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M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers 48-SR-003-03-7L manual

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    FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus F lash Disk User Man ual January 2004 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1[...]

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    2 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 D OCUMENT C ONTROL I NFORMA TION DCO No.: N/A Title Name Date Issued by: Assistant Vice President, Rugged Market Ofer Tsur October 12, 2003 Updated by: DiskOnChip Rugged Product Mana ger Pnina Sharir January 7, 2004[...]

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    3 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1 General ........................................................................................................................ ........... 4 2 Kit Contents ....................................................................................[...]

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    4 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 1 G ENERAL This manual provides you with the information you need to properly install your new FFD 2.5” or 3.5” IDE Plus Flash Disk. M-Systems recommends that qualifie d and trained personnel install the drive. The following chapters contain handling inform at[...]

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    5 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 4 H ANDLING I NSTRUCTIONS You can prolong the life of your IDE Plus, increase its reliability and prevent unnecessary damage by following the instructions listed below. Failure to follow any of these instructions may void your warranty. • Always take all proper [...]

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    6 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 5 FFD IDE P LUS D RIVE C ONFIGURA TION 5.1 Master and Slave Jumper Settings 5.1.1 FFD 2.5” IDE Plus Prior to mounting the drive in the system drive bay, the FFD 2.5” IDE Plus m ust be configured according to Figure 1and Figure 2. Figure 1: FFD 2.5" IDE Pl[...]

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    7 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 5.1.2 FFD 3.5” IDE Plus Prior to mounting the drive in the system drive bay, the FFD 3.5” IDE Plus m ust be configured according to Figure 3. Figure 3: FFD 3.5 " IDE Plus Jumper Settings[...]

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    8 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 5.2 Write-Protect Jumper Settings The FFD IDE Plus has a write-protect option th at is controlled by the jumper settings. 5.2.1 FFD 2.5” IDE Plus Figure 4 illustrates the jumper configuration for the write-protect option for the FFD 2.5” IDE Plus. Figure 4: FF[...]

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    9 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 5.2.2 FFD 3.5” IDE Plus Figure 5: illustrates the jumper configuration for the write-pr otect option for the FFD 3.5” IDE Plus. Figure 5: FFD3.5” IDE Plus Write Protect Jumper Settings[...]

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    10 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 5.3 Interface Connectors 5.3.1 FFD 2.5” IDE Plus The FFD 2.5” IDE Plus has a 2.00 mm pitch interf ace connector located on the rear panel. The DC power and IDE bus are input through a non-shielded 50-pin flat cable. Figure 6: FFD 2.5” IDE Plus Interface Con[...]

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    11 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 6 I NST ALLA TION 6.1 System Requirements In order to install the IDE Plus in your system, ensure that you have the following items: • System mounting hardware • 44-pin ribbon IDE cable for FFD 2.5” IDE Plus , or 40-pin cable for FFD 3.5” IDE Plus 6.2 FFD[...]

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    12 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 1. Run the DOS FDISK program to partition the IDE Plus. 2. Run the DOS FORMAT command to high-level format the IDE Plus. 3. If you want the IDE Plus to be a bootable drive, run the DOS SYS command and change its partition to active.[...]

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    13 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 7 D RIVE P ARAMETERS Most IDE device drivers can autom atically detect the tota l number of sectors in the ID E Plus, using the IDENTIFY DRIVE command, and configur e them accord ingly. However, some older device drivers need to obtain the drive geom etry paramet[...]

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    14 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 Unformatted Disk Capacity (MB) Total Number of User-Addressable Sectors in LBA Mode (Words 60/61 of IDENTIFY information) Number of Logical Sectors per Track (Words 6 and 56 after power-on of IDENTIFY information) Number of Logical Heads (Words 3 and 55 after pow[...]

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    15 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 8 T ROUBLESHOOTING The problems that arise in most in stallations are summarized below: • Cables: o Homemade, short, flat ribbon cables with bad contacts or cheap cables o Mixing round cables with flat cables • Cable Length: o Exceeds the limit specifi ed in [...]

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    16 FFD 2.5" and 3.5" IDE Plus Flash Disk User Manual 48-SR-003-03-7L Rev 2.1 H OW TO C ONT ACT U S USA M-Systems Inc. 8371 Central Ave, Suite A Newark CA 94560 Phone: +1-510-494 -2090 Fax: +1-510 -494-554 5 China M-Systems China Ltd. Room 12 1-122 Bldg. 2, I nternational C ommerce & Ex hibition Ctr. Hong Hua Rd. Futian Free Trade Zone[...]