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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U10 Fam ily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST320423A, S T315323A, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST310212A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U10 Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST320423A, ST315323A, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST310212A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]
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2000 Se agate Tec hnolo gy, Inc. A ll rig hts reserve d Public ation Numbe r: SG 35336-0 01, Rev . A, Janu ary 2 000 Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Seagate logo and U10 are either registered trademarks or tra demarks of Seagate T echnology, Inc. Other product names are register ed trademarks or trademarks of their owners. Seagate reserves t h[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A iii Conten ts Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Specification summary table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.0 Drive s pecifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1 Formatted c[...]
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iv U10 Famil y Produ ct Manu al, Rev. A 1.12.3 FCC v erificatio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.0 Configuring and mounting the driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.1 Handli ng and static-disc harge precau tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.2 Jumpe r settin gs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A v Figures Figure 1. Typical start up and o peration curre nt prof ile . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2. Mas ter/slave jumper settin gs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Figure 3. Mounti ng dimens ions —top, side and en d view . . . . . . . . . 2 0 Figure 4. I/O pins and suppo rted A TA si gnals[...]
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vi U10 Famil y Produ ct Manu al, Rev. A[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 1 Introduction This manual describes the func tional, mec hanic al and interf ace specif i- cations for the ST32042 3A, S T315323 A and the S T310212A . Thes e drives pr ovide th e foll owing key features : • Low powe r cons umptio n • Quiet op eration • High insta ntaneou s (burs t) data-trans fer rates (u[...]
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2 U10 Fam ily Produ ct Manu al, 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 ST320423A ST315323A ST310212A Guaranteed Mbytes ( × 10 6 b ytes) 20,485 15,364 10,[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 3 Full-stroke seek time (msec typical) 23.0 (read) 25.0 (write) A v er age latency (msec) 5.56 msec P o wer-on to ready (sec typical) 10 sec Standby to ready (sec typical) 10 sec Spindown (sec typical) 10 sec Star tup current (typical) 12V (pe ak) 1.5 amps Seek power (typical) 7.0 watts Read/Write power 6.5 watts[...]
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4 U10 Fam ily Produ ct Manu al, Rev. A Nonrecover a ble read errors 1 per 10 13 bits read Mean time between failures (po wer-on hours) 500,000 Contact star t-stop c ycles (25°C, 40% relativ e hum idity) 5 0,000 Ser vice life (years) 5 SeaShield Y es Drive Specification ST320423A ST315323A ST310212A[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, 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 ST320423A , ST3153 23A an d the S T310212A .[...]
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6 U10 Fam ily Produ ct Manu al, Rev. A 1.3 Recording and inter f ace technology 1.4 Phys ical charact e ristics Interface ATA Recording m ethod 24/26 EPR ML Recordi ng densi ty BP I (bit s/inc h) 396,06 7 Track dens ity TPI ( tracks/in ch) 20,107 Areal d ensit y (Mb its/inc h 2 ma x) 7,96 4 Spi ndle spe ed (RPM) ( ± 0.2%) 5,400 Internal data -tran[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 7 1.5 Se ek t i me Seek meas urements are taken with nomin al 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 averag e of all possibl e single- track seeks i n both [...]
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8 U10 Fam ily Produ ct Manu al, Rev. A 1.7.1 Power consumption Power requ irem ents for the dri ves ar e listed in the table on pag e 9. Typical power meas urements are based o n an averag e of drives tested, under nomi nal co nditions , using 5.0V input vol tage at 25° C ambien t temperatu re. • Spinup power Spinup powe r is meas ured from th e[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 9 1.7.1.1 Typical current profile Figure 1. Typical startup and ope ration curren t profile Power Mode Typical Watts RMS Typical Amps RMS 5V 12V Spinup — 0.65 1.5 Seeking (Rand om, no read/write) 7.0 0.4 0.42 Operating (rea d/wr i te) 6.5 0.46 0.350 Idle 3 .5 0.28 0.170 Standb y/Sleep 0.8 0.123 0 .015 1.4 1.2 1[...]
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10 U10 Family Pr oduct M anual, 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 opera te with a ma xi[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 1 1 establishe d usi ng a Standb y or Id le c ommand. In Stand by m ode, th e drive buffer is enab led, th e h eads a re par ked an d the spi ndle is at rest. The drive ac cepts all comm ands an d returns to A ctive mo de any time disc a ccess is necessa ry. • Sleep mode The drive enter s Sleep mode after recei[...]
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12 U10 Family Pr oduct M anual, Rev . A 1.8. 3 Humidi ty 1.8.3. 1 Relati ve Humi di ty 1.8.3.2 Wet bulb temperature 1.8.4 A ltitude 1.8. 5 Shock All shoc k spec ificatio ns ass ume that the drive is mou nted secu rely wit h the input sh ock ap plied at the dri ve mountin g scr ews. Sh ock may b e applied i n the X , Y or Z ax is. 1.8.5. 1 Opera tin[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 1 3 1.8.6. 1 Opera ting vibr at ion The following table lists the maximum vibration levels that the drive may expe- rience while meeting the per formance standards specifie d in this document . 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 e[...]
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14 U10 Family Pr oduct M anual, Rev . A 1.10 El ectromagnetic suscept ibility The drive op erate s without e rrors whe n subjec ted to t he foll owing: 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 IEC9[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 1 5 comply with t he direc tives when used in th e tes t system s, we canno t guarante e that all sys tems will comp ly with the d irectives. The dr ive is designed for ope ratio n insid e a prop erly de signe d enclo sure, wi th prop- erly shi elded I/O cab le (if necessa ry) a nd termi nators on all un used I/O[...]
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16 U10 Family Pr oduct M anual, Rev . A If nece ssary , you shoul d cons ult your deale r or an ex perienc ed ra dio/ televisio n technic ian for addi tional suggesti ons. Yo u may find he lpful th e following bookl et prepa red by th e Feder al Comm unicatio ns Com mis- sion: How to Identify and Resolve Radio- Television Interferenc e Prob- lems .[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 1 7 2.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This sec tio n c onta in s th e s pec if ic ati ons an d in st ru ctio n s fo r con fig urin g and mounti ng the drive. 2.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostati[...]
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18 U10 Family Pr oduct M anual, Rev . A 2.2 Jumpe r settings 2.2.1 M aster/slave conf iguration The options jumper bl ock show n in Figure 2 is use d to con figure the drive for operatio n. It is th e 6-pin du al head er between th e inter face conn ector and the powe r co nnector. Use the follow ing settin gs to c onfig ure the drive a s a maste r[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 1 9 2.2. 2 Cable-se lect option Computers that use cable-s elect deter mine the maste r and slave driv es by selec ting or dese lecting p in 28, CSEL, on th e interfac e bus. Mas ter and slav e driv es ar e determi ned by their ph ysic al po sition on the cable . To enable ca ble se lect, set a jum per on pins 5 [...]
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20 U10 Family Pr oduct M anual, Rev . A Figure 3. Mounting dime nsio ns—to p, side and end view 1.00 ± 0.028 (25.4 ± 0.7) 3.72 ± 0.03 (94.5 ± 0.8) 4.00 ± 0.02 (101.6 ± 0.5) 3.750 ± 0.010 (95.25 ± 0.25) 5.75 ± 0.03 (146.1 ± 0.8) 4.000 ± 0.010 (101.60 ± 0.25) 3X.250 ± .015 (6.35 ± 0.38) (both sides) 2.23 ± 0.03 (56.6 ± 0.8) 0.230 ±[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 2 1 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 0–4; m ultiwo rd DMA modes 0– 2, and U ltra D MA mod es 0–4. The dr ive als o sup ports th e use of th e IORD Y signal to[...]
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22 U10 Family Pr oduct M anual, Rev . A 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 PDIAG – CBLID– DA0 [...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 2 3 3.1.1 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 detaile d descripti on of the ATA comma nds, refer to the Draf t ATA-5 Sta ndard. See Secti on 3.2.4 o n page 30 fo r details and subco m- mands us ed in the S.M. A.R.T. im plementat ion. Comm[...]
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24 U10 Family Pr oduct M anual, Rev . A 3.1.2 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 organi zed as a single 512 -byt e bloc k of da ta, w hos e c on tents a re sh own in t he tabl e on page 25. A ll res erved bi ts or words sho[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 2 5 Word Descr iption Value 0 Configur ation i nformati on: • Bit 15: 0 = ATA; 1 = ATA PI • Bit 7: removab le med ia • Bit 6: r emovab le co ntrolle r • Bit 0: reserved 0C5A H 1 Number of logic al cyl inders ST320423 A, ST315323A, ST31 021 2A = 16 ,3 83 2 ATA-r eserve d 0000 H 3 Number of logic al he ads [...]
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26 U10 Family Pr oduct M anual, Rev . A 49 Standard Stand by timer , IORDY su pported a nd may be disabled 2F00 H 50 Device-s pecif ic st andby timer valu e 0000 H 51 P IO data- transfe r cycle timing mo de 0200 H 52 Ret ired 0200 H 53 Words 54–58, 64–70 and 88 are valid 0007 H 54 Number of curren t logi cal cylind ers xxxx H 55 Number of curre[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 2 7 66 Recommen ded mul tiw or d DMA tran sfer cycle t ime pe r wor d (120 ns ec) 0078 H 67 M inimum P IO cycle tim e without IO RDY flow control (240 nsec) 00F0 H 68 M inimum PIO cycle t ime wi th IORDY flo w control (120 nsec) 0078 H 69–74 ATA- reserved 00 00 H 75 Queue de pth 0000 H 76–79 ATA- reserved 00 [...]
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28 U10 Family Pr oduct M anual, Rev . A 92 Master Pas sword Re vis ion code FFFE H 93 Hardware Reset Value (see de script ion fol lowing this table) xxxx H 94–127 ATA- reserved 00 00 H 128 S ecurity S tatus 0001 H 129–159 Se agate- reser ved xxxx H 160–254 ATA -reserved 0000 H 255 I ntegri ty wor d xx A5 H Note. See the bit descri ptions belo[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 2 9 3.1.3 S et Features command This comm and co ntrol s th e im pl eme ntat ion of v ar ious f eature 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 Featu res reg ister, cle ars BS Y and g enerates an interrup t. If the value i n the re gister do [...]
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30 U10 Family Pr oduct M anual, Rev . A Note. At power-o n, or after a hardware or softwa re reset, the defaul t values of the fe atures a re as in dicat ed abov e. 3.1.4 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 ena bled, t he drive mon itors predet ermined dr ive attribut es tha[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 3 1 Note. If an appr opriate code is not written t o the Fe atures R egist er, th e command i s abo rted and 0x 04 (abor t) is wri tten to the Error registe r. D8 H S.M.A.R.T. E nable Operati ons D9 H S.M.A.R.T. Di sable O peratio ns DA H S.M.A .R.T. Return S tatus Code in Features Register S. M.A.R.T. Command[...]
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U10 Family Produc t Manu al, Rev. A 3 3[...]
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34 U10 Family Pr oduct M anual, Rev . A Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, S cotts Va lley, Calif ornia 9506 6, USA Publication Number: SG35336-001, Rev. A, Printed in USA[...]