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    Product Manual DB35.4 Series SA T A 100477758 Re v . B Nov ember 2007 ST3250310CS[...]

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    Revision history Copyright © 2007 Seagate T echnology LLC. All right s reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Publication number: 1004 77758, Rev . B November 2007 Seagate, Seagate T echnology and the W ave logo ar e registere d trademarks of Seagate T echnology LLC in the United S tates and /or other countr ies. DB35 Series, SeaT ools and SeaTDD are either [...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0 Drive spec[...]

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    ii DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operation c urrent profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 3. Serial ATA [...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functiona l, mechanical an d interface specifications for the following Seagate DB35.4 ® Series model drive: These drives provide the following key fea tures: • Low profile deck design for improved air- flow and low-pr ofile system design. • High instant an[...]

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    2 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. B 1.1 About the Serial A T A interface The Serial A T A interface provides several ad vanta ges over the traditional (p arallel) A T A interf ace. The p rimary advantages include : • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity . It is not necessary to set any jump - ers or o[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, 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 convenienc e, the ph rases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to in dicate the following drive model: 2.1 Spec ification summary t ables Th[...]

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    4 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. B T able 1: Drive specifications summary for 250 Gbyte model Drive specification ST3250310CS Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* 250 Gbytes Guaranteed sectors 488,397,168 Heads 2 Discs 1 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 Default cylinders 16,383 Recording den[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 5 * On e Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard driv e capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating envir onment and formatting. * *During pe riods of drive idle, some offli ne activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase a coustic and pow[...]

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    6 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. B 2.2 Formatted cap acity *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referri ng to hard drive capacity. Accessible c apa city may vary dependin g on operating envir onment and formatting. 2.2.1 LBA mode When addressing the drive in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) ar e consecutively n umbered from 0 to n–1,[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 7 2.5 Physical characteristics 2.6 Seek time Seek measurement s are t aken with nominal p ower at 25°C ambient temperature. All tim es are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications in th e table belo w are defined as follows: • T rack-to-track seek time is an averag e of all possible sing le-[...]

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    8 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. B 2.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+ 5V or +12V) thro ugh a na tive SA T A power connector . See Figure 4 on p age 18. 2.8.1 Power co nsumption Power requirement s for the drives are listed in the table on page 9. T ypical power measurements are ba sed on an average of drives tested, [...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 9 2.8.1.1 T y pical current profiles Figure 1. T ypical 5V startup and operation current profile Figure 2. T ypical 12V startup and operatio n current profile 2.8.2 C onducted noise Input noise ripp le is measured at th e host system powe r supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load o n the +12 volt[...]

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    10 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B 2.8.4 Power-man agement mo des The drive provides prog rammable power man agement to provide greater energy effici ency . In most systems, you can control power manage ment through the system setup program. The drive features the following power-management mod es: • Active mode The drive is in Active[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 11 2.9 Environment al specifications 2.9.1 Drive case temperatu re Above 1,000 feet (305 me ters), the maximum temperature is dera ted linearly to 1 12°F (44°C) at 10,000 feet (3,048 meters). Drive case temperature should be me asured at t he location indicated in Figure 5 on page 19. * Ambient temperatu[...]

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    12 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B 2.9.6 Vibration All vibration specifications assume that the drive is mounted secure ly with the input vibration applied at the drive mounting screws. V ibration may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.9.6.1 Operating vibr ation The maximum vibration levels tha t the drive may expe rience while meeting[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 13 2.10 Acoustics emissions Drive emission of so und is measured consistent with the ECMA-74 an d its referenced standards. T esting is conducted at room tempe rature (approximately 25 de grees C). Emission levels are reported as the total A-weighted sound power levels for , steady stat e, idle and active [...]

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    14 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B 2.12 Reliability 2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) The product shall achieve an Annualized Failure Rate (A FR) of 0.68% when opera ted in an envir onment of ambient air temperatures of 25 ° C. Operation at temperatures outside the specifications in Section 2.9 m ay increase the product AFR. AFR is [...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 15 Korean RRL If these drives have the Korea Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) logo, th ey comply with para- 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 Radio Research Laborat[...]

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    16 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B 2.14 Environment al protection Seagate designs it s products to meet envir onmental pr otection requirement s worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.14.1 European Union Restric t ion of Hazardous Subst ances (RoHS) Directive Seagate designs it s products to meet env[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 17 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 installation, the drive may be exposed to po tential handling and electrostatic dis- char[...]

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    18 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Seri al A T A interface connects point-to-point with the Serial A T A host adapter . There is no master/slave rela tionship becaus e each drive is consider ed a master in a point- to-point relationship. If two drives are attached on one Serial A T A host adap[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 19 3.4 Drive mounting Y ou ca n mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mo unting hole s. See Figure 5 for drive mo unting dime nsions. Fo llow these imp ortant mounting p recau- tions when m ounting the drive: • Allow a minimum clearan[...]

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    20 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 21 4.0 Serial A T A (SA T A) interface These drives use the industry-s tandard Ser ial A T A interfac e that supp orts FIS data transfers. It supp orts A T A programmed input/o u tput (PIO) modes 0–4; mult iword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultr a DMA modes 0–6. For det ailed information abou t the Serial A T [...]

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    22 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B 4.2 Serial A T A device plug conn ector pin definitions Table 5 summarizes the sig nals on the Se rial ATA interface and power co nnectors. Notes: 1. All pins are in a single row , with a 1.27 mm (0.050”) pitch. 2. The comment s on the mating sequence a pply to the case of backplane blindmate connect[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 23 4.3 Supported A T A commands The following t able list s Serial A T A standard comman d s that the drive su pports. For a det ailed description of the A T A commands, refer to the Serial A T A: High S peed Serialized A T Att achment specification . See “S.M.A.R.T . commands” on pa ge 30.for details [...]

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    24 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B 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: Lo[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 25 4.3.1 Identify Dev ice command The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The da ta is organized as a sing le 512-byte blo ck of data, whose conten ts are shown in T abl e 6 on page 23. All reserved bit s or words should be set [...]

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    26 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B 60–61 T otal number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section 2.2 for related information) *Note: The maximum value allowed in this field is: 0FFFFFFFh (268,435,455 sectors, 137 Gbytes). Drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes will have 0FFFFFFFh in this fi eld and the actual number of us[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 27 Note. Advance d Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acou stic Manage ment (AAM) feat ures are not supp orted 129– 159 Seagate-reserved xxxx H 160– 254 A T A-reserved 00 00 H 255 Integ rity word xxA5 H Word Description V alue[...]

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    28 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B Note. See the bit descriptio ns below for words 63 , 88, and 93 of the Identify Drive data. Description (if bit is set to 1) Bit Wor d 6 3 0 Multiword DMA mode 0 is supported . 1 Multiword DMA mode 1 is supported . 2 Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported . 8 Multiword DMA mode 0 is currently active. 9 Mult[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 29 4.3.2 Set Featu res comman d This command controls the implement ation of various feat ures that th e drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY , checks the contents of the Featur es register , clears BSY and generate s an inter- rupt. If the value in the register does n ot repre[...]

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    30 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . provides near-term failure prediction fo r disc drives. When S.M.A.R.T . is enabled, the drive moni- tors predetermined drive attributes that are suscep t ible to degradation ove r time. If self-monitoring determin es that a failure is likely , S.M.A.R.T . makes a[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 31 5.0 Seagate T echnology support services Online services Internet For information regarding Se agate products and ser vices, visit www .sea gate.com . Worldwide support is available 24 hours da ily by email for your questions. Presales Support: Presales@Seagate.com T echnical Support: DiscSupport@Seagat[...]

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    32 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B Customer Service Operations W arranty Service Seagate of fers worldwide customer support for Seagate product s. Seagate distributor s, OEMs and ot her direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Serv ice Operat ions (CSO) re presentative for warr anty- related issues. Resellers or e nd users[...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 33 Index A ACA 15 acceleration 12 acoustics 13 Active 10 Active m ode 10 AFR 14 Agency certification 14 altitude 11 ambient temper ature 7 , 8 Annualized Failure Rate 14 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 14 areal density 1 , 6 ATA commands 23 Australia/New Zeala nd Standard AS/NZS3548 1995 15 Australian Commun[...]

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    34 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B Identify Devic e command 25 Idle 10 , 23 Idle Immediat e 23 Idle mode 8 , 10 IEC950 14 Information Technology Equipm ent (ITE) 14 Initialize Device Parameters 23 Input noise ripple 9 input voltage 8 interface 6 , 21 interferen ce 15 internal da ta-transfer rate OD 6 ITE 14 K Korea Ministry of Informat [...]

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    DB35.4 Series SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 35 S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values 24 S.M.A.R.T. Write Log se ctor 24 Safety certification 14 SATA 21 screws 11 sectors 6 Sectors per track 6 Security Disable Password 23 Security Erase Pre pare 23 Security Erase Unit 24 Security Freeze 24 Security Set Password 24 Security Unlock 24 Seek 24 Seek time 7 Se[...]

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    36 DB35.4 Series SATA Pr oduct M anual, Rev. B[...]

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    Seagate T echnology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts V alley , California 95066-4544, USA Publication Number: 1004777 58, Rev . B, Printed in U.S.A.[...]