Seagate MEDALIST 1080SL manual

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medalist 1080sl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCSI Interface Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    © 19 95 Seag ate Tech nology, Inc. All right s reser ve d Publicat ion Num ber : 36325- 001, Re v. A, Augu st 1995 Seag ate, Sea gate Tech nology and the Seag ate logo are regis - ter ed tradem arks of Seaga te Technology , Inc . Me dalist SL, Sea- FAX, SeaF ONE, SeaBO ARD and SeaTDD are t radem arks of Seag ate Technology , Inc. Other produc t na[...]

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    Introductio n Tha nk you for ch oosing a Seagat e drive . The purp ose of this guide is to assist you with installing your ne w hard drive. Its organ izatio n outlines the com plete inst allatio n p rocess from h an- dling the drive and drive application in Be fore you b egin. .. to off erin g troublesh ooting su ggestion s and technica l suppo rt [...]

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    Drive featu res Form atted Capa city (M byte s) 108 0.23 Total sectors 2,109 ,840 Cylin ders 4,826 Physica l heads 4 Sector s per tra ck ( averag e) 109 Bytes per sec tor 512 Spindle spe ed 5,376 RPM Aver age seek tim e (ms ec) 12.5 msec Cache (segm ented ) 128 Kb ytes Inte rnal t ransfe r rate (Mbits per second max) 33 M Hz to 65 M Hz Exter nal tr[...]

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    Read before yo u begin... Not e. Througho ut this manual the M edalist 1080sl SCSI is ref erre d to b y its m odel n umber, ST510 80N. Appl ication. Your Seagat e ® d rive is design ed for IBM an d IBM - comp atible perso nal com puters, Mac into sh and oth er system s using the SCSI int erfa ce. Turn off th e system po wer b efor e at tem ptin g [...]

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    you void the warr anty. Se agate custom e r service center s are the only facilities author ized to re pair Seaga te dr i ves. Seag ate does not san ctio n any thir d-part y repair facilit ies. Shi pping . Keep your original box and p acking m a terials for tra nspo rting or shipping y our driv e. The box h as a Seag ate Appr ov ed Pa ckag e labe l[...]

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    3. Als Versor gungssp annugen werde n benö tigt: +5V æ 5% 0 ,65A +12 V æ 5% 0, 45A ( 1,9A fu r ca. 10 Sek. fur æ 1 0%) 4. Die Ver sorgun gsspannu ng m ub SELV en tspr eche n. 5. Alle Ar beiten auf dem Festplat te dürf en nur von Ausgebilde - tem Service person al durch geführt werden. Bitte scha ffen Sie Fes tpla ttee tike tten nicht weg. 6. [...]

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    J3. Standard power connector 1 2 3 4 J1. Interface connector J8. Options jumper block +5V +5V return +12V return +12V Circuit board J1 pin 1 J8 pin 1 Figur e 1. Conne ctor an d ju mper bl oc k lo cati ons 6 Med alist 10 80sl SCSI Ins tallation Guide , Aug ust 1995[...]

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    SCSI ID 0 SCSI ID 1 SCSI ID 2 SCSI ID 3 (default) SCSI ID 4 SCSI ID 5 Note. 1. All other pins are reserved. Do not use them. 2. Jumpers on pins 28 and 30 and 32 and 34 are spares; these pins do not require jumpers. SCSI ID 6 SCSI ID 7 Remote LED  connection Reserved  Do not use Remote start Enable parity (default) Disable terminator (de[...]

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    ass ign ID values 0 through 7. Be sure tha t the ID yo u choose is not use d by ano ther device on the SCSI bus . Your Seagat e dr ive is shipped by t he facto ry configur ed as SCSI ID 3—jum pers are attac hed to pins 3 an d 4 and pin 5 an d 6. Yo u must recon figu re the SCSI ID if ano ther device is assign ed SCSI ID 3 or if y ou are making th[...]

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    nator s enabled . If you are pos i tioning the drive at the e nd of the cab le, you must en able the drive’s internal t erminat ors or attac h an exte rnal term inat or to the end of the cable. Terminat ors on the dev ices betwee n th e bus en ds m ust be disa bled or rem oved . • To enable the drive ’s term i nat ors, leave the pin -pair 19 [...]

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    Attaching c ables Requ ired m ateria ls: A fo ur-condu ctor p ower- supp ly cable A fifty-con ductor , nonshielded inte rfac e cab l e with a 50- pin, fe- male connect or att ache d fo r each SCSI device tha t is to b e con nected to the SCSI bus. The ma ximum ca ble leng th for asy nchron ous op erat i on i s 1 9.5 feet (6 meter s). The ma ximum c[...]

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    Mounting th e drive Requ ired m ateria ls: • Fou r 6-32 UNC- 2A scre ws (n ot inc l uded) The dr ive fits in the stan dard 3.5 -inch bay an d can be moun ted in any orient ation. Posit ion the drive so that the cables are not str ained or crim pe d. Secure it with four mou nting scre ws not mor e than 6 fu ll turns ( 0.20 inch es) int o the drive[...]

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    Configuri ng the drive and computer Once the drive is phys i cally installed, the driv e an d co mput er must be conf igur ed to wor k with each ot her. This inv olves par ti- tio ning and form atting the dr ive and may requ ire a special devic e driver or installat ion softwar e dep ending on the operat ing syst em you are u sing and your SCSI ad [...]

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    to low- l evel form at the drive, use th e f orm at rout i ne sup plied with you r SCSI adapt er. Refer to the SCSI adapt er’s d ocume ntatio n for ins truc tion s on how to low- l evel forma t the dr ive. Parti tioni ng You mu st part ition the drive into one or mor e logica l drives bef ore you can use it. Caut ion. Par titioning or form atting[...]

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    High -level formatti ng High- level format ting verifies the inform ation written by the low- level for mat and build s the file alloc ation table (FAT) used by DOS to ac cess files on the dr ive. If yo u pu t mor e t han one pa rtit ion on the driv e, you mu st high -level form at each part ition. Refer to your DOS refe rence guide for instr uctio[...]

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    NonDO S operat ing systems If you are installin g the drive in a syst em that is using an oper atin g syste m othe r than DOS, you ma y need a device driver or instal - lat ion sof tware . The de vice driver is pr ovided by yo ur SCSI ada pter manuf actur er and is op eratin g-system sp ecific. I t is pr o- vided on a dis kett e that come s with th[...]

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    Basic troub leshooting Warn ing. Always turn off the system before changing jump ers or unp lugging cables and c ards. If your drive does no t respon d or f un ction prop erly when you tur n the powe r on following t he hard ware i nst alla tion , perfor m these bas ic check s: • Chec k all cards. Make sur e all cards are seate d securely in thei[...]

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    Make sure th at th e dr ive i s ru nni ng. List en ca refully for th e drive mot or spin ning. Also , the drive- activity LED flashes when the power is turned on. If t he LED stays on aft er p ower -on, make sure the inter face cable is proper ly con nected and that no ot her de vice on the bu s is u sing the same SCSI ID. • Ver ify your hos t ad[...]

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    Advanced troub lesho oting If you ha ve perfor med the prece ding ba sic checks but the pr ob- lem has not been solve d, follow the se guidelines for analyz ing spe cific ca ses: The system do es no t reco gnize the pre senc e of the dri ve or sys tem erro r messa ge, “No Drive s Foun d,” appe ars. • Chec k all cables . Ma ke su re they are p[...]

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    • If the drive is at least the third d rive i n your system, you may ne ed to conf igure the BI OS f or thr ee or more dr ives or insta l l a device dr iver . Re fer to your host adapt er’s user guide for as sistance . Contac t t he host adapt er manu fact urer for the de vice driver if one is requ i red . Syst em error messag e, “ Drive no t[...]

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    • The DOS utilit i es d iskett e ma y be c orru pted. Try yo ur b ackup DOS diske tte. • If you have DOS Ver sion 4 .0 or earlier , ma ke the drive p arti- tions sma ller. • Chec k for media def ects at th e beginn i ng of the drive. Use a thir d-part y surface scan utilit y. The FDISK error mess age, “No Fixed Disk Presen t,” appear s. ?[...]

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    Technical support services If you need ass istance i n stalling your dr ive, consult your dealer . Your dealer is fam iliar with system conf igur ations a nd can help you with system conflic ts a nd ot her technic al iss ues. If you need addit ional assist an ce wi th your Sea gate drive or other Seag ate produc ts, you can call Se aBOARD  , Se [...]

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    Loc ation Mod em n umber Tha i lan d 66 2-531- 8111 Austr alia 61-2 -756- 2359 Kor ea 82 -2-5 56-729 4 SeaF AX You can use a touch- tone telepho ne to access Seagat e’s autom ated F AX syst em to receive technical suppor t infor ma- tio n by ret urn FAX. This ser vice is ava ilab le 24 hours da ily. Loc ation Tel ephone num ber Unit ed Stat es 40[...]

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    SeaT DD. 40 8/438-53 82 Using a teleco mmunicat ions d evice for th e deaf (TDD) , yo u can se nd ques tion s o r comme nts 24 hours d aily and exchang e mess ages with a tec hnical suppo rt specialist betwe en 8:0 0 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. (Pac i fic time ) Mon day t hroug h Fr iday . Seag ate Com puSer ve for um Online tech nical sup port fo r Seaga t[...]

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    Storing an d shipping your d rive Keep your or iginal bo x and pack ing mater ials for storin g or shipp i ng you r drive . The bo x has a Seaga te Approv ed Packag e label. Shipping a drive in an unappr oved cont ainer voids the war rant y. Call your a uthor ized Seagat e distr ibut or to purchas e add itiona l bo xes. Figur e 4 shows how to pac k[...]

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    Seag ate Tech nology , Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scot ts Valle y, CA 95 066, USA Publication Nu mber: 3 6325-00 1, August 1 995, Printed in USA[...]