Seagate Barracuda ST340015A manual

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barracuda 5400.1 F amil y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST340015A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barracuda 5400.1 F amil y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST340015A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    © 2003–2004 Sea gate T echnolog y LLC All rights reser v ed Pub lication number : 100256411, Re v . G Ma y 2004 Seagate , Seagate T echnolog y , and t he Seagate logo are eit her registered trad emarks or trademarks of Seagat e T echnolog y LLC . Barracuda, DiscWizard, SeaFONE, SeaShell, SeaShield, SeaTDD , and 3D Def ense System are ei ther reg[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G iii Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Drive spe cifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1 Specif ication sum mary ta ble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.2 Forma t[...]

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    iv Barrac uda 5400.1 Product Man ual, Rev. G 4.1.1 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.1.2 Identify Devic e comma nd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4.1.3 Set Featur es com mand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 4.1.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 5.0 Seagate Technology support s er[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G v List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V star tup and operatio n current prof ile . . . . . . . . . 11 Figure 2. Typical 12V star tup and operation cur rent profile . . . . . . . . 11 Figure 3. Breather filt er hole lo cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Figure 4. Master/sla ve jumper [...]

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    vi Barrac uda 5400.1 Product Man ual, Rev. G[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 1 1.0 Intr oduction This manual describe s the functional , me chanical and interface specifica tions for Seagat e ® Barrac uda ® 5400.1 ST340015A mo del drives. This d rive provides the following key features: • Low power consump tion. • High instanta neous (burst) dat a transfer rat es (up to 100 Mb[...]

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    2 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 3 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, a ll specifications are me asured under ambie nt con- ditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For conven ience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used thro ughout this m anual to indi cate ST340015A model drives. 2.1 Specifica tion summary tab le The s[...]

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    4 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G Drive specification ST340015A F or matted Gb ytes (x10 6 bytes) 40 Guaranteed sectors 78,165,360 Bytes per sector 512 Def a ult sectors per trac k 63 Def ault read/wr ite heads 16 Def ault cylinders 16,383 Ph ysi cal read/wr ite heads 1 Discs 1 Recording density BPI (b its/inch max) 475,127 T rack density[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 5 * During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase ac oustic and power to operational levels . Idle mode (typical) 5.0 w atts Standby mode (typical) 1.4 w atts Sleep mode (typical) 1.0 w atts V oltage tolerance (including noise) 5V[...]

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    6 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 2.2 F ormatted cap acity 2.3 D efault lo gical g eomet ry LBA mode When addressin g these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sector s) are cons ec- utively numbered from 0 to n–1, where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as def ined ab ove . 2.4 Ph ysical orga nization Model Formatted capacity Guaran te[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 7 2.5 Recor ding and inte rface tec hnology 2.6 Ph ysical c haracte ristics Interface A T A Recording method GPRML detector wi th NPML post processor Recording density BPI (b its/inch max) 475,127 T rack density TPI (tra c ks/inch max) 94,000 Areal density (Mbits/inch 2 max) 49,888 Spindle speed (RPM) (± 0[...]

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    8 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 2.7 Seek time Seek meas ureme nts are ta ken with nominal po wer at 25 °C amb ient tempe r- ature. All times are meas ured usin g dr ive diagnostics. The specificat ions in the table below ar e defined as follows : • Track-to-track seek time is an avera ge of all possible single-track seeks in both dir[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 9 2.9.1 P ower con sumpt ion Power require ments for the drive s are listed in the table on page 10. Typical power mea suremen ts are ba sed on an av erage of drives teste d, unde r nominal conditions, using 5. 0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient temperature. • Spinup powe r Spinup power is measur[...]

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    10 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G * During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase ac oustic and power to operational le vels . P ower dissipation (watts) A verag e (watts, 25° C) 5V typ amps 12V typ amps Spinup — 1.20 (max) 2.0 (max) Idle 5.0 0.46 0.2 3 Idle[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 11 2.9.1. 1 T ypical curre nt profile Figure 1. T ypical 5V star tup and op eration cu rrent profile Figure 2. T ypical 12V star tup and operation current profile 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 Amps Seconds +5 Volt Current during spindle start — Typical Amperes 3.0 18 0.0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 1[...]

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    12 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 2.9.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at th e host system powe r supply across an equivalent 80 -ohm resistive load on the +12 volt line o r an equivalent 15-oh m resistive load on the +5 volt line. • Using 12-volt power, the drive is expe cted to ope rate with a ma ximum of 120 mV peak-[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 13 Standby mode a utomatically after the dr ive has been inacti ve for a specifi- able length o f time. The stand by timer delay is established using a Standby or Idle comman d. In Standby mo de, the drive buffer is ena bled, the heads are parked an d the spindle is at rest. The dr ive accepts all commands [...]

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    14 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 2.10.2 T emperature g radient 2.10.3 Humidit y 2.10.3.1 Relative humidity 2.10.3.2 W e t bulb temperat ure 2.10.4 Altit ude Operating : 20°C per hour (68° F per hour max), without condensat ion Nonoperatin g: 30°C per hour (86°F per hou r max) Operating: 5 % to 90% nonconde nsing (30% per hour max) N[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 15 2.10.5 Shock All shock specifications assume th at the drive is mounted secur ely with the input shock a pplied at the drive mounting scr ews. Shock may be app lied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.10.5.1 Operating shock These drives comply with the performa nce levels specified in this document when subjected t[...]

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    16 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 2.11 Acous tics Drive aco ustics ar e meas ured as ov erall A-we ighted ac oustic so und powe r levels (no p ure tones). All measur ements a re consiste nt with ISO document 7779. So und power measu rements are ta ken under esse ntially free-fie ld conditions over a reflecting pl ane. For all test s, the[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 17 2.12 Elec troma gnetic im m unity When properly insta lled in a representative host system, the drive operates without erro rs or degrad ation in perfo rmance wh en subjec ted to the radio frequen cy (RF) environm ents define d in the following ta ble: 2.13 Reliabili ty T est Description P erformance lev[...]

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    18 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 2.14 Agen cy cer tificati on 2.14.1 Safety cer ti fication The drives are re cognized in accorda nce with UL 1950 and CSA C22.2 (9 50) and meet all applicable sectio ns of IEC950 and EN 60950 as tested by TUV North America . 2.14.2 Electr omagnetic compat ibility Hard drives that display the CE mar k com[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 19 Australia n C-Tick (N176 ) If these mode ls have the C-Tick m arking, they comply with the Au stralia/New Zealand Stand ard AS/NZS3548 1995 and meet the Electroma gnetic Compat- ibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Australian Communication Au- thority (ACA ). 2.14.3 FCC verific ation These drives [...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 21 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This section con tains the specifications and inst r uctions f or configuring and mounting th e drive . 3.1 Handling and static dischar ge precautions After unpa cking, and bef ore installation, the driv e ma y be e xposed to poten- tial handlin g and electrostatic [...]

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    22 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 3.2 Breather filter hole precau tions This section contains in f or mation regarding t he precautions which sh ould be tak en regarding t he breather filter hole in Seagate hard disc driv es. Pro per precautions should be tak en to ensure f ull functionality and pre v ent possib le damage to the driv e. [...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 23 3.3 J umper settings 3.3.1 Master/s lave configura tion The options jumper blo ck shown in Figure 4 is used to configure th e drive for operation . It is the 8-pin dual heade r between the interface conn ector and the power connector. Use the following se ttings to configure the drive as a master or a sl[...]

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    24 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 3.3.3 Ultra A T A/100 cable An 80-conduct or 40-pin cable is requir ed to run Ultra DMA mode 3, mod e 4 and mode 5. T his cable uses even-number ed conductors connect ed to the ground p ins to improv e signal inte grity. Figure 5. Ultra A T A ca ble connectors Note . The driv e suppor ts both host and dr[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 25 Figure 6. Mo unting dimensions—top, side and end vie w 0.787 in. max (19.99 mm) 0.250 in. max (6.350 mm) +0.024 0.015 1.140 in. +0.635 0.381 (28.956 mm) +0.025 0.015 1.683 in. +0.635 0.381 (41.605 mm) +0.025 0.015 4.000 in. +0.635 0.381 (101.60 mm) +0.015 0.005 4.000 in. +0.381 0.127 (101.60 mm) +0.015[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 27 4.0 A T A interface These drives use the industry-standar d ATA task file interface that supports 16-bit da ta transfers. It supports ATA programm ed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA mo des 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–5. The drive also supports the use of the IORDY signal to provide r eli[...]

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    28 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G Figure 7. I/O pin s and suppor ted A T A signa ls Reset – Ground DD7 DD8 DD6 DD9 DD5 DD10 DD4 DD11 DD3 DD12 DD2 DD13 DD1 DD14 DD0 DD15 Ground (removed) DMARQ Ground DIOW– STOP Ground DIOR – HDMARDY – HSTROBE Ground IORDY DDMARDY– DSTROBE CSEL DMACK – Ground INTRQ IOCS16 – DA1 PDIAG – CBLI[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 29 4.1.1 Supported A T A commands The following table lists ATA-standard commands that the drive supports. Barracuda 5400. 1 drives support ATA-7 specifications. Fo r a detailed descrip- tion of the ATA comman ds, refer t o the Draft ATA-7 Standard. See “S.M .A.R.T. commands” on pa ge 38 for details and[...]

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    30 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G Write Buffer E8 H Wri te DMA CA H, CB H Wri te Multiple C5 H Wri te Sectors 30 H, 31 H Command name Command code (in hex)[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 31 4.1.2 Identif y Device comma nd The Ident ify Device command (c ommand code EC H ) tr ansfers information about th e drive to the host following power up. The data is orga nized as a single 512-byte blo ck of data, whose contents are shown in the table on page 29. All reserved bits or w ords should be se[...]

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    32 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G W or d Descript ion V alue 0 Configuration information: • Bit 15: 0 = A T A; 1 = A T API • Bit 7: remo vab le media • Bit 6: remov able controller • Bit 0: reserved 0C5A H 1 Number of logical cylinders 16,383 2 A T A-reser v ed C837 H 3 Number of logical heads 16 4 Retired 0000 H 5 Retired 0000 H[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 33 54 Number of current logical cylind ers xxxx H 55 Number of current logical heads xxxx H 56 Number of cu rrent logical sectors pe r log- ical trac k xxxx H 57–58 Current capa city in sectors xxxx H 59 Number of sectors transf erred dur ing a Read Multiple or Wr ite Multipl e command xxxx H 60–61 T ot[...]

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    34 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 85 Command sets enabled 3469 H 86 Command sets enabled 1A01 H 87 Command sets enable e xtension 4003 H 88 Ultra DMA suppor t and current mode (see note f ollowing this table) xx 3F H 89 Securi ty erase time 0000 H 90 Enhanced secur ity erase time 0000 H 91 Adv anced power management value 0000 H (Not Sup[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 35 Note . See the bit descriptions below f or wor ds 63, 88, 93 and 94 of the Identify Dr ive data: Description (if bit is set to 1) Bit W or d 63 0 Multiword DMA mode 0 is suppor ted. 1 Multiword DMA mode 1 is suppor ted. 2 Multiword DMA mode 2 is suppor ted. 8 Multiword DMA mode 0 is currently activ e. 9 [...]

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    36 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 4.1.3 Set Featu res comm and This command (EF H ) controls the implementa tion of various featur es that the drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it se ts BSY, checks the contents of the Feat ures register, clears BSY and generates an interrupt. If the value in the reg ister does not rep[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 37 Note . At po wer-on , or after a ha rdwar e or softw are reset, t he def ault v alues of the f eatures are as indicate d abov e. F1 H Repor t full capacity a vailable[...]

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    38 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 4.1.4 S.M.A.R.T . comma nds S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term f ailure prediction for disc drives. Wh en S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive monitors predetermined drive attributes that are susceptible to degradation over time. If self-monitoring determines that a failure is likely, S.M.A .R.T. makes a stat us [...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 39 5.0 Seagate T echnolog y suppor t ser vices Online Services Internet www .sea gate.com f or inf or mation about Seagate pr oducts and services. W or ldwide suppor t is av ailab le 24 hours daily b y e-mail f or your questions . Presales Support: www .sea gate .com/suppor t/email/ email_presales .html or [...]

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    40 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G Seagate On line Store US customers can pu rchase Seagate disc driv es 24 hours daily at www .sea gate.com/buy/online/ . A utomated Phone Ser vices SeaFONE ® (1-800-SEA GA TE) is the Sea gate toll-fre e number ( 1-800-732- 4283) to access ou r automated self- help and directory assistance f or Seagate su[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 41 USA/Canada/Latin Ameri ca Suppor t Services Presales Support Call Center T oll-free Direct dial F AX Amer icas 1-877-271-3285 +1 - 405-324-4730 +1 -405-324-4704 T echnical Support Call Center T oll-free Direct dial F AX Americas 1-80 0-SEA GA TE † +1-405-3 24-4770 +1-405-324-47 02 W arranty Service Cal[...]

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    42 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G Eur opean Suppor t Services F or European presales , technical suppor t, and w arranty service, dial the toll- free n umber f or y our specific country . If y our countr y is not listed he re, di al our Europ ean call center at +31-20- 316-722 2 from 8:30 A . M . to 5: 00 P . M . (Centr al Europe ti me) [...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 43 Asia/P acific Suppor t Ser vices F or Asia/P acific presales and technica l suppor t, dial the toll-fr ee number f or yo ur specific countr y . The As ia/P acif ic toll-free numbers are av ailable from 6:00 A . M . to 10:45 A . M . an d 12:00 P . M . to 6:00 P . M . (A ustralian Eastern time) Monda y thr[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 45 Index A acoustics 16 Active mode 1 2 agency certificat ion (regulatory) 18 altitude 14 ambient co nditions 3 ambient t emperature 8 , 13 areal de nsity 1 , 7 ATA interface 27 ATA-standa rd commands 29 Australian C-Tick 19 autodetection 1 average seek tim e 8 B BPI 7 breathe r filter ho le prec autions 22[...]

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    46 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G G GMR 1 guarante ed sectors 6 H handling 21 heads 1 , 6 height 7 humidity 14 I I/O data- transfer rate 7 Identify Devic e 29 Identify De vice comm and 31 Idle 10 , 3 1 Idle and Stan dby timers 13 Idle Immed iate 31 Idle mode 12 Idle mode power 9 IEC950 18 Information Te chnology Equipment 18 Initialize D[...]

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    Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G 47 R radiated RF immu nity 17 radio an d television interfer ence 19 Radio freq uency (RF) 17 random t rack location 9 Read Buffer 29 Read DMA 29 read er rors 17 Read Multiple 1 , 29 Read Sector s 29 Read Verify Sectors 29 read/write heads 6 read/wr ite power and curr ent 9 Recalibrate 29 recording a nd int[...]

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    48 Barracuda 54 00.1 Product Manual , Rev. G U UL 1950 18 Ultra ATA/100 24 Ultra DMA 24 V vibration 15 voltage 12 voltage dips, inter rupts 17 voltage tolerance 12 W weight 7 wet bulb t emperat ure 14 width 7 Write Buffer 30 Write DMA 30 Write Multiple 1 , 30 Write Sectors 30[...]

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    Seagat e T ech nology LLC 920 Disc Driv e, Sc otts V alley , California 95066-4544, USA Publication Number: 1002 5641 1, Rev . G, Printed in USA[...]