filte[...]
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iv DiamondMax 21 PATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. B[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the function al, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Maxtor ® DiamondMax ® 21 P A T A model drives: These drives provide the following key fea tures: • 7,200-RPM spindle sp eed • High instant aneous (burst) dat a transfer rates (up to 100 [...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 3 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specific ations are me asured unde r ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power . For con venience, t he phrases the drive and this drive are used th roughout this manual to indicate the following drive models: 2.1 Spec ification summary t ables Th[...]
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4 DiamondMax 21 PATA Pr oduct Manua l, Rev. B T able 1: Drive specifications summary for the 320 and 300 Gbyte models Drive specification STM3320820A STM3300620A Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 320 300 Guaranteed sectors 625,142,448 586,072,368 Heads 4 3 Discs 2 Bytes per secto r 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 Def[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 5 * One Gbyt e equals one billion bytes when referring to hard driv e capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offlin e activity may occur acco rding to the S.M. A.R.T. specification, which may increase a coustic and power[...]
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6 DiamondMax 21 PATA Pr oduct Manua l, Rev. B T able 2: Drive specifications summary for 250 and 200 G byte models Drive specification STM3250620A STM3250820A STM3200820A Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 250 200 Guaranteed sectors 488,397,168 390,721,968 Heads 3 Discs 2 Bytes per secto r 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 7 * One Gbyt e equals one billion bytes when referring to hard driv e capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offlin e activity may occur acco rding to the S.M. A.R.T. specification, which may increase a coustic and power[...]
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8 DiamondMax 21 PATA Pr oduct Manua l, Rev. B T able 3: Drive specifications summary for the 160 and 80 Gbyte model Drive specification STM3160215A STM380215A Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 16 0 80 Guaranteed sectors 312,581,808 156,301,488 Heads 2 1 Discs 1 Bytes per secto r 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 Defaul[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 9 * One Gbyt e equals one billion bytes when referring to hard driv e capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offlin e activity may occur acco rding to the S.M. A.R.T. specification, which may increase a coustic and power[...]
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10 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B 2.2 Formatted cap acity *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when refe rring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environ- ment and formatting. 2.2.1 LBA mode When addressing these d rives in LBA mode, all bloc ks (sectors) are consecutively nu mbered from 0 to n?[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 11 2.4 Recording and interface tec hnology 2.5 Physical characteristics 320GB 300GB 250GB 200GB 160 GB 80GB Interface ATA Recording method Perpendicular Recording density , KBPI (kbits/inch max) 781 813 781 824 T rack density , KTPI (ktracks/inc h avg) 145 137.259 Areal density (Gbits/inch 2 avg) 11 4 . 4 1[...]
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12 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B 2.6 Seek time Seek measurement s are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temper ature. All ti mes are meas ured using drive diagnostics. The specifications in th e table below are defined as follows: • T rack-to-track seek time is an aver age of al l possible single-track seeks in both directio[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 13 2.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) th rough a four-pin st andard drive power connector . 2.8.1 Power co nsumption Power requirement s for the drives are liste d in the table on page 13. T ypical power measure ments are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal co[...]
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14 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B 2.8.1.1 T ypical cu rrent profile Figure 1 T ypical 5V startup and operation cur rent profile Figure 2 T ypical 12V startup and operation current profil e 2.8.2 C onducted noise Input noise ripp le is measured at the ho st system powe r supply across an equivalent 80-oh m resistive load on the +12 volt[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 15 2.8.4 Power-man agement mo des The drive provides progr ammable power manageme nt to provide greater energy ef fici ency . In most systems, you can control power manage ment through the system setup program. The d rive features the following power-management mod es: • Active mode The drive is in Active[...]
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16 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B 2.9 Environment al specifications 2.9.1 Ambient tempe rature Ambient temperatur e is defined as the temperature of the environment im mediatel y surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temper ature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) w ithin the ope rating ambien t conditions. Rec - ommended measurem ent[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 17 2.9.5 Sho ck All shock specifications assu me that the drive is mounted secu rely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.9.5.1 Operating shock 320GB - 200GB mo dels These drives comply with t he performance levels specified in this documen[...]
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18 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B 2.10 Acoustics Drive acoustics are measured as overall A-we ighted ac oustic sound power levels (no pure tones). All mea- surements ar e consistent with ISO document 7779. Sound power meas urem ents are taken un der essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. Fo r all te sts, the drive i[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 19 2.1 1 Electromagnetic immunity When properly inst alled in a represent ative host system, the drive operates without err ors or degradation in performance when subjected to the radio frequency (RF) environments defined in the followin g table: T able 6: Radio frequency environment s T est Description Per[...]
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20 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B 2.12 Reliability 2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR and Mean T ime Between F ailures (MTBF) The product shall achi eve an Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) of 0.34% (MTBF of 0.7 million hours) when oper- ated in an envir onment of am bient air tem peratures of 25 ° C. Operation at temperatures outsid e t[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 21 Korean RRL If these drives have the Korea Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) logo, they comply with p ara- graph 1 of Article 1 1 of the Electr omagnetic Compatibility control Regula tion and meet th e Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirement s of the R adio Research Laborat[...]
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22 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B 2.14 Environment al protection Seagate designs it s products to meet environmental pr otection requirements worldwide, includ ing regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Subst ances (RoHS) Directive Seagate designs it s products to meet enviro[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 23 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specif ications an d instructions for configuring and mounting the drive . 3.1 Handling and st atic discharge precautions After unp acking, and before inst allation, the drive may be exposed to pote ntial handling and electrostatic d is- ch[...]
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24 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B 3.2 Breather filter hole precautions This section co ntains information regarding the precauti ons which should be taken re garding the breather filter hole in Seagate hard d isc drives. Proper precautions should be t aken to ensure full functionality and pre vent possible damage to the drive . Figure [...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 25 3.3 Jumper settings 3.3.1 Mast er/slave configuration The options jumper block sho wn in Figure 4 is used to configure the drive for operation. It is the 8-pin dual header between the inter face connector and the power co nnec tor . U se the follo wing settings to configure the drive as a master or a sla[...]
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26 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B 3.3.3 Ultra A T A/100 ca ble An 80-conductor 40-pin cable is required to run Ultra DMA mode 3, mode 4, and mode 5. This cable uses even-numb ered conducto rs connected to the ground pins to impr ove signal integrit y . Figure 5 Ultra A T A cable connectors Note. The drive supports both host and drive c[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 27 Figure 6 Mounting dimensions Notes: 1. Dimensions are shown in inches (mm). 2 Dimensions per SFF-8301 specification. 3 x 6-32 UNC-2B 0.150 (3.81) max. fastener penetration both sides. 3 threads minimum engagement. Recommended case temperature measurement location 0.125 0.01 (3.18 0.25) 3.750 0.01 (95.25 [...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 29 4.0 A T A interface These drives use the industry-st andard A T A task file interf ace that supports 16-bit dat a transfers. It supports A T A programmed in put/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, a nd Ultra DMA modes 0–5. The drive also supports the use of th e IORDY signal to provide[...]
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30 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B 4.1.1 Supported A T A commands The following t able lists A T A-standard commands that th e drive support s. For a detailed descriptio n of the A T A commands, refer to the Draft A T A-7 S tandard. Se e “S.M.A.R.T . commands” on page 36 for deta ils and sub- commands used in the S.M.A.R.T . impleme[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 31 Security Erase Unit F4 H Security Freeze F5 H Security Set Password F1 H Security Unlock F2 H Seek 70 H Set Features EF H Set Max Address F9 H Note: Individual Set Max Address commands are identifie d by the value placed in the Set Max Features regis - ter as defined to the right. Address: Password: Lock[...]
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32 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B 4.1.2 Identify D evice comman d The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of dat a, whose contents are shown in the T able 7 on page 30. All reserved bit s or words should be se[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 33 60–61 T otal number of user-addressable LBA sectors availab le (see Section 2.2 fo r related information) *Note: The maximum value allowed in th is field is: 0FFFFFFFh (268,435,455 sectors, 137 Gb ytes). Drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes will have 0FFFFFFFh in this field and the actual number of u[...]
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34 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B Note. Advance d Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acou stic Manageme nt (AAM) feat ures are not supported Note. See the bit descriptio ns below for words 63 , 88, and 93 of the Identify Drive data: 129–159 Seagate-reserved xxxx H 160–254 A T A-reserved 0000 H 255 Integrity word xxA5 H Descriptio[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 35 4.1.3 Set Featu res command This command controls the implement ation of various feat ur es that the drive support s. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY , checks the contents of the Features r egister , clears BSY and generates an in ter- rupt. If the value in the register does n ot repres[...]
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36 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B 4.1.4 S.M.A .R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . provides near-term failur e prediction for disc drives. When S.M.A.R.T . is enabled, the drive m oni- tors predetermined drive attributes that are suscep tible to degradation over time. If self-monitoring de termines that a failure is likely , S.M.A.R.T . makes a[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 37 5.0 Maxtor support services Before contacting Maxt or Support, us e the Hard Disk Inform ation feature in MaxBlast to view the model num- ber and seri al number of your dr ive. These numbers can be used to get help from Maxtor Support, r egister your drive, and look up info rmation on the Maxtor website.[...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 39 Index A acoustics 1 8 Active m ode 15 AFR 20 agency certification (regulatory) 20 altitude 16 ambient cond itions 3 ambient temperature 12 , 16 Annualized Failure Rate 20 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 20 areal density 1 , 11 ATA interface 29 ATA-standard com mands 30 Australian C-Tick 21 autodetection 1 [...]
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40 DiamondMax 2 1 PATA Product M anual, Rev. B Identify Device command 32 Idle 30 Idle and Standby timer s 15 Idle Immediate 30 Idle mode 15 Idle mode power 13 IEC950 20 Information Technology Equipment 20 Initialize Device Parameters 30 interface 11 , 29 interface signals 29 interference 21 internal data-transfer rate OD 11 ISO document 7779 18 J [...]
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DiamondMax 21 PATA Product Manual, Rev. B 41 S.M.A.R.T. Enagle Operations 31 S.M.A.R.T. Execute Offline 31 S.M.A.R.T. Read At tribute Thresh olds 31 S.M.A.R.T. Read Data 31 S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector 31 S.M.A.R.T. Return Status 31 S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values 31 S.M.A.R.T. Write Log se ctor 31 safety certification 20 screws 26 SeaTools 1 , 36 s[...]
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Seagate T echnology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts V alley , California 95066-4544 , USA Publication Number: 1004512 30, Rev . B, Printed in U.S.A.[...]