Seagate ST9120824A manual

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    Prod uct Ma nu al Momentus ® 4200. 2 10036 7124 Rev . C Aug ust 2007 ST91 20 824A ST91 00 825A ST98 08 29A ST96 08 12A ST95 08 14A ST94 02 1 12A ST93 02 18A[...]

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    ©2004- 2007, S eagate T echnology LL C All rig hts res erved. Pub lication nu mber: 100 36712 4, Rev . C Aug ust 2007 Sea gate , Seagate T echnology a nd the Wa ve logo a re regi stered tra demarks of Seag ate T echnology LLC in the Uni ted S tates an d/or other countri es. Moment us, Seaga te - Sea BOARD, SeaF ONE, S eaTDD, and SeaT ools are eith[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C i Conte nts 1.0 In troduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Dr ive speci fications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    ii Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C iii List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Momen tus 4200.2 P ATA disc drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 2. Typical 5V star tup a nd operatio n current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Figure 3. Jumpe[...]

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    iv Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 1 1.0 I ntroducti on This man ual descr ibes the functi onal, mechan ical and inte rface speci fications fo r the foll owing Seagat e ® Momen tus 4200.2 d rives: • ST9 120824A • ST9 100825A • ST9 80829A • ST9 60812A • ST9 50814A • ST9 4021 12 A • ST9 30218A These d rives provide the fo llowin[...]

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    2 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 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 conven ience, the phrases the dr ive and this drive are used through out this manu al to indicate ST9 120824A, ST91 00825A, ST980829A, ST9608 12A, ST95081[...]

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    4 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C Read/wr ite power (typ ical ) Read: 1. 80 watts; Write: 1.80 watts Idle mode ( low power , typi cal) 0.80 wat ts S tandby mo de 0.26 wat ts (typi cal)* ** Sleep mo de 0.26 wat ts (typi cal)* ** V ol tage tolera nce (in cluding n oise) 5V ± 5% Ambient tempe ratur e 5° to 55 °C (ope rating ) –40° to 7[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 5 T able 1: S pecifica tions f or 60, 50, 40 , and 30 GB mo dels Drive specificati on ST960812A ST950814A ST94021 12A ST930218A Formatted Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector)* 60 50 40 30 Guarantee d secto rs 1 17 ,210, 240 97,692 ,174 78,1 40,16 0 58,605,120 Bytes per sector 512 Physi cal read /write h eads 2 2 2 [...]

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    6 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C * One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referri ng to har d drive capacity . Accessible ca pacity may va ry dependin g on operating en viro nmen t and formatting. **During per iods o f drive idle, some offline acti vity ma y occur , acco rding to th e S.M.A .R.T . specific ati on, wh ich may increa se a[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 7 2.2 Forma tte d ca pacity *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n refer r ing to h ard drive capacity. A ccessibl e capacity may vary depe nding on operating env iro nment and formatting. 2.3 Def ault logi c al geo met ry LBA mode When addre ssing these drive s in LBA mode, all blo cks (sectors) ar e c[...]

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    8 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 2. 5 Record in g an d int er fac e tech no l o gy 2.6 Phy sical ch a racte ri sti cs 2.7 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 b elow are defin ed as f ollows: • [...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 9 2.8 T i m e to ready 2. 9 Pow er spe cif ica ti on s The dr ive re ceives DC powe r (+5V) thro ugh the inter face connecto r . 2. 9.1 Powe r c onsum ption Power requir emen ts for the dr ives are l isted in the ta ble on p age 9 . T ypical power measu rem ent s are ba sed on an aver age of dri ves tested,[...]

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    10 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 2.9.1.1 T ypica l cu rrent pr ofile Figure 2. T ypical 5V st artup and o peration current profile 2.9.2 Conducted n oise Input noise r ipple is measured at th e host system power sup ply across an equivalen t 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. Using 5-volt power , the drive is expe cted to operat[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 11 2.9.4 Power-man ag 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: • Active m ode The d rive [...]

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    12 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 2.1 0 Envir on m en t al sp ec ifica tio ns 2.10.1 Ambient t emperatu re 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 ca se tempera ture shoul d not exce ed 65°C (14 9°F) w ithin the operating ambien t conditio ns. Abo[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 13 2.10.5 S hock All shock specifi cations assume that the dri ve is mounted secure ly with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be app lied in th e X, Y or Z axis. 2.10.5.1 Op eratin g shoc k These drives comply with the perform ance levels specifi ed in this docume nt whe n subj[...]

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    14 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 2. 1 1 Ac o ust ic s Drive acoustics are measu red as over all A-wei ghted ac ou stic sound power l evels (n o pure ton es). All me a - sureme nts are consi stent with ISO document 7779. S ound power m easuremen ts are t aken und er e ssentially free- field cond itions ove r a reflecting plane. For all t[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 15 2.13 R eliabilit y 2.1 4 Agen cy cer t i fica tio n 2.14.1 Safety cert ificatio 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. 2.14.2 Electromagn etic comp atibility Hard dri ve s t[...]

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    16 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C Korean RRL If these drive s have the Korea Ministr y of Informatio n and Communicat ion (MIC) logo, they comply wit h para - graph 1 of Ar ticle 1 1 of the Electrom agnetic Comp atib ility control Regulation and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirement s of the Radio Research La[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 17 2.15 Env iro nme ntal p ro tec tion Seag ate designs i ts product s to meet envi ronm ental pro t ection r equirement s wor ldwide, incl uding regu lations restricti ng certain chemic a l substances . Europ ean U nion Re strictio n of Hazard ous S ubst ances (RoH S) The Euro pean Union R estr iction of H[...]

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    18 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 19 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 handling and[...]

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    20 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 3.2 Jump er set ti ngs 3.2.1 Master/slave c onfigu ration Use the opt ions ju mper bl ock sho wn in Figure 3 to configur e t he drive for operation . Thi s jumper blo ck is the 4- pin header adjace nt to pin s 1 and 2 of th e I/O signa l pins. Fo r additiona l infor matio n about using the Cabl e select [...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 21 3. 3 Dri ve m o unt i ng Y ou can mount the dr ive using four screws in the side-m ountin g holes or four screws i n the bottom- mounting hol es. See Fig ure 4 f or drive mou nting dim ensions (di mensions in i nches wit h mm in pa renth eses). Follow these i mport ant moun ting pr ecautions w hen moun t[...]

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    22 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 23 4.0 A T A interface These drive s use the industry-st andard A T A task file inte rface t hat 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 DMA modes 0– 2, and U ltra DM A modes 0–5. T he driv e also suppor ts the use of th e IORDY si[...]

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    24 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 4.1.1 Suppo rted 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 det ailed descri ption of the A T A comman ds, refer t o the Draf t A T A-6 S tandard. T a ble 7: Suppo rt ed com ma nds Com m a nd na m e Co mmand code (in hex) A T A-standar d comma[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 25 Secu r i t y Unl o ck F2 H Seek 70 H Set Drive Parameters 91 H Set Features EF H Set Max Address F9 H Note: Individual Set Max com - mands are ident ified by the value placed in the Set Max F eatures register as defined to the right. Address: Password: Lock: Unlo ck: Freeze Loc k: 00 H 01 H 02 H 03 H 04 [...]

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    26 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 4.1.2 Identify Device comma nd The Id entify De vice command (command code EC H ) transfer s information abou t the drive to the host foll owing power up . The d ata is organized as a single 512 -byte bl ock of data, whose cont ents are shown in T able 7 on page 24 . All re served bit s or wor ds should [...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 27 51 PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode 0200 H 52 Ret ire d 0200 H 53 W ords 54–58, 64–70 and 88 are valid 0007 H 54 Number of current logical c ylinders xxxx H 55 Number of current logical heads xxxx H 56 Number of current logical s ectors per logical track xxxx H 57–58 Current capacity in sectors [...]

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    28 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 90 Enhanced secur ity erase time 0000 H 91 Advanced powe r management value 0040 H 92 Master p assword revision code FFFE H 93 Hardware reset value (see des cription following this tabl e) xxxx H 94 Auto acoustic management setting xxxx H 95–127 A T A-reserved 0000 H 128 Secu r i t y statu s 0001 H 129[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 29 4.1.3 Set Features com mand 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 the re[...]

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    30 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 31 5.0 Co mpatibili ty su mmar y 5.1 Ins t all at ion con si der atio ns Many of tod ay’ s mobil e com puters have bee n desi gn ed to make it possibl e for the end use r to rep l ace the ha rd drive. Refer to your system’s user manual for the loca tion of th e h ard dr ive comp artmen t a nd the specif[...]

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    32 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 5.2 Sy st em C o mpatibil ity Seag ate Product Assur ance has tested Momentus drives in t he syste ms listed in T able 9. T esting included m ul - tiple B IOS versions and operating systems. T his testi ng was done to demo nstrate compatibility with various hardwar e and software configu rations . Hardwa[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 33 5.3 BIO S ve rs io ns test ed The fo llowing list indica tes the types of BIOS S eagate teste d during th e compa tibility testing pro cess. The list highlight s the major BIOS manufactur ers. Individual systems con tai n variation s of these BIOS versions and were test ed with regar d to their im pl eme[...]

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    34 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 5.4 O per ati ng sys te m ve r si on s te ste d This list indicate s the types of Oper ating Systems Se agate tested d uring the com patibility testing process and highlight s the major OS manu facturers. Several var iat ions of the major oper ating systems h ave been test ed. 5.5 Compatibilit y t est c [...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 35 6.0 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 g ate.com . Worldw ide support i s 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 rt@[...]

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    36 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C Custo mer Se rvice Op era tion s W arranty Ser vice 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. Resell[...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 37 Index A acoustics 1 4 Active m ode 11 agency cer tification (re gulatory) 15 altitude 12 ambient condi tion s 3 ambient temp eratu re 8 , 12 Annu alized F ailure Rate (AF R) 4 , 6 , 15 areal de nsity 8 ATA int erfac e 23 ATA-st andard com mands 24 Australian C-Tick 16 autodet ection 1 average seek time 8[...]

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    38 Momentus 4 200.2 Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C interface 8 , 23 interface signals 23 interfer ence 16 inte rleave 8 internal d ata-trans fer r ate OD 8 ISO do cument 777 9 14 J jumper settings 20 K Kore an RRL 16 L LBA m o de 7 length 8 Load/U nload 1 5 log ical geom etry 7 M master /slave 1 Master /slave configura tion 20 max im u m te mp e r atu r [...]

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    Momen tus 4200.2 P roduct M anual, Rev. C 39 Self refresh, low power 11 Servic e Life 15 servo ele ctronics 9 Set Featu res 25 Set Featu res comman d 29 Set Ma x 25 Set Multiple Mode 25 shock 13 signal s 23 single-tr ack seeks 8 Sleep 9 , 25 Sleep mode 11 software utilities 34 sound 14 specifications 3 spindl e speed 8 Spinup 9 spinup po wer 9 Stan[...]

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    Sea gate T echnolog y LLC 920 D isc Driv e, Scot ts V alley , Calif ornia 9 5066-454 4, USA Pub lication Num ber: 100367124 , Rev . C, Printed in U.S.A.[...]