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    Prod uct Ma nu al DB35 Series 7200.2 10038 9999 Rev . D Aug ust 2007 ST35 00 841A CE ST34 00 833A CE ST33 00 822A CE ST32 50 824A CE ST32 00 827A CE ST31 60 212A CE ST31 20 213A CE ST38 02 1 10ACE[...]

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    Copyri ght © 200 5-20 07 Seagate T echnology L LC. A ll right s reserve d. Printe d in U.S.A . Pub lication nu mber: 100 38999 9, Rev . D Aug ust 2007 Sea gate, Sea gate T echnolog y and th e W ave logo are registered t rademarks of Seagat e T echnology LL C in the United S tates a nd/or oth er countr ies. DB 35 Se ries, Sea T ools and SeaT DD are[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D i Conte nts 1.0 In troduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Dr ive speci fications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    ii DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 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. Br[...]

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    iv DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 1 1.0 I ntroducti on This m anual describes t he functi onal, m echanica l and inter face speci ficatio ns for t he f ollowing Sea gate ® DB35 Serie s 7200 .2 model dr ives: • ST3 500841A CE • ST3 400833A CE • ST3 300822A CE • ST3 250824A CE • ST3 200827A CE • ST3 160212A CE • ST3 120213A[...]

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    2 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 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 ica ti on s um[...]

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    4 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D T a ble 1: D rive speci fi cat ion s for 500 and 40 0 Gby t e m od els Drive sp ecifi cation ST35 00841A CE ST340083 3AC E Formatted Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector)* 500 400 Guarantee d secto rs 976,773 ,168 78 1,422 ,768 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er tr ack 63 Default read /write heads 16 Defa[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 5 *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n r eferr ing to h ard drive capa city. Accessibl e capacity may vary depending on oper ating envi ronmen t and formatting. **During peri od s of dri ve idl e, some off lin e acti vity may occu r acc or ding to th e S. M.A .R.T. s pe cifica ti on, whic h ma y i[...]

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    6 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D T a ble 2: Driv e s pec if ic at io ns fo r 30 0, 25 0, and 20 0 Gb yt e mo d els Drive sp ecifi cation ST33 00822A CE ST32 50824A CE ST3200827A CE Formatted Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector)* 300 250 200 Guarantee d secto rs 586,072 ,368 488 ,397, 168 390,7 21,968 Bytes per sector 51 2 Default sectors p er [...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 7 *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n r eferr ing to h ard drive capa city. Accessibl e capacity may vary depending on oper ating envi ronmen t and formatting. **During peri od s of dri ve idl e, some off lin e acti vity may occu r acc or ding to th e S. M.A .R.T. s pe cifica ti on, whic h ma y i[...]

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    8 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D T a ble 3: Driv e s pec if ic at io ns fo r 16 0, 120, an d 80 Gby te m ode ls Drive sp ecifi cation ST316 0212ACE ST31 20213A CE ST3802110ACE Formatted Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector)* 160 120 80 Guarantee d secto rs 312,581,8 08 234,441 ,648 156 ,301,4 88 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er tr ack [...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 9 *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n r eferr ing to h ard drive capa city. Accessibl e capacity may vary depending on oper ating envi ronmen t and formatting. **During peri od s of dri ve idl e, some off lin e acti vity may occu r acc or ding to th e S. M.A .R.T. s pe cifica ti on, whic h ma y i[...]

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    10 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D 2.2 Fo rm a tte d ca pacity *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n r eferr ing to h ard drive capa city. Accessibl e capacity may vary depending on oper ating envi ronmen t 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 [...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 11 ST3500841ACE, ST3400833ACE, ST3300822ACE, ST3250824ACE, ST3200827ACE 97.69 ST3160212ACE, ST3120213ACE, ST38021 10ACE 1 19.0 S pindl e speed (RPM) (± 0.2%) 7,200 Internal dat a-transfer rate (M bits/sec max) ST3500841ACE, ST3400833ACE 815.2 ST3300822ACE, ST3250824ACE, ST3200827ACE, ST3160212ACE, ST31[...]

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    12 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D 2.5 Ph y sic al ch a ra cteri 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 [...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 13 2. 8 Pow er sp eci f ica ti on s The dr ive re ceives DC powe r (+5V and +12V ) throu gh a fo ur-pin st and ard drive po wer con nector . 2. 8.1 Power c onsum pt ion Power requirem ent s for the drive s are li sted in the tab le on page 13. T ypical power mea surement s a re based on an average of dr[...]

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    14 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D 2.8.1.1 T ypica l cu rrent pr ofile Figure 1 T ypical 5V startup an d operation current profile Figure 2 T ypical 12V startup an d operation current profile 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 [...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 15 2.8.4 Powe r- manag eme nt modes The drive provid es programm able power man agement to provide greater energy ef ficiency . I n most syst ems, you can contro l power ma nagement t hrough th e system setup pro gram. The dr ive fe atures the following pow er-mana gement mo des: • Act ive mod e The d[...]

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    16 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D 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 efined as the te mperatur e of t he environmen t im mediatel y surro unding the d rive. Actual d rive case te mperatur e should not exce ed 69°C ( 156°F) within th e oper ating ambien t condition s for st[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 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 300 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 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D 2.1 1 Elec tro mag ne ti c i mmu ni 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: T a ble 5: Radio fre qu ency envi ro nm[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 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 displ ay[...]

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    20 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D 2.13.3 FCC ver ificatio n These dr ives are intende d to be cont ained solel y wit hin a person al compute r or similar encl osu re (no t atta ched as an e xtern al device ). As su ch, ea ch dr i ve is co nsi dere d to be a suba ssembly even when it i s indivi du ally mar- keted to the custome r . A s [...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 21 2. 15 Corr os iv e en vir on m ent Seag ate electroni c drive component s p ass accelerat ed corr osion testing equ ivalent to 10 years expo sure to light industrial en vironment s cont aining sulfu rous gases, chlori ne and nitric oxide, classes G and H per ASTM B845 . However , this accelerated tes[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 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 l in g and st ati c disc harg e pr e cau tio ns Af ter unpa cking, and before instal lation, the dr ive may be expo sed to potential hand lin[...]

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    24 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D 3.2 B re athe r f i lter ho le pr ec aut ion s This secti on cont ain s informati on reg arding the pre cautions which sho uld be t aken regarding the b reather filter hole i n Seag ate hard d isc drives. Proper pre cautions should be taken to en sure full functionali ty and pre vent possibl e damage t[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 25 3.3 Jump er set ti ngs 3.3.1 Maste r/slave c onfigu ration The options jumper block sh own in Figu re 4 is used to confi gure the drive fo r o perati on. It is the 8 -pin dual header between th e interfa ce connector and the power con nector . Use the follow ing settings to confi gure the drive as a [...]

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    26 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D Windo ws XP , Windows Me, Windows 98 or new er versions are nee ded to support dri ves with cap acities greate r than 32 G bytes. 3.3.4 Ultra A T A/1 00 cable An 8 0-con ductor 40- pin ca ble i s r equir ed to run U ltra DM A mode 3, m ode 4 an d mo de 5 . Th is cable uses eve n- number ed conducto rs [...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 27 Figu re 6 Moun t ing dim e n sio ns — t o p, sid e an d e nd vie w Notes: 1. Dimensions are shown in inches (mm). 2 Dimensions per SFF-8301 specification. 3 x 6-32 UNC-2B 0.150 (3.81) max. fastener penetration both sides. 3 threads minimum engagement. R ecommended c ase temperature m easurement loc[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 29 4.0 A T A interface These drive s use the industry-st andard A T A task file inte rf ace that support s 16- bit dat a transfe rs. It support s A T A programm ed inp ut/output ( PIO) mo des 0–4; multi word D MA modes 0– 2, an d Ultra DM A modes 0 –5. The driv e also suppor ts the use of th e IOR[...]

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    30 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D 4.1.1 Sup port ed A T A com mands The follow ing tab le list s A T A -st andard comm ands that the dr ive suppo rts. For a detai led descri ption of the A T A comman ds, refer to the Draf t A T A-7 S t andar d. See “S .M.A.R.T . commands” on page 37 for detail s and sub- comman ds used in the S.M.A[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 31 Security Dis able Password F6 H Security Era se Prepare F3 H 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[...]

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    32 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D W rite Sectors Without Retries 31 H W rite Sectors Extended 34 H Command n ame Command co de (in hex)[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 33 4.1.2 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 pow er up. The dat a is organize d as a single 512-byt e block of dat a, whose content s are shown in the T able 6 on page 30. All reserved bits or w ords[...]

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    34 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D 56 Number of current logical sectors per logic al track xxxx H 57–58 Current c apacity in sectors xxxx H 59 Number of sectors transfer red during a Read M ultiple or Write M ulti- ple c ommand xxxx H 60–61 T otal number of user-addressable LBA s ectors available (see Section 2.2 for relat ed inform[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 35 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 user-addressable LBA s ectors available (see Section 2.2 for relat ed inform[...]

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    36 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D 4.1.3 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 , che cks the content s of the F eatures reg ister , clears BSY and gene rates an inter - rupt. If the value i n th[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 37 4.1.4 S.M.A. R.T . co mmand s S.M.A.R .T . provides near- term failure pred iction for disc drives. W hen S. M.A.R.T . is enabl ed, 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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    38 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 39 5.0 Seagat e T echnology suppo rt service s Inter net For info rma tion regardin g Seagate pr oducts and services, vi sit www .sea gate.com . Worl dwide sup port is 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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    40 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D Custo mer Se rvice O pera tio ns W arranty S ervic e 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. Res[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 41 Index Numerics 3D De fense System 1 A acoustics 1 7 Active m ode 15 agency cer tification (re gulatory) 19 alternat e capa city jumpe r 25 altitude 16 ambient condi tion s 3 ambient temp eratu re 12 , 16 areal de nsity 1 0 ATA int erfac e 29 ATA-st andard com mands 30 Australian C-Tick 19 autodet ect[...]

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    42 DB35 Seri es 7200.2 Product Manual, R ev. D G geomet ry 10 guaran teed sectors 10 H handl ing 23 heads 1 , 10 hei ght 12 humi dity 16 I I/O data- transfer r ate 11 Identify Device 30 Identify Device command 33 Idle 13 , 30 Idle and Standby ti mers 15 Idle Imm ediate 30 Idle mod e 1 5 Idle mod e power 13 IEC950 19 Inform ation Techn ology E quipm[...]

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    DB35 S eries 7200 .2 Prod uct Manual, Re v. D 43 record ing hea ds 1 record ing me thod 10 register 36 relative h umidity 16 reliability 18 resistance 14 resistive l oad 14 RF 18 RoHS 20 S S.M. A.R.T. co mm an ds 37 S.M.A. R.T. D isable O perati ons 31 S.M.A .R.T. dr ive mon itoring 1 S.M.A. R.T. E nable Opera tions 31 S.M.A.R .T. Enable/ Disabl e [...]

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    Seaga te T e chnology LL C 920 D isc Drive, Sco tts Va lley , Californi a 950 66-4544, US A Public ation Number : 100 389999, Rev . D, Prin ted in U.S .A.[...]