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Seagate ST9235A manual

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  • Page 1

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST923 5 Family: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST9 080A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST9 145A , ST 914 5A G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST9 235A , ST 923 5A G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installa tion Guide[...]

  • Page 2

    Conten ts Read b e fore you begin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installati on overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Setting master/slave j umpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Connecti ng cabl es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mounting the dri ve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Confi guring system BIOS . [...]

  • Page 3

    Read before you b egin ... Note. Drive s in the ST923 5 family are usua l ly in stalled in note- boo k or lapt op systems. Spec ial training or tools may be nee ded t o se rvice these comput ers. In some ins tan ces, ope ning the case may void yo ur warranty. Be s ure to review the terms and condit ions of your syste m warrant y befor e opening the[...]

  • Page 4

    W arrant y . Con tact you r aut horized Se agate distribu tor or dealer for warr ant y infor mation . Maintenance and repai r . Se a ga t e dr ive s do no t req u ir e an y p re ve n ti ve mai nte n a nc e . Th e he a d /d i sc as s em bly i s se al ed an d d oe s n ot c o nt ain an y u se r -s er vic e ab l e co mp o ne n ts . T am pe rin g wi th [...]

  • Page 5

    Setting master /slave jum pers T wo drives may be cont rolled thro ugh a sing le drive contro ller cab le wit h two conne cto rs. In this case, one drive is design ated as the mas ter and the other is designa ted as the slave . As sho wn in Figu re 1 on page 4, the jum pers o n e ach dr ive mu st be set t o ident ify which dr ive is master and whic[...]

  • Page 6

    Master/slave configuration jumpers Circuit board Pin 1 Pin 20 removed for keying Drive is master; no slave present Drive is master; Seagate slave drive present Drive is slave; Seagate master drive present Reserved positions (do not use) Note. Drive is shown with circuit board up. A C B D Figure 1. AT interf ace cable connect or and master/slave con[...]

  • Page 7

    Moun ting t he drive Y ou can moun t ( and oper ate) a ST9 235 fam ily drive in an y orie ntation. Howeve r, you must securely a ttach the d rive to a rigid frame using four side- mo untin g screws o r four bot tom- mount ing screws. Caution: To avoid d amaging the d rive: • Use M3X0. 5 met ric m ounting scr ews only . • Do not insert mounting [...]

  • Page 8

    driv e types your BIOS suppo rts. Anothe r meth od is to run the FINDTYPE. EXE utilit y pro gram, a vailable from Se agate T echni- cal Support services (on the SeaBOARD BBS) as descr ibed in Appe ndix C. The meth ods use d to configur e system BIOS vary from system to system . In m any case s yo u ca n r un a setup pr ogram f rom the DOS prom pt. [...]

  • Page 9

    table above. This value will be lower than the usable drive cap acity . In a few situa tions, no ne of the drive types s pecif ied in your BIOS setup progr am will matc h your drive, an d the set up pr ogram will not provide a n opp ortunity to sp ecify a cust om driv e type. I n t his cas e, con sider the thir d optio n desc ribed a bove — allo [...]

  • Page 10

    you r system BIOS may look for 4 b ytes of ECC. If your system BIOS exp ects 4 bytes of ECC an d the drive su pplies a d iffer ent numbe r of bytes, so me dr ive diagno stic program s may fail, typically r esu lting in time-out errors . Consu lt your syst em d ocu- ment ation or call your system dealer or man ufactu rer for infor- mation on configu[...]

  • Page 11

    High-level formatting Once th e drive is partitione d, use the DOS FORMA T comman d (or equ ivalent utility program ) to high -leve l for mat each of the driv e p artitions . This process verifies the informa tion written by the low-le vel format and creat es file allocat ion tables (used to catalog and access files). Consu lt y our DOS man ual for[...]

  • Page 12

    loca tion. M ake sure pin 1 on the int er face ca ble connec tor is co nnected to pin 1 on the drive in terface co nnec tor and pin 1 on the host connec tor. Refer to Figure 1 on page 4 for the loca tion of pin 1 on the drive inter face connect or. • Check all cards. Make sure all c ards are s ecured in the ex pansio n s lots on the mother boa rd[...]

  • Page 13

    Ap pendix A. AT interface conn ector pin assign ments Reset – Ground DD7 DD8 DD6 DD9 DD5 DD10 DD4 DD11 DD3 DD12 DD2 DD13 DD1 DD14 DD0 DD15 Ground (removed) DMARQ Ground DIOW – Ground DIOR – Ground IORDY SPSYNC:CSEL DMACK – Ground INTRQ IOCS16 – DA1 PDIAG – DA0 DA2 CS1FX – CS3FX – DASP – Ground *Indicates master-slave signals (deta[...]

  • Page 14

    Ap pendix B. Moun ting d im ension drawings 4X 3 mm × 0.5 mm 0.15 in (3.81 mm) min. full thread 1.375 ± 0.015 (34.93 ± 0.38) 0.066 ± 0.020 (1.68 ± 0.51) 0.100 ± 0.010 (2.54 ± 0.25) 4.010 (101.85) max 1.500 ± 0.010 (38.10 ± 0.25) 0.000 1.227 ± 0.025 (31.17 ± 0.64) 0.155 ± 0.025 (3.94 ± 0.64) 0.275 ± 0.025 (6.99 ± 0.64) 0.000 0.000 2.7[...]

  • Page 15

    0.157 ± 0.020 (3.99 ± 0.51) 0.146 +0.011, –0.008 (3.71 +0.28, –0.20) 4X 3 mm × 0.5 mm, 0.15 in (3.81 mm) min full thread 0.000 2.590 (65.79) 0.000 4.010 max (101.85) 2.875 (73.03) 4X 3 mm × 0.5 mm, 0.15 in (3.81 mm) min full thread 0.079 (2.00) pin spacing Pin 1 0.000 0.118 (3.00) 1.375 (34.93) 0.394 ± 0.025 (10.01 ± 0.64) 1.375 (34.93) 2[...]

  • Page 16

    Key to mounting specifications: non-MCC mount MCC mount 0.750 (19.05) max 4X 3 mm × 0.5 mm 0.15 in. (3.81 mm) min. full thread 1.375 ± 0.015 (34.93 ± 0.38) 0.066 ± 0.020 (1.68 ± 0.51) 0.039 ± 0.020 (0.99 ± 0.51) 0.230 ± 0.010 (5.84 ± 0.25) 0.118 ± 0.010 (3.00 ± 0.25) 4.010 (101.85) max 1.500 ± 0.010 (38.10 ± 0.25) 0.000 1.227 ± 0.025 [...]

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    Ap pendix C. Techn ical suppo rt services Pro duct technica l suppo rt is available for all Seaga te products b y calling t he SeaF AX, Sea FONE, SeaTDD an d SeaBO ARD se rv - ices d escr ibed b elow . These ser vices a re free, but long -distanc e cha rges (if any) a re paid by th e user . SeaFAX. 408/438-2620 You can use a touch-t one telepho ne [...]

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    • A dire ctory of inf ormation an d helpful utilit y progr ams that yo u can downloa d to your o wn c omput er. • The FI NDTYPE.EXE utility program , wh ich can be very us eful in drive installa tion. It compa res the drive’s ge ometry with all geome tries suppor ted by your system BIOS. This progr am either signa ls that an ex act match exis[...]

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    Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Dri ve, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA Publicati on Numb er: 3621 6-001, Re v. B, Prin ted in USA[...]