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Seagate ST3390N manual

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST3390N, ST3655N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCSI Interface Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    © 19 93 Seag at e Tech nology , Inc. All r ight s reser ved Publicat ion Numb er : 36235- 00 1, Re v. A Jun e 1993 Seag ate ® , Seag ate Techn ology ® , a nd the Seaga te logo ar e regist ered tradem arks of Seaga te T echnology, Inc. SeaFAX  , SeaF ONE  , Se aBOARD  and SeaT DD  are trad emar ks of Seag ate Technology , Inc. Ot her [...]

  • Page 3

    Read before yo u begin... Appl icat ion. Your drive is de signed for IBM AT a nd com patible perso nal compu ters , Sun , Mac i n tosh and other SCSI syste ms. Turn off the system power b efore atte mptin g any inst allat ion. Stat ic d ischar ge. Obse rve th e following pre cautions : • Keep the d rive in it s stat ic-shielde d ba g u ntil you a[...]

  • Page 4

    Radi o and t elevisi on int erfere nce. This produc t complies wit h Class B limits for rad i o noise emissions fro m comp uter equip ment as set out in the radio int erfer ence r egulat ions of th e Canad i a n Depa rtmen t of Com mun icatio ns. Le présen t a ppareil numériq ue n ′ é met pas de bruits ra dioélectriques depassa nt les limites[...]

  • Page 5

    SCSI ID, install jum pers on the SCSI ID jum per b l o ck as sho wn in Figur e 1 on pag e 6. 2. Instal ling or remov ing ter min atin g resi stors. SCSI I/O ter minat ion consist s of thr ee res i s tor pa cks, called term ina- tor s, that plug i n to socket s on the printed cir cuit boa rd. The ter minat ing re sistor s ar e shown in Figu re 1. If[...]

  • Page 6

    4. In stalling ju mpe rs on th e active /pass ive te rm ina tion jum per bloc k. If yo u rem oved the ter minat ing resist ors fr om the drive according to the instruct ions in step 2, skip this step. If yo u ar e eith er: • using Fast SCSI transf er rates, or • not using F ast SCSI transf er rat es, and bo th e nds of the I/O ca ble ar e term [...]

  • Page 7

    Attaching c ables Ref er to Figure 1 on page 6 and Figur e 2 on p age 7 for the locat ions of the connec tors a nd jum per block s. 1. Tur n of f the syst em pow er. 2. Put on a ground ed w rist st rap. 3. Conn ecting a rem ote LED. Rem ote LED pins are loca ted o n two separ ate jumpe r blocks : the option s jum per block and the use r-conf igur a[...]

  • Page 8

    4 3 SCSI ID = 0 SCSI ID = 1 SCSI ID = 2 SCSI ID = 3 SCSI ID = 7 SCSI ID = 4 SCSI ID = 5 SCSI ID = 6 MSB 2 1 J5. SCSI ID jumper block J4. Interface connector (pin 1) Circuit board Circuit board J3. DC power connector +5V +5V return +12V return +12V 1 2 3 4 Ground Signal 6 5 J9. Active/passive termination jumper[...]

  • Page 9

    J8. User-configuration jumper block 11 12 9 10 7 8 5 6 3 4 13 14 1 2 Circuit board 1 –6 7 8 9 10 11 – 20 Reserved. Ext. spindle sync. Clock ground Remote LED +  Remote LED – Reserved. Do not use. Pin 17 18 15 16 19 20 J12. Options jumper block 7 8 5 6 3 4 1 2 Circui[...]

  • Page 10

    6. At taching the 5 0-pi n SCSI inte rface cabl e. Att ach one end of the cable to the drive inter face conne ctor and the oth er end to the int erface connec tor on the h ost system mot herb oard or the host ad apter. If you are inst alling mult iple drives, use a daisy -chain cab le. Ver ify th at pin 1 of the in terfac e ca ble is ma tched to pi[...]

  • Page 11

    Interface connector Power connector Figur e 3. Recom mend ed m ounti ng or ient ations ST33 90N, ST365 5N Installa tion Guid e, Re v. A 9[...]

  • Page 12

    CMOS set up for AT systems When you start up you r drive f or t he first time, ent er t he CMOS SETUP rou tine . This rou tine enables you to def i n e a ne w drive in the system BIOS. Howe ver, becau se the SCSI h ost adap ter BIO S han dles all I/ O pro cedu res, yo u should not attem pt to define the drive type i n the sys tem BIOS. Instea d, se[...]

  • Page 13

    If yo u choo se t o low-lev el forma t your drive, use the DOS DEBUG utilit y. Th e mos t comm on DEBUG low- level form atting comman d is g=c80 0:5. Verif y the BIOS addr es s (c800) and the offse t (5) with your host adapt er ma nual. Caut ion. If you form at a drive at a ny level, you era se all y our data. Back up the drive firs t. Se agate ass[...]

  • Page 14

    To high -level f orm at t he drive, per for m the following oper ations: 1. Use the FO RMAT utility to high- level form at the dr ive. Refer to your DO S m anua l for the FORM AT com ma nd opt ions. 2. If you are form atting the boot drive, copy the necessar y system files to t he drive. In Unix, high-lev el form atting creates the i-nod e used for[...]

  • Page 15

    are n ot crimp ed or dam aged i n any way. Ke eping extr a ca bles on hand for troublesho oting saves time and frustrat ion. For ea ch ribbon cable, ve rify that pin 1 of the cable is mat ched to pin 1 of the con nector . Pin 1 is usually d enoted by a stripe on t he side of the r ibbon cable. Caut ion. Do not ran domly re verse-plug the c ables. T[...]

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    Befor e contin uing, caref ully read the prec eding checklis t. You nee d to ref er to the introd uctor y mater ial to effe ctively use the follo wing inform ation . The syst em do es no t reco gnize t he presenc e of the drive or sys tem er ror messa ge, “No Dri ves Foun d,” appears . • Chec k all ca bles. • Chec k all ca rds. • Chec k t[...]

  • Page 17

    • Turn off the sys tem and wa i t 20 seconds. Turn i t back on and mak e sure the dr ive spins up. If the dr ive does no t spin up, ch eck the drive power cable. The scre en st ays b lank when you powe r up the syst em. • Make sur e the monit or is plug ged in and turne d on. • Chec k a ll cards. Make sure the video card is s eated in it s sl[...]

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    Dur ing th e DO S hig h-le vel form at, the dr ive ke eps ret ryin g har d error s and report ing the f ollo wing messag e. “Att empt - ing to recover al locati on uni ts. . .” • This is nor mal with DOS Ver sion 4.0 or lat er. DOS messag es, “Disk Boot Failur e,” “Non- Syst em Disk, ” or “No ROM Basi c - SYSTEM HALTED, ” app ear [...]

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    SeaF ONE. 408/ 438-82 22 You c an ta lk to a tec hnica l s uppo rt s pecia list between 8:00 A.M. an d 5:0 0 P.M. (Pacific tim e), Mon day throug h Fr iday. S ea FO NE p ro v i de s r ec or de d t ec h ni ca l in fo rm at i on o n selec ted Seagat e produ cts while you are on hold. You can acc ess the reco rdings 24 ho urs daily. Befor e calling, n[...]

  • Page 20

    Seag ate Tech nology , Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scot ts Valle y, CA 95066, USA Publication Nu mber: 36235 -001, Rev. A, Printed in USA[...]