Seagate ST3200827SCE manual

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    Prod uct Ma nu al DB35.2 Serial A T A 10039 0003 Rev . C Aug ust 2007 ST35 00 841S CE ST34 00 833S CE ST33 00 822S CE ST32 50 824S CE ST32 00 827S CE ST31 60 212S CE ST31 20 213S CE ST38 02 1 10SCE[...]

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    Copyri ght © 200 5-20 07 Seagate T ech nology L LC. All ri ghts r eserved. P rinted in U .S.A. Pub lication nu mber: 100 39000 3, Rev . C Aug ust 2007 Sea gate, Sea gate T echnolog y and the W ave logo are registe red trade marks of S eagate T echno logy LL C in the United S tates a nd/or oth er countr ies. DB 35 Se ries, Sea T ools and S eaTDD ar[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C i Conte nts 1.0 In troduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 A bout the S erial ATA interf ace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0 Dr [...]

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    ii DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C iii List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Typical 5V star tup a nd operatio n current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 2. Typical 12 V startup and opera tion cur rent pro file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 3. Brea[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 1 1.0 I ntroducti on This ma nual de scribes t he functional , mechan ical and interfa ce specif ications fo r the foll owing Seag ate DB35.2 Se rial A T A (SA T A) model dr ives: • ST3 500841S CE • ST3 400833S CE • ST3 300822S CE • ST3 250824S CE • ST3 200827S CE • ST3 160212S CE • ST3 1202[...]

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    2 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 1.1 Abo ut th e Se ria l A T A i nterf ac e The Serial A T A i nterface provides several advant ages ov er the trad itional (p ara llel) A T A int erface. The prim ary advant age s include: • Easy in stalla tion and con figura tion with true plug- and-pl ay connectivity . It is not necessary to set a ny[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 3 2.0 Drive specificati ons Unles s otherwi se noted, all specific ations are m easur ed u nder amb ient con ditions, a t 25°C, a nd nominal pow er . For conveni ence, the phra ses the drive and this drive are used througho ut this man ual to indica te the follo wing mo dels: 2.1 Specif i cati on s umm a[...]

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    4 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C T able 1: Drive s peci fication s for 500 a nd 400 Gbyt e mode ls Drive sp ecifi cation ST3500 841SCE S T34008 33SC E Formatted Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector)* 500 400 Guarantee d secto rs 976,773,1 68 7 81,422,76 8 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er tr ack 63 Default read /write heads 16 Default cyl[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 5 *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n refer r ing to h ard drive capacity . Accessibl e capacity may vary depe nding on operating env iro nment and formatting. * *During per io ds of drive i dle, some offl ine act ivity ma y occur ac cor ding to the S.M .A.R.T . speci fic ation , wh ich may increa [...]

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    6 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C T able 2: Drive s peci fication s for 300, 250 a nd 200 Gb yte mo dels Drive specificati on ST3300822SCE S T3250824SCE ST3200827SCE Formatted Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector)* 300 250 200 Guarantee d secto rs 586,072,36 8 488,3 97,168 3 90,72 1,96 8 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er tr ack 63 Default [...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 7 *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n refer r ing to h ard drive capacity . Accessibl e capacity may vary depe nding on operating env iro nment and formatting. * *During per io ds of drive i dle, some offl ine act ivity ma y occur ac cor ding to the S.M .A.R.T . speci fic ation , wh ich may increa [...]

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    8 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C T able 3: Drive s pecificat ions f or 160, 120, and 80 Gbyte model s Drive specificati on ST 3160212SCE ST3120213SCE ST38021 10SC E Formatted Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector)* 160 12 0 80 Guarantee d secto rs 312,58 1,808 2 34,441,64 8 1 56,3 01,488 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er tr ack 63 Default [...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 9 *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n refer r ing to h ard drive capacity . Accessibl e capacity may vary depe nding on operating env iro nment and formatting. **During peri od s of dri ve idl e, some off lin e acti vity may occu r ac cor ding to th e S. M.A. R.T. spe c ifica ti on, whic h ma y inc[...]

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    10 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 2.2 Forma tte d ca pacity *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n refer r ing to h ard drive capacity . Accessibl e capacity may vary depe nding on operating env iro nment and formatting. 2.2.1 LBA mode When addre ssing these drive s in LBA mode, all blo cks (sectors) ar e consecutivel y numbered fro [...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 11 ST3160212SCE, ST3120213SCE, ST38021 10SCE 1 19.0 S pindl e speed (RPM) (± 0.2%) 7,200 Internal dat a-transfer rate (M bits/sec max) ST3500841SCE, ST3400833SCE 815.2 ST3300822SCE, ST3250824SCE, ST3200827SCE, ST3160212SCE, ST3120213SCE, ST38021 10SCE 867.2 Sustained data t ransfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) [...]

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    12 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 2.5 Ph y sical ch a racte ri sti cs 2.6 S ee k ti m e Seek mea surem ent s a re t ake n w ith nom inal po wer a t 25 °C amb ient t empe ratur e. All tim es a re m easu red using drive di agnostics. T he speci fications in the tab le below a re defi ned as foll ows: • T rack-to-track seek time is a n a[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 13 2.7 S t art/ st op tim es 2. 8 Power sp eci f ica ti ons The driv e receives DC power (+5V and +12V) thro ugh a native SA T A powe r connector . See Figure 5 on page 25 . 2. 8.1 Power c onsum pt ion Power requir emen ts fo r the driv e s are lis ted in the t able on pa ge 9. T ypical powe r measu rem e[...]

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    14 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 2.8.1.1 T ypica l cu rrent pr ofiles Figure 1. T yp ical 5V st artup and operation current profile Figure 2. T yp ical 12V st artup and operation current profile T able 4: DC p ower requ ireme nt s Power dissipati on (typical) Example: ST 3500841SCE A verage (watts, 25° C) 5V typ amps 12V typ amp s S pi[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 15 2.8.2 Cond ucted nois e Input noise r ipple is measured at th e host system power sup ply across an equivalen t 80-ohm resistive load on the + 12 volt lin e or an eq uivalent 1 5-ohm r esistive load on the +5 vol t line . • Using 12-volt powe r , the drive is expect ed to oper at e with a maxi m um o[...]

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    16 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C drive acti vity is requir ed, the drive make s a transition to S ta ndby mode. In bo th Idle and S tan dby mode, the drive acce pt s all commands and r eturns to Active m ode wh en disc access i s necessary . 2.9 Envi ron men t al sp ecif ica tio ns 2.9.1 Ambie nt tem perature Amb ient temp eratu re is d[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 17 2.9.5.2 Nono peratin g sho ck The non operating shock l evel that the dri ve can experie nce without i ncurring physical dama ge or degrad ation in perfo rma nce when sub sequen tly put into opera tion is 3 00 Gs for 500, 400, and 3 00 GB d rives a nd 350 Gs for 250 , 200 , 160, ad 80 GB drives, based [...]

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    18 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 2.1 1 Elec tro mag ne ti c i mmuni ty When pr operly inst alled in a re present ative host syst em, the drive operates wit hout errors or degr adation in perfor manc e when subj ected to the radi o frequency (RF) envi ronmen ts defi ned in the followi ng tab le: 2.12 Reli abilit y T a ble 5: Radio fre qu[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 19 2.1 3 Agen cy cert ifi cat ion 2.13.1 Safe ty certific atio n The drives ar e recog nized in accord ance with UL 1950 and CSA C22.2 (950) and meet all app licable sections of IEC9 50 and E N 60950 as tested by T UV North A merica. 2.13.2 Elect roma gnetic com p atib ilit y Hard dri ve s that di splay t[...]

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    20 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C Austr alian C-T ick (N 176) If the se m odels have the C-T ick marking, th ey co mply with t he Aus tralia/New Zeal and S tanda rd A S/NZS3548 1995 and meet the Electromagne tic Comp atibility (EM C) Framewor k requirement s of the Austr alian Comm uni - cation Author ity (ACA). 2.13.3 FCC ver ificatio n[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 21 Seag ate also h as internal system s in place to en sure ongoing complian ce with the RoHS Direct ive and all laws and r egulations which restrict che mical content in elec tronic pro duct s. These systems include standa rd operat-ing procedures that ensure that restricted su bstances are n ot utilized[...]

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    22 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 23 3.0 Conf igur ing an d mountin g the dri ve This secti on cont ains t he specifica tions an d instructions f or con figuring and moun ting the dri ve. 3.1 Hand lin g an d st ati c-di sc ha rg e pre cau t ions Af ter unpa cking, and before instal lation, the dr ive may be expo sed to potential handling [...]

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    24 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 3.2 B re athe r f i lter ho le pr ec aut ion s This secti on cont ain s inform ation reg ardin g the pre caution s to take with the breat her fi lter hole i n Seagate ha rd disc drive s. T a ke the proper precau tions to ensure ful l functionality and to pre vent possible dam age to the driv e. Figure 3.[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 25 3.3 Conf igu rin g the dr ive Each drive on the Serial A T A i nterface connect s in a poin t-to-point conf iguratio n with the S erial A T A host adapter . There is n o master/ slave r elationsh ip because each drive is consi dered a master in a point -to-point relationsh ips. If two dr ives are attac[...]

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    26 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 3. 5 Driv e mo un ti ng Y ou can mou nt the dr ive in a ny orient ation using fo ur screws in the sid e-mounting holes or f our screws in the bottom- mounti ng holes. See Figur e 6 on page 26 for d rive mounting d imensio ns. Fol low these impo rt ant mounting pre cautions when mounti ng the d rive: • [...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 27 4.0 Ser ia l A T A (S A T A) in te rf a ce These drive s use the industry-st an dard Serial A T A inte rfa ce that su pports FI S dat a tran sfers. It suppor ts A T A progr ammed inpu t/outp ut (PIO) mod es 0–4 ; multiwor d DMA m odes 0–2, an d Ultra DMA mode s 0–6. For detai led i nformation abo[...]

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    28 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 4. 2 Seri al A T A devi ce p lug c onne c tor p in def in iti on s Table 6 summari zes the si gnals on th e Seri al ATA inte rface and power co nnectors. . Notes: 1. All pi ns are in a single r ow , with a 1 .27 mm (0 .050”) pitch . 2. The co mment s on th e mating seq uence apply to the ca se of backp[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 29 4.3 Supp ort ed A T A c omm ands The foll owing tab le list s Serial A T A standard co mma nds that the drive sup port s. For a de taile d descripti on of the A T A com mands, refer to the Serial A T A: High S peed Serialized A T Attachme nt specification . See “S.M.A .R.T . command s” on pa ge 35 [...]

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    30 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C Security Era se Unit F4 H Sec ur ity F re ez e F5 H Security Set P assword F1 H Secu r i t y Unl o ck F2 H Seek 70 H Set Features EF H Set Max Address F9 H Note: Individual Set M ax Address commands are identified by the value placed in the Set Max Features regis - ter as def ined to the right . Address:[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 31 4.3.1 Ident ify D evice com mand The Id entify De vice command (command code EC H ) transfer s information abou t the drive to the host foll owing power up . The d ata is organized as a single 512 -byte bl ock of data, whose cont ents are shown in T a ble 7 on page 29 . All re served bit s or wor ds sh[...]

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    32 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 57–58 Current c apacity in sectors xxxx H 59 Number of sectors transfer red during a Read M ultiple or Write M ultiple command xx xx H 60–61 T otal number of us er-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section 2.2 for relat ed information) *Note: T he maximum value allow ed in this f ield is: 0F FFF[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 33 Note. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic M anagement (AAM) features are not supported Note. See the bit descriptions below for w ords 63, 88, and 93 of t he Identify Drive data. 100–103 T otal number of us er-addressable LBA sectors available (see Sec tion 2.2 for related informat[...]

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    34 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 4.3.2 Set Feat ures c omman d This com man d con trol s t he im pleme nt ation of var ious f eatur es th at th e dr ive sup port s . When th e dr iv e r eceives this command, it se ts BSY , checks the con tent s of the F eatures reg ister , clears BSY and generate s an inter - rupt. If the value i n the [...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 35 4.3.3 S.M.A. R.T . commands S.M.A.R .T . provides near- term failur e pred iction for di sc drives. Whe n S.M.A. R.T . is enab led, the drive m oni - tors pr edet ermined d rive at tribut es that ar e suscepti ble to deg rada tion over tim e. If self-monitor ing d etermines that a fai lure is l ikely ,[...]

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    36 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 37 5.0 Seagat e T echnolo gy support ser vice s Inter net For info rma tion regardin g Seagate pr oducts and services, vi sit www .sea g ate.com . Worldw ide support i s availa ble 24 hour s daily by email fo r your que stions. Pre sales Su ppor t: Presa les@Seaga te.com T e chn ical Su pp ort: DiscSuppo [...]

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    38 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C Custo mer Se rvice Op era tion s W arranty Ser vice Seag ate of fer s worldw ide custom er supp ort for Seagate pro duct s. Se agate distr ibutor s, OEMs and other di rect customer s should cont act their Sea gate Customer S ervice Operati ons (CSO) repr esent ative for warra nty- related issu es. Resell[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 39 Index A ACA 20 accelerat ion 17 acoustics 7 , 9 , 17 Activ e 15 Active m ode 15 actuator arm 13 AFR 18 Agency certification 19 altitude 1 6 Altitude , nono perating 5 , 7 , 9 Altitude , operati ng 4 , 6 , 8 Ambie nt temper ature 4 , 6 , 8 , 16 ambient temp eratu re 1 2 , 13 Annu alized F ailure Rate (A[...]

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    40 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C Flush Cach e Extende d 29 For mat Tra ck 29 Form atted capacity 10 Form atted Gbytes 4 , 6 , 8 G Gbytes 10 geomet ry 10 gradien t 4 , 6 , 8 Gs 17 Guaran teed se ctors 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 guaran teed sectors 10 H Handl ing precautio ns 23 heads 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 Height 4 , 6 , 8 hei ght 12 humi dity 4 , 6 , 8 , 1[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A TA Produ ct Manual, R ev. C 41 Re a d M u lt ip le 29 Rea d Multip le Extende d 29 Read Nati ve Max Addr ess 29 Read Nati ve Max Addr ess Extende d 29 Read S ectors 29 Read S ectors Exte nded 29 Read Sectors Without Retries 29 Read Verify S ectors 29 Read V erify Secto rs Extended 29 Read V erify Secto rs Without Retries 29 read/wr [...]

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    42 DB35.2 S erial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C U UL 1950 19 V Vibration 17 Vibra tion, no noperati ng 5 , 7 , 9 Vibra tion, op eratin g 5 , 7 , 9 voltage 1 3 Voltag e dips, in terrupts 18 Voltag e tolerance 4 , 6 , 8 , 15 W Weight 4 , 6 , 8 Wet bulb temper ature 4 , 6 , 8 wet bulb temper atur e 16 Width 4 , 6 , 8 Write Buffer 30 Write DMA 30 Write DM[...]

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    Seag ate T ech nolog y LLC 920 D isc Drive , Scot ts V alley, Califo rnia 95 066-4544 , USA Public ation N umber: 1 00390003, R ev . C, Pri nted in USA[...]