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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medalist 17 242, Medalis t 13032 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medalist 10 232, Medalis t 8422 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medalist 43 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medalist 17 242, Medalis t 13032 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medalist 10 232, Medalis t 8422 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medalist 43 12 . . . . . . . . . [...]

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     1999 Se agate Tec hnolo gy, Inc. A ll rights reserve d Public ation Numbe r: 204 00143-00 1, Rev. A, Mar ch 1999 Seagate, Seagate T echnology, the Seagat e logo, Medalist and the Medalist logo are register ed trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. Other product names are registered trademar ks or trademarks of their owners. Seagate reserves t h[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A v Conten ts 1.0 Drive s pecifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1 Formatted capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1.1 De fault logi cal geom etry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1.2 S up[...]

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    vi Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A 2.1 Handli ng and static-disc harge precau tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 2.2 Jumpe r settin gs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 2.2.1 M aster/slav e co nfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.2.2 A lternate ca paci ty jum[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A vii Figures Figure 1. Typical start up and o peration curre nt prof ile . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2. Alternat e capa city ju mper and master /slave jumper . . . . . 19 Figure 3. Mounti ng dimens ions—top , side and en d view . . . . . . . . . 2 0 Figure 4. I/O pins and suppo rted A TA[...]

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    viii Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 1 Introduction This manual describes the func tional, mec hanic al and interf ace specif i- cations for the Me dalist  1 7242 (ST317242A) , Medalist 13032 (ST313032A), Medalist 10232 (ST310232A), Medalist 8422 (ST38422A ) and the Me dalist 43 12 (ST3 4312A). The se driv es are referred to t[...]

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    2 Medalist 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 a nd 4312 , Rev. A Specificati on summary table The specif icati ons liste d in this table are for quick referen ce. For de tails on spec ifica tion m easurem ent or defin ition, see t he approp riate sect ion of this m anual. Drive Specification ST317242A ST313032A ST310232A ST38422A ST34312A Guaranteed Mbyt[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 3 Length (mm max) 147.00 Weight (grams typical) 558 T rack-to-trac k seek time (msec ty pical) 1.3 (read), 2.1 (write) A v er age seek time (msec typical) 9.0 (read), 10.5 (write) Full-stroke seek time (msec typical) 18 (read), 20 (write) A v er age latency (msec) 5.6 P o wer-on to ready (sec [...]

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    4 Medalist 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 a nd 4312 , Rev. A Relativ e humidity gradient 10% per hour max Wet b ulb temperature (max) 29.4°C (op.), 29.4°C (nonop .) Altitude (meters below mean sea le vel, max) –122 to 3, 048 (op.) –122 to 12,192 (nonop .) Shock, operating (Gs max at 2 msec) 63 Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 2 msec) 300 Vibratio[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 5 1.0 Driv e specifications Unless othe rwise n oted, all sp ecifica tions are measu red unde r ambient conditio ns , a t 25 °C, and nomin al pow er. For c on ve nie nc e, t he phr as es the dr ive and this d riv e are used th rougho ut thi s manu al to indic ate th e ST317242A , ST3130 32A, [...]

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    6 Medalist 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 a nd 4312 , Rev. A 1.1.2 Supported CHS translation geometries These drive s suppor t any transl ation ge ometry th at satis fies all of the following conditi ons: • Sec tors per t rack ≤ 63 • Cylinders ≤ 16,383 (for dr ives ov er 8.4 G bytes) • Read/Write h eads ≤ 16 Note. The CHS ad dressi ng su [...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 7 1.4 Phy sic al charac ter istic s 1.5 Se ek t i me The measur ements ar e taken with nominal power at 25° C ambien t temperatu re. All times are m easured using d rive d iagnos tics. Th e spec- ificati ons in the table below are define d as fo llows: • Trac k-to-tra ck seek t ime is an av[...]

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    8 Medalist 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 a nd 4312 , Rev. A Note. These dr ives a re des igned to cons isten tly meet the seek ti mes represent ed in th is m anu al. Ph ysi ca l se eks, rega r dle ss of mod e (such as track-to -track and aver age) ar e expec ted to m eet or exceed t he noted value s. Due t o the man ner in whic h these drives are fo[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 9 Operating power and cu rrent are m easured using 40 perc ent random seeks, 40 p ercent read /write m ode ( 1 write f or eac h 10 reads) , and 20 percent drive i nactive . Idle mode p ower is m easured with the d rive up to spee d, with serv o electroni cs acti ve, and with the he ads i n a r[...]

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    10 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A 1.7.2 Conducted noise Input n ois e rippl e i s mea su re d a t the ho st sy s tem powe r su ppl y ac ro ss an equiv alent 80-oh m resist ive lo ad on the +1 2 vol t line or an e quiva lent 15-ohm res istive load o n the +5 v olt li ne. • Using 12- volt power, the driv e is expected to [...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 11 Sleep mode . The drive ente rs Slee p mode a fter recei ving a Sl eep command from the ho st. The heads are par ked and the s pindle i s at r est. The drive le aves Sleep mod e after it receives a Har d Reset or Sof t Reset from the h ost. After recei ving a r eset, the d rive ex its Sle ep[...]

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    12 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A 1.8.4 A ltitude 1.8. 5 Shock During sho ck te sts, the driv e was mo unted s ecurel y with th e inp ut shock applied at the dri ve m ountin g scre ws. S hock m ay be appl ied i n the X, Y or Z axis. 1.8.5. 1 Opera ting shock These dri ves co mply w ith the performa nce l evels speci fied [...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 13 1.8.6.2 Nonoperating vibration The followi ng tabl e lists the maxi mum non operatin g vibra tion tha t the drive m ay exper ienc e without in cu rring ph ysica l damag e or degr adatio n in perfo rmance w hen su bseque ntly put i nto ope ration. 1.9 D rive acoustics Drive acous tics wer e [...]

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    14 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A 1.11 Rel iability 1.12 Agency c e rtification 1.12.1 Safety c e rtification The drives are rec ognized in accor dance wi th UL 19 50 and CS A C22. 2 (950) and meet all applic able se ction s of IEC950 and EN 6095 0 as tested by TUV North A meric a. 1.12.2 Electromagnetic Compatibility Har[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 15 1.12.3 FCC verifica t ion These drives are intende d to be conta ined so lely within a per sonal computer or si milar e nclosur e (not a ttache d as a n exte rnal dev ice). As suc h, each dr ive is cons idered t o be a subasse mbly even when it i s indivi dually marke ted to th e cus tomer.[...]

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    16 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 17 2.0 Drive mounting and configuration 2.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostatic dis charge (ESD) hazards. O bserve the following standard handling and s tatic-discharge pr ecautions[...]

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    18 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A be config ured for cabl e select. To con figure this dr ive for cable s elect, install a jump er as shown in Fig ure 2. For the mas ter drive to r ecogniz e the s lave drive using the DA SP– s ignal, the slav e drive must ass ert the DA SP– sig nal at p ower up, an d the master d rive[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 19 Figure 2. Alternate capaci ty jumper and mas ter/slave jumpe r 2.4 Drive mounting You can mount the dr ive in an y orien tation usin g four s cre ws in the si de- mounting holes or four screws in th e botto m-mounti ng hol es. See Figur e 3 on page 2 0 for drive m ounting dimen sions. Impor[...]

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    20 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A Figure 3. M ounting dimensions— top, side and end view BOTH SIDES [5.787] 147.00 MAX [1.098 ± 0.011] 27.90 ± 0.27 [1.638 ± 0.013] 41.60 ± 0.33 [4.000 ± 0.013] 101.60 ± 0.33 [1.750 ± 0.013] 44.45 ± 0.33 [1.605 ± 0.011] 40.77 ± 0.27 [0.125 ± 0.011] 3.18 ± 0.27 [3.750 ± 0.014][...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 21[...]

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    22 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A 3.0 ATA i nterface These drive s use the i ndustry -standa rd ATA t ask file interfac e that support s 16-bit data transfe rs. It supports ATA prog rammed inp ut/outpu t (PIO) mo des 0, 1, 2 , 3 and 4; mult iword DMA mo des 0, 1 an d 2; an d Ultra DMA mo des 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4. The drive al[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 23 Figure 4. I/ O pins and supported ATA signals Reset – Ground DD7 DD8 DD6 DD9 DD5 DD10 DD4 DD11 DD3 DD12 DD2 DD13 DD1 DD14 DD0 DD15 Ground (removed) DMARQ Ground DIOW– STOP Ground DIOR – HDMARDY – HSTROBE Ground IORDY DDMARDY– DSTROBE CSEL DMACK – Ground INTRQ IOCS16 – DA1 PDIA[...]

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    24 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A 3.2 A TA Interface c ommands 3.2.1 Supported ATA commands The followin g table li sts A TA-st andar d comma nds that th e drive s up- ports. For a de tailed des cripti on of the ATA comma nds, refe r to the Draf t ATA-4 Standa rd. See Secti on 3.2.4 o n page 31 fo r details and subco m- m[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 25 Write DM A CA H, CB H Yes Write M ult iple C5 H Yes Write S ectors 30 H, 31 H Yes ATA-standard power-manageme nt commands Check Power Mode 98 H or E5 H Yes Idle 97 H or E3 H Yes Idle Immed iate 95 H or E1 H Yes Sleep 99 H or E6 H Yes Standby 96 H or E2 H Yes Standby Imme diate 94 H or E0 H [...]

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    26 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A The followin g comm ands conta in driv e-speci fic featur es that may not be describe d in the Draft AT A-4 Sta ndard . 3.2.2 I dentify Drive command The Identify Drive comm and (co mmand code EC H ) tran sfers info rmation about the dr ive to the hos t foll owing po wer up. The data is o[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 27 20 Ret ired 0000 H 21 Ret ired 0400 H 22 Obsol ete 0000 H 23–26 Firmwa re revis ion (8 ASCI I character string, padded with blank s to e nd of string) x.xx 27–46 Dr ive mode l numb er: (40 A SCII charac ters, pa dded with b lanks to end of string) ST317242A ST313032A ST310232A ST38422A [...]

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    28 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A 60–61 Total numbe r of user- addres sable LBA sec tors av aila ble: 33,683, 328 (ST31724 2A) 25,434, 228 (ST31303 2A) 20,005, 650 (ST31023 2A) 16,841, 664 (ST38422 A) 8,420,832 ( ST34312 A) F780 H 0201 H (ST317242A) 1874 H 0184 H (ST313032A) 4312 H 0131 H (ST310232A) FBC0 H 0100 H (ST38[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 29 86 Command s ets enabl ed 00 01 H 87 Command s ets enabl e exte nsion 4000 H 88 Ultra DMA supp ort an d current mode xx 1F H 89 Secu rity eras e time 0000 H 90 E nhanced securit y erase ti me 0000 H 91–127 ATA- reserv ed 0000 H 128 Sec u rit y status 0000 H 129–159 Se agate- reser ved x[...]

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    30 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A 3.2.3 S et Features command This comm and co ntrol s th e im pl eme ntati on of v ariou s f eatu re s th at th e drive su pports. Wh en the drive receiv es this comma nd, it sets BSY , checks the conte nts of the Featur es reg ister, cle ars BS Y and g enerates an interrup t. If the value[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 31 At pow er-on, o r after a h ardwa re reset, the defa ult v alues of the fea tures are as indica ted abov e. A softwa re reset also changes the fea tures to default v alues. 3.2.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands S.M.A. R.T. provide s near-term failure predi ction for dis c drives. Whe n S.M.A. R.T. is e[...]

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    32 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A Note. If an appr opriate code is not written t o the Fe atures R egist er, th e comma nd is abo rted an d 0 x 04 (abort) is wri tten to the Error registe r. D3 H S.M.A.R.T . Save A ttribute Value s Yes D4 H S.M.A.R.T. E xecute Off-l ine Immedi ate Yes D7 H Vendor-s pecif ic Yes D8 H S.M.A[...]

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    Medalis t 17242 , 13032, 10232, 8422 an d 4312, Rev . A 33[...]

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    34 Medalis t 1724 2, 13032 , 10232 , 8422 and 4 312, Rev . A Seagate T echnology , Inc. 920 Disc Dr ive, Scotts V alley , California 95 066, USA Publication Number: 20400143-001, Rev . A, Printed in USA[...]