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    Product Manual Barracuda ® XT 100586689 Rev. D September 2010 ST32000641AS ST33000651AS[...]

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    Copyright © 2010 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Barracuda, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in th[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Contents Seagate Technology Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.1 About[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Figures Figure 1 5V current profile (3000GB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 2 12V current profile (3000GB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 3 5V current pr[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 7 For information regarding online support and services, visit http://www .seag ate.com/www/en-us/about/ contact_us/ Available services include: • Presales & Technical support • Global Support Services telephone numbers & business hours • Authorized Service Centers For information regarding War[...]

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    8 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 9 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda ® XT model drives: These drives provide the following key features: • The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry’s newest and fastest hard drive controllers [...]

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    10 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.0 Drive Specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the following drive models: The spe[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 11 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications * One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. * *During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which[...]

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    12 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.3 Recording and interface technology Interface SATA SATA Recording method Perpendicular Perpendicular Recording density (kbits/inch max) 1941kb/in 1721kb/in Track density (ktracks/inch avg) 277 ktracks/in 240 ktracks/in Areal density (Gbits/inch 2 avg) 488Gb/in 2 347[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 13 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications case power consumption, using only random seeks with read or write latency time. This mode is not typical and is provided for worst-case information. • Read/write power and current Read/write power is measured with the heads on track, based on a 16-sector write follo[...]

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    14 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.6.0.1 Typical 5V startup and operation current profiles (3000GB) Figure 1 5V current profile (3000GB) 2.6.0.2 Typical 12V startup and operation current profiles (3000GB) Figure 2 12V current profile (3000GB)[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 15 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications 2.6.0.3 Typical 5V startup and current profiles (2000GB) Figure 3 5V current profile (2000GB) 2.6.0.4 Typical 12V startup and current profiles (2000GB) Figure 4 12V current profile (2000GB)[...]

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    16 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.6.1 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the +12V line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5V line. • Using 12-V power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximu[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 17 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications 2.7 Environmental specifications 2.7.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions. * [...]

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    18 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.7.5 Shock All shock specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.7.5.1 Operating shock These drives comply with the performance levels specified in th[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 19 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications 2.8.1 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) Seagate follows the ECMA-74 standards for measurement and identification of PDTs. An exception to this process is the use of the absolute threshold of hearing. Seagate uses this threshold curve (originated in ISO 389- 7) t[...]

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    20 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.10 Warranty To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to provide the drive s[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 21 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications This equipment is designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or tele[...]

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    22 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Specifications www.seagate.com caution exposing any electronic components to uncontrolled chemical pollutants and corrosive chemicals as electronic drive component reliability can be affected by the installation environment. The silver, copper, nickel and gold films used in Seagate products are espe[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 23 3.0 Configuring and Mounting the Drive This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostatic discharge (ESD) [...]

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    24 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Configuring and Mounting the Drive www.seagate.com For installations which require cables, you can connect the drive as illustrated in Figure 5 . Figure 5 Attaching SATA cabling Each cable is keyed to ensure correct orientation. Barracuda drives support latching SATA connectors. 3.4 Drive mounting You can[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 25 www.seagate.com Configuring and Mounting the Drive Figure 6 Mounting dimensions (3000GB model)[...]

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    26 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Configuring and Mounting the Drive www.seagate.com Figure 7 Mounting dimensions (2000GB model)[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 27 4.0 SATA Interface These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA(SATA) interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0 to 4; multiword DMA modes 0 to 2, and Ultra DMA modes 0 to 6. For detailed information about the Serial ATA interface, refer to the ?[...]

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    28 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D SATA Interface www.seagate.com Notes 1. All pins are in a single row, with a 1.27 mm (0.050”) pitch. 2. The comments on the mating sequence apply to the case of backplane blindmate connector only. In this case, the mating sequences are: • the ground pins P4 and P12. • the pre-charge power pins and t[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 29 www.seagate.com SATA Interface 4.3 Supported ATA commands The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (http://www.sata-io.org). See “S.M.A.R.T. [...]

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    30 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D SATA Interface www.seagate.com Recalibrate 10 H Security Disable Password F6 H 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 identified[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 31 www.seagate.com SATA Interface 4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in on page 29. All reserved bits or words s[...]

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    32 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D SATA Interface www.seagate.com 48 Reserved 0000 H 49 Standard Standby timer, IORDY supported and may be dis- abled 2F00 H 50 ATA-reserved 0000 H 51 PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode 0200 H 52 Retired 0200 H 53 Words 54–58, 64–70 and 88 are valid 0007 H 54 Number of current logical cylinders xxxx H 5[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 33 www.seagate.com SATA Interface 80 Major version number 003E H 81 Minor version number 0028 H 82 Command sets supported 346B H 83 Command sets supported 7F01 H 84 Command sets support extension (see note following this table) 4163 H See Word 108-111 note. (4163 H = 0100000101100011 binary) 85 Command sets [...]

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    34 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D SATA Interface www.seagate.com Description (if bit is set to 1) Bit Word 63 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 Multiword DMA mode 1 is currently active. 10 Multiword DMA mode 2 is curr[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 35 www.seagate.com SATA Interface 4.3.2 Set Features command This command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY, checks the contents of the Features register, clears BSY and generates an interrupt. If the value in the regist[...]

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    36 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D SATA Interface www.seagate.com 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disk drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive monitors predetermined drive attributes that are susceptible to degradation over time. If self-monitoring determines that a failure is likely, S.[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 37 Index A acceleration 18 acoustics 18 active mode 16 agency certification 20 altitude 17 ambient temperature 12, 17 areal density 12 ATA commands 29 Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZ CISPR22 20 Australian Communication Authority (ACA) 20 Australian C-Tick 20 B buffer 12 C cables and connectors 23 cache [...]

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    38 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D P perpendicular recording technology 9 physical characteristics 12 point-to-point 9, 23 power consumption 12 power dissipation 13 power management modes 16 power modes 16 power specifications 12 power-on to ready 12 precautions 23 printed circuit board 23 programmable power management 16 prominent discret[...]

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    Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 39 Write Buffer 30 Write DMA 30 Write DMA Extended 30 Write DMA FUA Extended 30 Write DMA Without Retries 30 Write Log Extended 31 Write Multiple 31 Write Multiple Extended 31 Write Multiple FUA Extended 31 Write Sectors 31 Write Sectors Extended 31 Write Sectors Without Retries 31 Write Uncorrectable 31[...]

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