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Product Manual Momentus ® Thin Series SA T A 100586949 Rev . A October 2009 ST92503010AS ST91603010AS[...]
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Revision history Copyright © 2009 Seagate T echnology LLC. All right s reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Publication number: 1005 86949, Rev . A August 2009 Seagate, Seagate T echnology and th e W ave logo ar e registered tradema rks of Seagate T echnology LLC in the United S tates and/or other countrie s. Momentus and SeaT ools ar e eith er t rade mar [...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0 Dri[...]
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ii Momentus Thin Series SAT A Produc t Manual, Rev. A[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Product Man ual, Rev. A iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical +5V only startup and operation curren t profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Figure 2. Serial ATA connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Figure [...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functiona l, mechanical an d interface specifications for the following Seagate Momentus ® Thin Seri es SA T A model drives: • ST92503010AS • ST91603010AS These drives provide the following key fea tures: • 5400-RPM spindl e speed. • 8-MB buf fer[...]
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2 Momentus Thin Series SAT A Prod uct Manual, Rev. A 1.1 About the Serial A T A interface The Serial A T A interface pr ovides several advant ages over the traditional (p arallel) A T A interface. The primar y advantages include : • Easy installation an d configuration with true pl ug-and-pl ay connectivity . It is not normally necessary to set a[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 3 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specific ations are measur ed under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power . For convenienc e, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manu al to indicate the ST92503010AS and ST91 603010AS models. 2.1 Spec ificati[...]
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4 Momentus Thin Series SAT A Prod uct Manual, Rev. A * One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on op erating env ironment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offlin e activity may occur acco rding to the S.M. A.R.T. specificatio n, which may increase a coustic an[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 5 2.2 Formatted cap acity Model Formatted capacity* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector ST92503010AS 250 GB 488,397,168 512 ST91603010AS 160 GB 312,581,808 *One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard driv e capacity. Accessible capacit y may vary depending on operating en vironment and f[...]
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6 Momentus Thin Series SAT A Pr oduct Manual, Rev. A 2.6 Physical characteristics Drive spec ificat ion Height (mm) (in) 6.8 +/-0.2 0.268 +/-0.0079 Width (mm) (in) 69.85 +/-0.25 2.75 +/-0.0098 Length (mm) (in) 100.35 +0.20/-0.25 3.951 +0.008/-0.010 Weight (max) ST92503010AS and ST91603010AS 92.0 g 0.203 lb 2.7 Seek time Seek measurement s are t ake[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 7 2.9 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V) thr ough a native SA T A power co nne ctor . 2.9.1 Power co nsumption Power requirement s for the drives ar e listed in the t abl e on p a ge 7. T ypical power me asureme nt s ar e base d on an average of drives tested, u nder nomina l co [...]
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8 Momentus Thin Series SAT A Pr oduct Manual, Rev. A 2.9.1.1 T ypical cu rrent profile Figure 1. T y pical +5V only star tup and o peration current profile 2.9.2 D eferred spinup Momentus Thin Se ries SA T A drives d o not support the d e fer red spinup option. If yo u require this option, refer to the Momentus 5400.3 SA T A Blade Server family of [...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 9 2.9.5 Power-man agement modes The drive provides progr ammable powe r management to provid e greater energy ef fici ency . In most systems, you can control power manage ment through the system setup program. The drive features the following power-management mod es: • Active mode The drive is in [...]
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10 Momentus Thin Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. A 2.10 Environment al specifications 2.10.1 Ambient tempe rature Ambient temperatur e is defined as the temperatur e of th e en vironmen t immediatel y surr ounding the drive. Actual drive c ase temperature should not exce ed 65°C (149°F) within th e operating ambien t conditions. Above 1000 feet[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 11 2.10.5 Shock All shock specifications assu me that the drive is mounted secu rely with the input sh ock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.10.5.1 Operating shock These drives comply with t he performance levels specifie d in this document when subj[...]
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12 Mome ntus Thin Series SAT A Product Manual, Rev. A 2.1 1 Acoustics Drive emission of sound is measur ed consistent with the ECMA-74 and it s’ referenced stand ards. T esting is conducted at room temper ature (approxima tely 25 ° C). Emission levels are repo rted as the tot al A-weighted sound power levels for steady st ate, id le, and active [...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 13 2.13 Reliability Measurement type Specification Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10 14 bits read, max. Annualized Fa ilure Rate (AFR) <0.48% Load/Unload (U/UL) 25°C, 50% relative humidity 32°C, 80% relative humidity 5°C, 80% relative humidity 5°C, 10% relative humidity 55°C, 16% relative [...]
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14 Mome ntus Thin Series SAT A Product Manual, Rev. A Australian C-Ti ck (N17 6 ) If these models have the C- T ick marking, they co mply with the Australia/Ne w Zealand S tandard AS/NZ CISPR22 and meet the Electromag netic Compatibility (EMC) Framewor k requirements of the Australian Communication Au thority (AC A). 2.14.3 FCC verificatio n These [...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 15 2.15 Environment al protection Seagate des igns it s products to meet env ironmental pr otection requirement s worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.15.1 European Union Restriction of Haza rdous Subst ance s (RoHS) The European Un ion Restriction of Hazardou [...]
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16 Mome ntus Thin Series SAT A Product Manual, Rev. A 3.0 Configuring and mounting the dri ve This section contains the specif ications an d instructions for configuring and mountin g the drive. 3.1 Handling and st atic-di scharge precautions After unp acking, and befo re installation, the drive may be exposed to po tential handling and ele ctrosta[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 17 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Ser ial A T A interface connect s in a point-to- point configuration with the Seri al A T A host adapter . There is no maste r/slave relationship because each drive is consider ed a master in a point-to -point relationships. If two drives are at tached [...]
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18 Mome ntus Thin Series SATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. A 3.4 Drive mounting Y ou can mo unt the drive using four screws in the side-mo untin g holes or four screws in the bottom-mo unting holes. See Figure 4 for drive mounting dimen sions. Follow these important mounting pr ecautions when mou nt- ing the drive: • Allow a minimum clearance of 0.030 i[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 19 4.0 Serial A T A (SA T A) interface These drives use the industry-s tandar d Serial A T A interfac e th at support s FIS dat a transfers. It support s A T A programmed inpu t/output (PIO) mod es 0–4; multiword DMA mo des 0–2, and Ultra DM A modes 0–6. The dr ive also support s the use of th[...]
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20 Mome ntus Thin Series SAT A Product Manual, Rev. A Notes: 1. All pins are in a single row , with a 1.27 mm (0.050”) pitch. 2. The comment s on the mating sequence a pply to the case of backplane blin dmate connector only . In this case, the mating sequences ar e: • the ground p ins P4 and P1 2. • the pre-charge power pins an d the other gr[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 21 4.3 Supported A T A commands The following t able list s Serial A T A standa rd commands that the drive support s. For a deta iled description of the A T A commands, refer to the Serial A T A: High S p eed Serialized A T Att achment specification . See “S.M.A.R.T . commands” on pa ge 29.for d[...]
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22 Mome ntus Thin Series SAT A Product Manual, Rev. A Note: Individual Set Max commands are identi - fied by the value placed in the Set Max Fea - tures register as defined to the right. Address: Password: Lock: Unlock: Freeze Lock: 00 H 01 H 02 H 03 H 04 H Set Multiple Mode C6h S.M.A.R.T . Disab le Operations B0h/D 9h S.M.A.R.T . Enabl e/Disable A[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 23 S t andby Immediate E0h A T A-standard security commands Security Set Password F1h Security Unlock F2h Security Erase Prepare F3h Security Erase Unit F4h Security Freeze Lock F5h Security Disable Password F6h Command name Command code (in hex)[...]
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24 Mome ntus Thin Series SAT A Product Manual, Rev. A 4.3.1 Identify D evice command The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) tran sfers information about the drive to the ho st following power up. The dat a is organized as a single 51 2-byte bl ock of dat a, whose content s are shown in th e table on page 27. All re served bit s or words s[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 25 59 Number of sectors transfer red during a Read Multiple or Write Multiple command xxxx H 60–61 T ot al number of user-addressable sectors This field contains a value that is one greater than the total number of user-addressable sectors. The maximum value that shall be placed in this field is 0[...]
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26 Mome ntus Thin Series SAT A Product Manual, Rev. A 95–99 A T A-reserved 0000 H 100– 103 T ot al number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section 2.2 fo r related information) These words are re quired for dr ives that support the 48-b it addressing feature. Maximu m val ue: 0000FFFFFFFFFFF Fh. ST92503010AS = 488,397,168 ST916030[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 27 Bit Wor d 88 0 Ultra DMA mode 0 is supp orted. 1 Ultra DMA mode 1 is supp orted. 2 Ultra DMA mode 2 is supp orted. 3 Ultra DMA mode 3 is supp orted. 4 Ultra DMA mode 4 is supp orted. 5 Ultra DMA mode 5 is supp orted 6 Ultra DMA mode 6 is supp orted 8 Ultra DMA mode 0 is curren tly active. 9 Ultra[...]
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28 Mome ntus Thin Series SAT A Product Manual, Rev. A 4.3.2 Set Featu res command This command controls the implemen tation of various fe at ur es that the drive su pports. 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 n o[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 29 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . provides near-term failure prediction for d isk drives. When S.M.A.R.T . is enabled, the drive moni- tors predetermined drive attributes that are suscep tible to degradation ove r time. If self-monitoring dete rmines that a failure is likely , S.M.A.R.T . ma[...]
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30 Mome ntus Thin Series SAT A Product Manual, Rev. A 5.0 Seagate T echnology support services Internet For information regar din g Seagate product s and services, visit www .sea gate.com . Worldwide support is available 24 hour s daily by email fo r your questions. Presales Support: Presales@Seagate.com T echnical Support: DiscSupport@Seagate.com [...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 31 Customer Service Operations W arranty Servi ce Seagate of fers worldwide custome r su ppo rt for Seag ate product s. Seagate d istr ibuto r s, OEMs and ot her direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Ser v ice Operat ions (CSO) represen tative for warranty- related issues. Resellers[...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 33 Index A ACA 14 acoustics 4 , 12 Active m ode 9 Address 21 AFR 13 Agency certification 13 Altitude 10 Altitude, nonoperating 4 Altitude, operating 4 Ambient temperature 4 , 10 ambient temperature 6 Annualized Failure Rate 13 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 4 Areal density 3 , 5 ATA commands 21 ATA d[...]
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34 Mome ntus Thin Series SAT A Product Manual, Rev. A Guaranteed sectors 3 , 5 guaranteed sector s 5 H handling 16 Handling precautions 16 heads 5 Height 3 height 6 Humidity 10 humidity 4 I I/O data-transfer rate 3 , 5 Identify 21 Identify Device 21 Identify Device command 24 Idle 7 , 22 Idle and Standby timer s 9 Idle Immediate 22 Idle mode 4 , 9 [...]
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Momentus Thin Series SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. A 35 Read/write heads 5 Read/write power 4 read/write power and current 7 Recording density 3 , 5 Recording method 5 Recording technology 5 Relative humidity 4 , 10 Reliability 13 resistance 8 Retries 21 RF 12 RoHS 15 RPM 3 RRL 13 S S.M.A.R.T. 22 S.M.A.R.T. implementation 21 Safety certification 13 SA[...]
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