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Product Manual Video 3.5 HDD 100529372 Rev. J May 2013 ST31000424CS ST3500414CS ST3320413CS ST3250412CS ST31000322CS ST3500312CS ST3320311CS ST3250312CS ST3160316CS[...]
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Revision history Copyright © 2013 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Publication number: 100529372, Rev. J May 2013 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Pipeline HD, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trademarks or regi[...]
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Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. J i[...]
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ii Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. J[...]
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Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. J 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 Manual, Rev. J[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Seagate Video 3.5 (formerly Pipeline ® HD.2) model drive: These drives provide the following key features: • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates 3Gb/s default. Limit settings t[...]
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2 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the traditional (parallel) ATA interface. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity. It is not necessary to set any jump- ers or other configuration op[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 3 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 model: 2.1 Specification summary tables The specification[...]
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4 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J Table 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 16,383 Recording d[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 5 * 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 may increase a coustic and power to opera[...]
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6 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J Table 2: Drive specifications summary for 500 and 320GB models Drive specification ST3500414CS ST3500312CS ST3320413CS ST3320311CS 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 Default read/write h[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 7 * 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 may increase a coustic and power to opera[...]
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8 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J Table 3: Drive specifications summary for 250 and 160GB models Drive specification ST3250412CS ST3250312CS ST3160316CS Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* 250GB 160GB Guaranteed sectors 488,397,168 312,581,808 Heads 1 Disks 1 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 Defa[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 9 * 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 may increase a coustic and power to opera[...]
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10 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 2.2 Formatted capacity Model Formatted capacity* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector ST31000424CS ST31000322CS 1000GB 1,953,525,168 512 ST3500414CS ST3500312CS 500GB 976,773,168 ST3320413CS ST3320311CS 320GB 625,142,448 ST3250412CS ST3250312CS 250GB 488,397,168 ST3160316CS 160GB 312,581,808 *One Gbyte equals [...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 11 2.5 Physical characteristics 1000GB model 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models Maximum height 26.1mm / 1.028 in 20.20mm / 0.794 in Maximum width 101.85mm / 4.010 in Maximum length 146.99mm / 5.787 in Typical weight 615g / 1.356 lb 500 and 320GB models 420g / 0.926 lb 250 and 160GB models 395g / 0.871 lb Cache buffe[...]
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12 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 2.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (5V or 12V) through a native SATA power connector. Refer to Figure 2 on page 22. 2.8.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 9. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal [...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 13 2.8.1.1 Typical current profiles Figure 1. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile 2.8.2 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 12V powe[...]
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14 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 2.8.4 Power management modes The drive provides programmable power management to provide greater energy efficiency. In most systems, you can control power management through the system setup program. The drive features the following power-management modes: • Active mode The drive is in Active mode during th[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 15 2.9 Environmental specifications This section provides the temperature, humidity, shock, and vibration specifications. Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Above 1000ft. (305 meters), the maximum temperature is derated linearly by 1°C every 1[...]
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16 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 2.9.5 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. 2.9.5.1 Operating shock The drives comply with the performance levels specified in this document when subjected to a maximum ope[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 17 2.10 Acoustics emissions Drive emission of sound is measured consistent with the ECMA-74 and its referenced standards. Testing is conducted at room temperature (approximately 25 degrees C). Emission levels are reported as the total A-weighted sound power levels for, steady state, idle and active (seek) modes [...]
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18 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 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 outside the specifications in Section 2.9 may increase the product AFR. AFR is a population[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 19 Korean RRL If these drives have the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) logo, they comply with paragraph 1 of Article 11 of the Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) Communications Comm[...]
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20 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 2.14 Environmental protection Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive The European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances ([...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 21 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 dis- charge (ESD) ha[...]
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22 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to-point with the Serial ATA host adapter. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is considered a master in a point-to-point relationship. If two drives are attached on one Serial ATA host adapter, the host opera[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 23 3.4 Drive mounting You can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. Refer to Figure 3 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting pre- cautions when mounting the drive: • Allow a minimum clearance of 0.030[...]
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Recommended case temperature measurement location 24 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J Figure 4. Mounting dimensions (for 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models)[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 25 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–6. For detailed information about the Serial ATA interface, refer to the ?[...]
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26 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions Table 7 summarizes the signals on the Serial ATA interface and power connectors. Notes: 1. All pins are in a single row, with a 1.27mm (0.050 in) pitch. 2. The comments on the mating sequence apply to the case of backplane blindmate connector only. In this [...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 27 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. commands” on page 34 for details[...]
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28 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 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 by the value placed in the Set Max Features regis- ter as defined to the right. Ad[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 29 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 Table 8 on page 27. All reserved bits or words should be set to zero. Param[...]
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30 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 60–61 Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (Refer to Section 2.2 for related information.) *Note: The maximum value allowed in this field is: 0FFFFFFFh (268,435,455 sectors, 137GB). Drives with capacities over 137GB will have 0FFFFFFFh in this field and the actual number of user-address- a[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 31 Note. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) features are not supported Note. Refer to the bit descriptions below for words 63, 84, and 88 of the Identify Drive data. 100–103 Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (Refer to Section 2.2 for related information[...]
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32 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 13 IDLE IMMEDIATE command with IUNLOAD faeture is supported. 14 Shall be set to 1. 15 Shall be cleared to 0. Bit Word 88 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 DMA mode 5 is su[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 33 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 inter- rupt. If the value in the register does not represent a feature t[...]
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34 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 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 moni- tors predetermined drive attributes that are susceptible to degradation over time. If self-monitoring determines that a failure is likely, S.M.A.R.T. makes a status report av[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 35 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 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 [...]
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36 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J Customer Service Operations Warranty Service Seagate offers worldwide customer support for Seagate products. Seagate distributors, OEMs and other direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Service Operations (CSO) representative for warranty- related issues. Resellers or end users of drive product[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 37 Index A ACA 19 acceleration 16 acoustics 17 Active mode 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 19 Australian Communication Authority (ACA) 19 Australian C-Tick [...]
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38 Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 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 length 11 log[...]
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Video 3.5 HDD Product Manual, Rev. J 39 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 Address Extended 28 Set Multiple M[...]
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