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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medalist Pro 216 0N (ST52160N) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCSI Hard Dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    -2 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B © 1997 –1999 Seag ate T echnolo gy , Inc. All rights reserved. Publica tio n Num ber : 326 53- 00 1, Rev . B, Sept emb er 1 999 Seagate , Seaga te T echnolog y and the Sea gate l ogo are reg is- tered tr ademarks of Seagate T echnolog y , Inc. M edalist, SeaF AX, SeaFONE, SeaBO ARD an d SeaTDD a re eithe r trad [...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B -1 Contents What y ou need ................ ....................... ................. ................ 1 Before you begin ............ ....................... ................. ................ 1 Handling prec autions ............................ ...................... ........... 2 SCSI ID jumper s and drive terminat[...]

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    0 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B iv[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 1 What y ou need • Stra ight-edge and Phillips scre wdrivers • Driv e mounting sc rews • A SCSI in terface ho st adapter • A 50-pin S C SI interf ace cab le • An unu s ed drive po wer cab le for y our ne w driv e • A DOS or Win do w s 95 sy st em se tup diskett e (Sea ga te re com - mend s u sin g D OS V e[...]

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    2 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B Handling precautions Disc drives are e xtremely fragile . Do not drop or jar you r dr i ve. K eep th e dr ive in it s antis tat ic ba g unt il you ar e ready to install it. Prote ct your d r ive from st at ic di scha rge by mak ing sure y ou are well grounded be fore to uching th e drive . We recommend wea r ing a g[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 3 SCSI ID jumper s and drive termination Setting the SCSI ID Y our SCSI driv e is confi gured at the facto r y as SCSI ID 0 (n o jumpers i ns tal led). If y o u are instal li ng only one d riv e o r if this w il l be y our boot driv e, the driv e should be co nfigured as SCSI ID 0. Each de vice on the SC SI chain m us[...]

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    4 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B Figure 1. SCSI ID and termination ju mper settings SCSI ID 1 SCSI ID 2 Terminator Enabled SCSI ID 0 SCSI ID 3 SCSI ID 4 SCSI ID 5 SCSI ID 6 SCSI ID 7 Terminator Disabled 1 1 9 7531 12 10 8 6 4 2 13 14[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 5 SCSI termination Figure 2. T ermination f or internal SCSI de vices Chai ns of SCS I devices must be te r mina ted at each end of the ca bl e. The figu re abov e shows tw o internal hard d rives wi th the termi- nation enabled f or the SCSI host adapter and the last devic e on th e ca bl e. If your new dri v e is th[...]

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    6 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B Figure 3. T ermination f or internal and external SCSI devices This figu re shows a SCSI chai n with two internal SCSI de vices and t wo e xternal SCSI de vices. The SCSI de vices a t the ends of each c able are ter minated. Note. Some SCSI ho st adapter s should remain ter minated e ven if th ey are in t he mi ddl [...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 7 Attaching cabl es and mounting the drive 1. If y ou are install ing a ne w SCSI interf ace cable , attach one end of the cable to the interf ace conn ector on your com puter or hos t ad apt er . 2. Thread the interf ace cable through the driv e bay and attach the con nector at the end of the interf ace cab le to you[...]

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    8 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B Figure 4. Atta ching the cabl es Caution. T o a v oid possib le damage to yo ur system, mak e sure to align pin 1 on th e SCSI host adapter w ith pin 1 on the SCSI cab le on you r d rive or driv es. Pin 1 on th e int er f ace cable is us ual ly in dic ate d by a st ri pe along the edg e of the c able. Pin 1 SCSI ID [...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 9 Figure 5. M ounting screws 3. Slid e th e dr ive c aref ull y in to t he dr i ve bay . Sec ure the d r ive with f o ur 6-32 UNC-2A mounting screws in either the side- mount ing hol es or t he bo tt om-mo unt ing ho les. Do not over- tight en t h e screw s. Th ey sh ou ld be i n se r ted n o mo r e th an s ix full tu[...]

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    10 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B Figure 6. Ca ble connector s Note. If you are mou nting the driv e in a 5.25-in c h drive ba y , y ou need a m ounting adapt er or fra me kit. Con tact you r com- puter dealer . Some computer s also requ ire dr iv e mount- ing r ails , which can be obtained from your distrib utor or comput er manu f acturer . 4. At[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 11 Configuring y our comput er Bef ore yo u f ormat or partition y our ne w driv e, y ou must conf igure yo ur computer’ s BIOS to show that no h a rd drives are installe d. 1. T ur n y our computer on . As y our computer s tarts up , watc h th e screen f or a message that des cr ibes ho w to run the syste m setup p[...]

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    12 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B P ar titioning an d form att ing y ou r drive T o prepare y our drive f or use with an y of these opera ting sys- tems , you mu st par tition and f ormat your d rive . Use your s ystem setup di skette to aut omatically tak e you th rough the f or matting proc ess. Ca ution. P artitioning or f ormatting a driv e era[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 13 3. If yo u hav e two hard driv es installed , the FDISK menu di s- pla ys fiv e options. Op tion five a llows y ou to sel ect the drive yo u want to p ar titio n. Mak e sure that y our ne w driv e is select ed. If y ou acci dently repartition y our old hard drive , yo u- will e ras e all data on the driv e. 4. Sele[...]

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    14 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B Other operating systems Macintos h T o configure y our drive f or a Macinto s h sys tem, y ou must use a third- par ty hard dis c initiali zation progr am. Most softw are ven- dors and comput er st ores tha t car r y Ma c sof twar e sell har d disc dri vers. Refer t o the s oft ware i ns tr u cti ons for detai ls. [...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 15 Additional drive options Figure 7. O ptions jumper settings The optio ns jumper b loc k allows you to configure y our driv e f or se ver al addit ional config uration opt ions. The dra wing in Figure 7 sho ws how to place ju mpers to enab le each opt ional f eature . A brief descri ption of e ach option is i nclude[...]

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    16 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B Remote LED con nection. Pins 13 and 1 4 on the option s jump er blo ck are rese r v ed for a remote LED . Pin 13 is for the ca thode and pin 14 is fo r the anode.[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 17 T r oubleshooting If y ou hav e installed y our drive and it does not function p roperly , perfor m th e followin g b asic checks: W arning. Alwa ys tur n off the compu ter bef ore changing jumpers or unplug ging cable s and cards . Wea r a gro und strap or use other antis tatic precautions w hile working on your c[...]

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    18 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B terminatio n on all de vices betw een the drive and the de vice at the othe r end of the cab le. See “SC SI termination” on page 5. • Make sure the dri ve is running. L isten carefull y to determine whethe r the drive motor is spinning . Also , the drive-ac tivity LED sh ould flash when the po wer is turned o[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 19 If the dr iv e wo rks with D OS, refer to your Netw are user’ s guide f or as sist anc e. Additional tr oubleshooting If y ou hav e perf or me d the precedi ng basic chec ks but the prob- lem pers ists, fo llow these gu idelines f or troubles hooting sp ecific cases: The scree n remains blank whe n you pow e r up[...]

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    20 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B One so lution is to sl ow the p rocesso r speed during star tup. If yo ur computer has a turb o s witch, set it to slo w speed befo re turning the compu ter on. If there is no turbo s witch, you ma y be ab le to us e k eyboard c ommands; see yo ur computer ma n- ual f or detai ls. Aft er the computer is up and runn[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 21 The system han gs in FDISK or fails to create or save the partition recor d. • Chec k all cab les . • Y our DOS di ske tte ma y be cor r upted. T ry using a b ack up DOS disk ette. • Mak e the partitions smalle r . • Chang e the inter r upt jumper se tting on the hos t adapt er . The syste m error m essage,[...]

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    22 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B The system err or message, “HDD control ler failure” appear s. • Confi r m th e ju mp er s etti ngs o n th e d r ive. • V erify the driv e-type settings in the s ystem setu p program.[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 23 Drive Spec ifications Guara nteed capac ity (Gb ytes) 2.17 Interf ace type Ultra SCSI Cylinde rs (user-access ible ) 6,536 Read/W r ite heads 4 Secto rs per tr a c k (av erage) 1 61 Spindle speed 5,400 RPM Seek tim e (typica l) 11 mse c Internal tr ansf er rate (mbits per sec ond) 56.3–99 .6 MHz External tran sfe[...]

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    24 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B Glossary SCSI: Pronounc ed scuzzy; a cronym f or small com puter system interf ace, a standard hi gh speed par allel interf ace defined b y the XT3T9. 2 co mm itt ee of the Ame rican National Sta nda rds Institu te (ANSI). Ultra SCSI: Doub les the band width of F ast SCSI. It pro v i des 8- bit ( S CS I nar r ow) d[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 25 Seagate T echnology support serv ices Online ser vices Internet F or online inf or mation about Seagate product s, visit www .seagate.com or e-mail y our disc or tape questio ns to: Presales suppor t: DiscPreSales @Seagate.com or T ape_Sales _Suppor t@Seagate .com http:/ /www .seagate .com/f eedbac k.shmtl T echnic[...]

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    26 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B SeaF AX ® is Seagat e’ s automated F AX de liv er y system. Usin g a touch-to ne phone, yo u can obtain techni cal suppo r t inf or mation by retu rn F AX 24 hou rs dai ly . This service is a vailab le worldwid e . Presales Suppor t Presales Su ppor t Our Presal es support staff can help y ou determine which Sea[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 27 Customer Ser vice ( CSO) W arranty repair Seagate o ffers w or ldwide custome r suppor t fo r Seagate driv es. Seagate direct OEM, Distribution a nd System Int egrato r custom- ers shou ld contact their Seaga te service center repres entativ e f or warrant y inf o rmation. Othe r customers should conta c t their pl[...]

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    28 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B USA/Canada/Latin Amer ica suppor t serv ices Presales s upport Disc: 1-877-271-3285 or +1-405-936-1210 F AX: +1-405-936 -1683 T a pe: 1-800-626-6637 or +1-714-641-2500 F AX: +1-714-641 -2410 T echnical support (SeaFONE) 1-800-SEAGA TE or +1-405-936-1234 (spe cific product phone number) F AX: Disc: +1-405-936-1 685;[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 29 Eur op ean support services F or European custom er support, dial the toll -free num ber f or yo ur specific c ountr y f or presales s upport, technical suppor t, SeaF AX and w arra nty repair . If your country is not li sted here , dial ou r European call c enter at +31 -20-316-7222 fro m 8:30 A. M. to 5:00 P.M . [...]

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    30 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B Africa/Middle East suppor t servic es F or presales , technical su pport, warrant y repair and F AX ser- vices in Afr ica and t he Mi ddl e Eas t, dia l o ur Eur opean call cen ter at +31 -20 -316 -7 222 fr om 8: 30 A.M. to 5:00 P. M . (European central time) M o nda y through F riday , or send a F AX to +31-20-65 [...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 31 Asia/Pacific support ser vices T echnical support A ustral ia +61-2-9725-3366 F AX: +61- 2-9725-4052 Hong K ong +852-2368 9918 F AX: +852- 2368 7173 Japan — F AX: +81- 3-5462-2979 Singapore +65-488-7584 F AX: +65- 488-7528 T a iwan +886-2-2514-2237 F AX: +886- 2-2715-2923 SeaF AX A ustralia +61-2-9756-5170 W arra[...]

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    32 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B Storing and shipping y our drive K eep y our original bo x and pa cking ma ter ials f or storing or ship- ping y our d rive . The bo x h as a Seagate App ro v ed P ac kage label. Shipping a dr iv e in an unappro ved con tainer v oids the w arranty . Call y our authorized Sea gate distribu tor for inf ormation on pa[...]

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    Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 33 W arranty See y our authorized Seaga te distri bu tor or dealer . Preinstalle d or b undled s oftwar e is prov ided “as is.” The re are no w arrantie s of merc hantabil ity or fitness f or a particular pu r pose. All such wa rranti es are e xpressly and spec ifically dis c laimed . Maintena nce and repa ir Seag[...]

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    34 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B 3. Als V erso rgungsspa nnugen werden benötigt: +5V ± 5% 0, 6A; +12V ±% 0 ,8A (1,9A fur ca. 30 S ek. fur ± 10 %) 4. Die V ersorg ungsspa nnung mus s SEL V entsprechen. 5. Alle Arbei ten auf dem F e stplatt e dürfen n ur von A usgebild e- tem Servicepersona l durchgeführt werden. Bitte e ntfernen Sie nich t di[...]

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    36 Medalis t Pro 2160N , R e v. B Seagate T echnolog y , Inc. 920 Di sc Drive, Scott s V alley , CA 95066-4544 , USA Publication Number: 32653-001, Re v . B, Printed in USA[...]