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    Product Manual Pipeline HD.2 Series SA T A 100529372 Rev . E October 2009 ST31000424CS ST3500414CS ST3320413CS ST3250412CS ST31000322CS ST3500312CS ST3320310CS ST3250312CS ST3160316CS[...]

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    Revision history Copyright © 2009 Seagate T echnology LLC. All right s reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Publication number: 1005 29372, Rev . E October 2009 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 countries. Pipeline HD.2 Seri es, SeaT ools and SeaTDD are [...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E i[...]

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    ii Pipeline HD.2 Series SAT A Product M anual, Rev. E[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E iii Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0 Dr[...]

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    iv Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Man ual, Rev. E[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E v List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Figure 2. Attaching SATA cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 2 Figure 3[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functiona l, mechanical an d interface specifications for the following Seagate Pipeline HD TM .2 Series model d rive: These drives provide the following key fea tures: • High instant aneous ( burst) dat a-transfer rates 3Gb/s de fault. Limit settings to[...]

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    2 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 1.1 About the Serial A T A interface The Serial A T A interface pr ovides several advant ages over the traditional (p arallel) A T A interface. The primary advantages include : • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-pla y connectivity . It is not necessary to set a ny jump - ers[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 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 ab[...]

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    4 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E T able 1: Drive specifications summary for 1000GB models Drive specification ST31000424CS ST31000322CS Formatted Capacity (512 bytes/sector)* 1000GB Guaranteed sectors 1,953,525,168 Heads 4 Disks 2 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 Default cylinders 16,38[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 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 a[...]

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    6 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E T able 2: Drive specifications summary for 500 and 320 GB models Drive specification ST3500414CS ST3500312CS ST3320413CS ST3320310CS Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* 500GB 320GB Guaranteed sectors 976,773,168 625,142,448 Heads 2 Disks 1 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Defaul[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 7 * 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 a[...]

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    8 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E T able 3: Drive specifications summary for 250 and 16 0GB models Drive specification ST3250412CS ST3250312CS ST3160316CS Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* 250GB 160GB Guaranteed sectors 488,397,168 312,581,80 8 Heads 1 Disks 1 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/writ[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 9 * 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 a[...]

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    10 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Man ual, Rev. E 2.2 Formatted cap acity Model Formatted capacity* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector ST31000424CS ST31000322CS 1000GB 1,953,525,168 512 ST3500414CS ST3500312CS 500GB 976,773,168 ST3320413CS ST3320310CS 320GB 625,142,448 ST3250412CS ST3250312CS 250GB 488,397,168 ST3160316CS 160GB 312,581,808 *One[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 11 2.5 Physical characteristics 1000GB model 500, 320, 250 a nd 160GB models Maximum height 26.1mm / 1.028 in 20.20mm / 0.794 in Maximum wid th 101.85mm / 4.010 in Maximum length 146.99mm / 5.787 in T ypica l weight 615g / 1.356 lb 500 and 320GB models 420g / 0.926 lb 250 and 160GB models 395g / 0.87[...]

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    12 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Man ual, Rev. E 2.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power ( 5V or 12V) thro ugh a native SA T A power connector . Refer to Figure 2 on pag e 2 2. 2.8.1 Power co nsumption Power requirement s for the drive s are listed in the t able on pag e 9. T ypical power measurements are ba sed on a n average of d[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 13 2.8.1.1 T ypical cu rrent profile s Figure 1. T y pical 12V startup and operation cu rrent profile 2.8.2 C onducted noise Input noise ripp le is measured at the ho st system powe r supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the 12V line or an equivalent 15-ohm re sistive load on the 5V l[...]

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    14 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. E 2.8.4 Power mana gement modes The drive provides prog rammable power man agement to provide gr eater energy ef fici ency . In most systems, you can control power manage ment through the system setup program. The drive features the followin g power-management mod es: • Active mode The drive is i[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 15 2.9 Environment al specifications 2.9.1 Drive case tempera ture Above 1,000 feet (305 me ters), the maximum tem perature is de ra 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 locatio n indicated in Figure 3 on page 23. * Ambient [...]

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    16 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. E 2.9.5 Shoc k All shock specifications assu me that the drive is mounted secu rely with the input sh ock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.9.5.1 Operating shock The drives comply with th e performanc e levels specified in this document when subject[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 17 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 (approxima tely 25 de gre es C). Emission levels are reported as the tota l A-weighted sound power levels for , steady stat e, idle an[...]

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    18 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. E 2.12 Reliability 2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) The product will achieve an Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) of 0.55% when operated in an environment of ambient air temperatures of 25 ° C. Operation at temperatures out side the specifications in Section 2.9 m ay increase the product AFR. AFR [...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 19 Korean RRL If these drives have the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) logo , they comply with paragr aph 1 of Article 1 1 of the El ectromagnetic Compatib ility control Regulation and meet the Electrom agnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework require ments of the Ra dio Resear ch Laborator y (RR[...]

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    20 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Man ual, Rev. E 2.14 Environmental p rotection Seagate designs it s product s to me et environment al pr otection requirement s worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.14.1 European Union Restric tion of Hazardous Subst ances (RoHS) Directive The Europea n Union Restr iction o[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 21 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-dis charge precautions After unp acking, and befo re installation, the drive may be exposed to po tential handling and ele ctrostatic [...]

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    22 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. E 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Seri al A T A interface connect s point-to-point with the Serial A T A host ada pter . 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 [...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 23 3.4 Drive mounting Y ou can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. Re fer to Figure 3 for dr ive mo unting di mensions. Follow these important m ounting pre- cautions when mounting th e drive: • Allow a minimum[...]

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    Recommended case temperature measurement location 24 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Man ual, Rev. E Figure 4. Mounting d imensions (for 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models )[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 25 4.0 Serial A T A (SA T A) interface These drives use the industry-s tandar d Serial A T A interfac e th at support s FIS dat a transfers. It support s A T A programmed input/o utput (PIO) modes 0–4; mult iword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultr a DMA modes 0–6. For det ailed information abou t the Seri[...]

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    26 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. E 4.2 Serial A T A device p lug connector pin definitions Table 7 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 1.27mm (0.050 in) pitch. 2. The comment s on the mating sequence a pply to the case of backplane blin dmate c[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 27 4.3 Supported A T A commands The following t able list s Serial A T A standa rd commands that the drive support s. For a deta iled description of the A T A commands, re fer to the Se rial A T A Internatio nal Organization: Seria l A T A Revision 2.6 (http:// www .sata-io.org). See “S.M.A.R.T . c[...]

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    28 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. E Security Erase Prepare F3 H 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 t[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 29 4.3.1 Identify Devic e 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 block of data, whose contents are sho wn in T abl e 8 on page 27. All reserved bit s or words should be[...]

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    30 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. E 60–61 T otal number of user-addressable LBA sectors availabl e (Refer to Sectio n 2.2 for related in formatio n.) *Note: The maximum value all owed in this field is: 0FFFFF FFh (268,435,455 sectors, 137GB). Drives with capacities over 137GB w ill have 0FFFFFFFh in this field and the actual numb[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 31 Note. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acou stic Ma nagement (AAM) feat ures are not supported Note. Refer to the bit descriptions bel ow for word s 63, 84, and 88 of the Identify Drive data. 100–103 T otal number of user-addressa ble LBA sectors available (Refer to Sec- tion 2.2 fo[...]

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    32 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. E 13 IDLE IMMEDIA TE command with IUNLOAD faeture is supported. 14 Shall be set to 1. 15 Shall be cleared to 0. Bit Wor d 8 8 0 Ultra DMA mode 0 is supported. 1 Ultra DMA mode 1 is supported. 2 Ultra DMA mode 2 is supported. 3 Ultra DMA mode 3 is supported. 4 Ultra DMA mode 4 is supported. 5 Ultra [...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 33 4.3.2 Set Featu res command This command controls the implement ation of various fe at ures that th e drive support s. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY , checks the contents of the Featur es register , clears BSY and gen erates an inter- rupt. If the value in the register does n o[...]

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    34 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. E 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . provides near-term failure prediction fo r disk drives. When S.M.A.R.T . is enabled, the d rive moni- tors predetermined drive attributes that are suscep tible to degradation over time. If self- monitoring determin es that a failure is likely , S.M.A.R.T . m[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 35 5.0 Seagate T echnology support services Online services Internet For information regardin g Seagate product s and services, visit www .sea gate.com . Worldwide support is available 24 hours daily by ema il for your questions. Presales Support: Presales@Seagate.com T echnical Support: DiscSupport@[...]

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    36 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. E Customer Service Operations W arranty Servi ce Seagate of fers worldwide customer support for Seagate product s. Seagate distributor s, OEMs and othe r direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Ser v ice Operat ions (CSO) repr esentative for warr anty- related issues. Resellers or en[...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 37 Index A ACA 19 acceleration 16 acoustics 17 Active m ode 14 AFR 18 agency certification 18 altitude 15 ambient temperature 11 , 12 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 18 areal density 1 , 10 ATA commands 27 Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/ NZ CISPR22 1 9 Australian Communicat ion Authority (AC A) 19 A[...]

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    38 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. E Idle Immediate 27 Idle mode 12 , 14 Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 18 Initialize Device Parameters 27 input noise ripple 13 input voltage 12 interface 10 , 25 interference 19 internal data-transfer rate OD 10 ITE 18 K KCC 19 Korean Communications Commission 19 Korean RRL 19 L LBA mode 10 [...]

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    Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 39 Sectors per tr ack 10 Security Disable Password 27 Security Erase Prepare 28 Security Erase Unit 28 Security Freeze 28 Security Set Password 28 Security Unlock 28 Seek 28 seek time 11 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 25 serial ATA ports 2 servo electronics 12 Set Features 28 Set Max Address 28 Set Max [...]

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