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Seagate MobileMax ST320LT030 manual

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    Product Manual Seagate ® Laptop Ultrathin HDD SATA Gen 9.3 100715053 Rev. A May 2013 Standard models ST500LT032 ST320LT030 Self-Encrypting Drive models ST500LT033 ST320LT031[...]

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    © 2013 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Publication number: 100715053, Rev. A May 2013 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDD and SeaTools are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technol[...]

  • Page 3

    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A III C ONTENTS S EAGATE T ECHNOLOGY S UPPORT S ERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0 I NTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A IV F IGURES F IGURE 1T YPICAL 5V S TARTUP AND O PERATION C URRENT P ROFILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 F IGURE 2A TTACHING SATA C ABLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 F IGURE 3M OUNT[...]

  • Page 5

    Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDD SATA Product Manual, Rev. A 1 For information regarding online support and services, visit http://www.seagate.com/about/contact-us/technical-support/ Available services include: • Presales & Technical support • Global Support Services telephone numbers & business hours • Authorized Service Centers For info[...]

  • Page 6

    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 2 1.0 I NTRODUCTION This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate ® Laptop Ultrathin HDD SATA model drives: These drives provide the following key features:  5400-RPM spindle speed.  16MB buffer.  Quiet operation. Flu[...]

  • Page 7

    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 3 1.1 A BOUT THE S ERIAL ATA I NTERFACE The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the traditional (parallel) ATA interface. The primary advantages include:  Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity. It is not necessary to set any jump[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 4 D RIVE S PECIFICATIONS 2.0 D RIVE S PECIFICATIONS Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the following drive mode[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 5 D RIVE S PECIFICATIONS 2.1 F ORMATTED C APACITY F ORMATTED C APACITY (1) 1. One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating en vironment and formatting. G UARANTEED S ECTORS B YTES PER S ECTOR 500 GB 976,773,[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 6 D RIVE S PECIFICATIONS 2.3 R ECORDING AND I NTERFACE T ECHNOLOGY Recording method Perpendicular Recording density 1885 Kb/in Track density 366 ktracks/in avg Areal density 690 Gb/in 2 avg Spindle speed 5400 RPM +/- 0.2% Sustained data transfer rate 100 MB/s max I/O data-transfer rat[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 7 D RIVE S PECIFICATIONS 2.7 P OWER S PECIFICATIONS The drive receives DC power (+5V) through a native SATA power connector (refer to Figure 2 ). 2.7.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table in Table 3 . Typical power measurements are based on an a[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 8 D RIVE S PECIFICATIONS 2.7.1.1 Typical current profiles The typical 5V startup and operation current profile is shown in Figure 1 . Figure 1 Typical 5V Startup and Operation Current Profile[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 9 D RIVE S PECIFICATIONS 2.7.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line.  Using 5-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 100 mV peak-to-peak square-wave inje[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 10 D RIVE S PECIFICATIONS 2.8 E NVIRONMENTAL S PECIFICATIONS This section provides the temperature, humidity, shock, and vibration specifications for Momentus drives. Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Above 1000 fee[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 11 D RIVE S PECIFICATIONS 2.9 A COUSTICS Drive emission of sound is measured consistent with the ECMA-74 and its referenced standards. Testing is conducted at room temperature (approximately 25°C). Emission levels are reported as the total A-weighted sound power levers for steady sta[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 12 D RIVE S PECIFICATIONS 2.11 R ELIABILITY Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10 14 bits read, max Load/Unload (U/UL) 25°C, 50% relative humidity 600,000 software-controlled power on/off cycles 20,000 hard power on/off cycles Warranty To determine the warranty for a specific drive, us[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 13 D RIVE S PECIFICATIONS  Reorient the receiving antenna.  Move the device to one side or the other of the radio or TV.  Move the device farther away from the radio or TV.  Plug the computer into a different outlet so that the receiver and computer are on different branch[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 14 C ONFIGURING AND M OUNTING THE D RIVE 3.0 C ONFIGURING AND M OUNTING THE D RIVE This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. 3.1 H ANDLING AND S TATIC -D ISCHARGE P RECAUTIONS After unpacking, and before installation, the drive m[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 15 3.3 D RIVE M OUNTING You can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting h oles. Refer to Figure 3 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precautions when mounting the drive:  Allow[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 16 S ERIAL ATA (SATA) I NTERFACE 4.0 S ERIAL ATA (SATA) I NTERFACE These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data tran sfers. It supports ATA programmed input/ output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–6. The drive[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 17 N OTES 1 All pins are in a single row, with a 1.27 mm (0.050 in) pitch. 2 The comments on the mating sequence apply to the case of backplane blindmate connector only. In this case, the mating sequences are: • the ground pins P4 and P12. • the pre-charge power pins and the other[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 18 S ERIAL ATA (SATA) I NTERFACE Set Features EFh Set Max Address F9h Note: Individual Set Max commands are identified by the value placed in the Set Max Features register as defined to the right. Address: Password: Lock: Unlock: Freeze Lock: 00 H 01 H 02 H 03 H 04 H Set Max Address E[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 19 S ERIAL ATA (SATA) I NTERFACE 4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in Ta ble 7 . Al l r[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 20 S ERIAL ATA (SATA) I NTERFACE 51 PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode 0200 H 52 Retired 0200 H 53 Words 54–58, 64–70 and 88 are valid 0007 H 54 Number of current logical cylinders xxxx H 55 Number of current logical heads xxxx H 56 Number of current logical sectors per logical t[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 21 S ERIAL ATA (SATA) I NTERFACE 93 Hardware reset value (see description following this table) xxxx H 94 Auto acoustic management setting xxxx H 95 Stream Min. Request Size 0000 H 96 Streaming Transfer Time - DMA 0000 H 97 Streaming Access Latency - DMA and PIO 0000 H 98-99 Streaming[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 22 S ERIAL ATA (SATA) I NTERFACE Bit Word 88 0 Ultra DMA mode 0 is supported. 1 Ultra DMA mode 1 is supported. 2 Ultra DMA mode 2 is supported. 3 Ultra DMA mode 3 is supported. 4 Ultra DMA mode 4 is supported. 5 Ultra DMA mode 5 is supported. 6 Ultra DMA mode 6 is supported. 8 Ultra D[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 23 S ERIAL ATA (SATA) I NTERFACE 4.3.2 Set Features command This command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY, checks the contents of the Features register, clears BSY and generates an interrupt. If [...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 24 S ERIAL ATA (SATA) I NTERFACE 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disk drives. When 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 [...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 25 I NDEX A acoustics 11 active mode 9 Address 18 agency certification 12 ambient temperature 6 areal density 6 ATA commands 17 Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS3548 1995 12 Australian Communication Authority (ACA) 12 Australian C-Tick 12 Average seek time 6 B buffer 6 C cables an[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 26 I NDEX N noise 9 nominal power 6 nonoperating shock 10 nonoperating vibration 10 nonrecoverable read errors 12 O operating shock 10 operating vibration 10 P physical characteristics 6 Physical organization 5 point-to-point 3 , 14 power consumption 7 power dissipation 7 power manage[...]

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    S EAGATE L APTOP U LTRATHIN HDD SATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 27 I NDEX U UL60950-1 12 V vibration 10 voltage dips, interrupts 11 voltage tolerance 9 W warranty 12 weight 6 width 6 Write Buffer 18 Write DMA 18 Write DMA Extended 18 Write Long with Retries 18 Write Long without Retries 18 Write Multiple 18 Write Sectors 18[...]

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