Toshiba MK8007GAH manual

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    TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMA TION SYSTEMS STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION IRVINE, CALIFORNIA MK8007GAH (HDD1584) 1.8-INCH HARD DISK DRIVE USER MANU AL[...]

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    CONTENTS Introductio n .............................................................................. 1 Setup ........................................................................................ 2 Using t he HDD ......................................................................... 3 Specificat ions ..........................................[...]

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    1 INTR ODUCTION – MK8007GAH (HDD1584) HARD DISK DRIVE General Features • 1.8" sized drive • 2 Platter • 80 Gigabytes • 8mm High • 15ms Average Seek Time • ATA-6 Interface • Ultra DMA 100 • 2MB Buffer • Rotational speed of 4,200rpm • MTTF 300,000 Hours[...]

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    2 SETUP – MK8007GAH (HDD1584) HARD DISK DRIVE Caution : Your Hard Di sk Drive is a precision devi ce and even a small dro p onto any surface can cause damage. Electron static discharge can also d amage the drive. You should ground yourself prior to handling the drive. Figure 1. MK8007GAH Side View Installation Notes • Do not apply any force to [...]

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    3 USING THE HARD DISK DRI VE – MK8007GAH (HDD1584) HARD DISK DRIVE Backing up Data Files To avoid data loss, regularly back u p the data files on the hard disk drive.[...]

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    4 SPECIFICA TIONS –MK8007GAH (HDD1584) HARD DISK DRIVE General Model MK8007GAH (HDD1584) Interface ATA-6 Functionality Internal Drive Characteristics Number of Disks 2 Number of Data Heads 4 Track Density (TPI) 5,287 (134.3k) Logical Cylinders 16,383 Logical Heads 16 Logical Sectors/trac k 63 Bytes per Sector 512 Logical Blocks (LBA) 156,301,488 [...]

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    5 Physical Height 0.315 (8.0mm) Width 2.13" (54.0mm) Depth 3.09" (78.5mm) Weight 2.19oz (62g) typ Regulatory The drive satisfies the following standards: Underwriters Laboratorie s (UL) 1950 Canadian Standard Associ ation (CSA) C22.2 No. 950 TUV Rheinland EN 60 950 BSMI 3902C799[...]

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    6 DRIVE CONNECT ORS –MK8007GAH (HDD1584) HARD DISK DRIVE Figure 1. MK8007GAH HDD - INTERF A CE CONNECT OR Interface Connector Drive Side Connector MCD-D50 Series by DDK Connectors Recommended Host Side Connector MCD-D50 Ser ies by DDK Conne ctors[...]

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    7 Interface Signals DRIVE INTERFACE SIGNALS PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 RESET 2 GROUND 3 DD 7 4 DD 8 5 DD 6 6 DD 9 7 DD 5 8 DD 10 9 DD 4 10 DD 11 11 DD 3 12 DD 12 13 DD 2 14 DD 13 15 DD 1 16 DD 14 17 DD 0 18 DD 15 19 GROUND 20 OPEN 21 DMARQ 22 GROUND 23 DIOW/STOP 24 GROUND 25 DIOR/ -DMARDY HSTROBE 26 GROUND 27 IORDY/ -DMARDY/- DSTROBE 28 CSEL 29 DMACK [...]