Seagate SERIAL ATA ST3120213SCE manual

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    DB35.2 Serial A T A ST350084 1SCE ST340083 3SCE ST330082 2SCE ST325082 4SCE ST320082 7SCE ST316021 2SCE ST312021 3SCE ST38021 10SCE[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial A T A ST350084 1SCE ST340083 3SCE ST330082 2SCE ST325082 4SCE ST320082 7SCE ST316021 2SCE ST312021 3SCE ST38021 10SCE[...]

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    ©2006, S eagate T ech nology L LC All rig hts re served Public ation num ber: 1003 90003, R ev . B May 20 06 Seagate , Seagate T e chnology , and the Seaga te logo are re gistere d trademar ks of Seaga te T echnol ogy LL C. SeaT ool s, Se aFONE, S eaBOA RD, and SeaT DD are eit her regi stered trademar ks or tradema rks of Seaga te T echno logy LLC[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial A T A Product Manual , Rev . B iii Revision st atus summary sheet Rev isi on Dat e Note s Rev . A 05/02/0 6 Init ial rel ease. Rev . B 05/17/06 R evise A FR and r eference s to th e SA T A Revisio n 2.5 s pecific ation.[...]

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    iv DB35.2 Serial A T A Product Manual , Rev . B[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B v Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA in terface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0 Drive [...]

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    vi DB35.2 S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B[...]

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    DB35.2 Serial AT A Pro duct Ma nual, Rev. B vii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and ope ration c urrent pro file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 2. Typical 12V s tartup and operati on current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 3. Breather[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 1 1.0 Introduction This m anual des cribes the fun ctional , mecha nical an d inte rface sp ecific ations for the fo llowing S eagate DB35.2 Serial A T A (SA T A) m odel d rives: • ST3500841S CE • ST3400833S CE • ST3300822S CE • ST3250824S CE • ST3200827S CE • ST3160212S CE • ST3120213S CE[...]

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    2 D B35.2 Se rial ATA Produc t Manua l, Rev. B 1.1 About the Serial A T A interface The Serial A T A interf ace pr ovid es seve ral a dvant ag es over the tradi tiona l (p arallel) A T A interf ace. T he pr imary advantages i nclude: • Easy ins tallation and configurat ion with t rue plug-a nd-play c onnectivity . It is not n ecessary to set an y[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 3 2.0 Drive speci fications Unless ot herwise n oted, all sp ecifi cations are measure d under ambient con dition s, at 25°C, and nominal power . For conveni ence, the phr ases the dri v e and t his drive a re used through out this manual to indicate the foll owin g mode ls: 2.1 S pecification s ummari[...]

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    4 D B35.2 Se rial ATA Produc t Manua l, Rev. B T able 1: Drive spe cificati ons for 50 0 and 4 00 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3500841SCE ST3400833S CE Formatted Gbytes (51 2 bytes/sec tor)* 500 400 Guaranteed sectors 976,773,168 781,422,768 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 Default cylinders 16,383[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 5 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive c apacity. Accessible capacit y may vary depending on operating e nvironment and formatting. * *During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to t he S. M. A.R.T. sp ecification, which may inc rease a cous tic a[...]

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    6 D B35.2 Se rial ATA Produc t Manua l, Rev. B T able 2: Dri ve sp ecif icat ion s for 300 , 250 and 200 G b yte mode ls Drive spec ification ST3300822 SCE ST3250824 SCE ST3200 827SCE Formatted Gbytes (51 2 bytes/sec tor)* 300 250 200 Guaranteed sectors 586,072,368 488,397,168 390,721,968 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default re[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 7 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive c apacity. Accessible capacit y may vary depending on operating e nvironment and formatting. * *During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to t he S. M. A.R.T. sp ecification, which may inc rease a cous tic a[...]

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    8 D B35.2 Se rial ATA Produc t Manua l, Rev. B T able 3: Dri ve sp ecif icat ion s for 160 , 120 , and 80 Gb yte mo del s Drive spec ification ST3160212SCE ST312 0213SCE ST3 8021 10SCE Formatted Gbytes (51 2 bytes/sec tor)* 160 120 80 Guaranteed sectors 312,581,808 234,441,648 156,301,488 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default re[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 9 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive c apacity. Accessible capacit y may vary depending on operating e nvironment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. spe cification, which may increase a coustic and pow[...]

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    10 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 2.2 Formatted cap acity *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when r eferring to hard drive c apacity. Accessible capacit y m ay vary depending on operating e nv ironment and formatting. 2.2.1 LBA mode When addr essing these dri ves in LBA m ode, all blocks (sectors ) are cons ecutive ly numbered from 0[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 11 ST3160212 SCE, ST312021 3SCE, ST380 21 10SCE 11 9 . 0 S pindle sp eed (RP M) ( ± 0.2% ) 7,200 Internal da ta-tr ansfer rate (Mb its/sec ma x) ST3500841 SCE, ST340083 3SCE 815.2 ST3300822 SCE, ST325082 4SCE, ST320 0827SCE, ST3160212 SCE, ST312021 3SCE, ST380 21 10SCE 867.2 Susta ined d ata t r ansfe [...]

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    12 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 2.5 Physical char acteristics 2.6 Seek time Seek mea suremen ts are taken with nomina l power at 25°C ambie nt tempe rature. A ll times are meas ured usin g drive d iagnosti cs. Th e specif ications in the tab le below a re def ined as fo llows: • T rack- to-trac k seek time i s an aver age o f all[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 13 2.7 S t art/stop times 2.8 Power specificat ions The driv e re ceives DC po wer (+ 5V and + 12V) th rough a na tive SA T A power co nnecto r . S ee F igure 5 on pag e 25 . 2.8.1 Power cons umption Power r equirem ents for the dr ives a re liste d in the tab le on page 9. T ypi cal p ower meas urement[...]

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    14 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 2.8.1.1 T ypical curr ent pro files Figure 1. T ypical 5V st artup and operation current profi le Figure 2. T ypical 12V st artup a nd operation c urrent profile T able 4: DC power requirements Power dissip ation (typ ical) Example: ST3500841 SCE A verage (wa tt s, 25° C) 5V typ amp s 12V typ am ps S[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 15 2.8.2 Conducted noise Input noise ri ppl e is mea su re d at the ho st sy stem powe r supp ly acr o ss an equ iv al ent 80 -ohm r es isti ve load on the +1 2 volt li ne or an equiv alent 1 5-ohm r esistiv e loa d on the +5 volt line. • Using 12- volt po wer , t he drive is expe cted to operate with[...]

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    16 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B drive acti vi ty is requ ir ed , the driv e m ake s a tr an si tio n to St andby mo de. In b oth Idle a nd S tandby mo de, th e drive a ccepts all comm ands a nd retur ns to Ac tive m ode when disc a ccess is neces sary . 2.9 Environment al specifications 2.9.1 Ambient temper ature Ambient tem perat u[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 17 2.9.5.2 Nonoperating shock The non opera ting sho ck l evel tha t the driv e can ex peri ence without i ncur ring ph ysical dama ge or degr adatio n in perfo rmance when subseq uently pu t into opera tion is 300 Gs for 50 0, 400, and 300 GB drives an d 350 Gs for 250, 2 00, 160 , ad 80 GB drives , ba[...]

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    18 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 2.1 1 Electroma gnetic immunity When pro perly i nstalled in a repres entative host sys tem, the d rive opera tes withou t error s or degrad ation in perform ance when subje cted to the radi o freq uency ( RF) envir onmen ts defined in the fol lowin g table: 2.12 Re lia bility T able 5: Radio frequenc[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 19 2.13 Agency certificati on 2.13.1 Safety ce rtificat ion The drive s a re re co gni ze d in ac co rd ance wi th UL 1950 and CSA C22 .2 ( 950 ) a nd m eet a ll appl ic ab le s ec tions of IEC950 a nd EN 6 0950 as tested by TUV Nor th Am erica. 2.13.2 Electromagne tic compatibility Hard drive s that di[...]

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    20 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B Australian C-Tick ( N176) If these mode ls h ave the C-Tick marking, they com ply wi th the Austr alia/N ew Zeal and St andard AS/NZS 3548 1995 and meet the Electrom agneti c Compatibility ( EMC) Frame work req uirements of the A ustrali an Commun i - cation A uthority (ACA). 2.13.3 FCC verifica tion [...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 21 Seagate al so has internal s ystems in place to en sure ongo ing co mplianc e with the RoH S Directi ve and a ll laws and regul ations wh ich res trict c hemical conte nt in elec tronic products. The se sy stems i nclude s tandard operat- ing procedures that ens ure that restricted su bstances are no[...]

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    22 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 23 3.0 Configur ing and mo untin g the drive This sec tion co ntains the s pecif ication s and instruc tions for con figuring and mo unting the driv e. 3.1 Handling and st atic-discharge precauti ons After unpacking, a nd before ins t allatio n, the drive may be exposed to potential h andling and e lect[...]

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    24 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 3.2 Breather filter ho le precauti ons This sec tion c ontains info rmation r egardi ng the prec autio ns to take with the br eather fi lter hol e in Se agate h ard disc dri ves. T ak e the p roper prec autio ns to e nsure full functiona lity a nd to pr event po ssib le damage to the drive. Figure 3. [...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 25 3.3 Configuring t he drive Each drive on the S erial A T A inter face connects i n a p oint-to- point configura tion wi th the Serial A T A hos t adapter . The re is n o mas ter/slav e rela tionsh ip bec ause each drive is cons idered a mas ter in a point- to-p oint relatio nships. If two driv es are[...]

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    26 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 3.5 Drive mounti ng Y ou can mount the drive in any o rientation u sing four s crews in the side -mountin g holes or four screws in th e bottom-m ounting holes. S ee Figu re 6 on page 2 6 for dri ve mounti ng dimen sions. F ollow th ese im portant mounting p recauti ons when m ountin g the dri ve: •[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 27 4.0 Ser ia l A T A (SA T A ) in te r fac e These dr ives use th e industry- st andar d Serial A T A inter face that sup ports FIS data tr ansfers. It sup ports A T A programme d input /output (P IO) mod es 0–4 ; multiwor d DMA modes 0–2 , and Ul tra DMA m odes 0 –6. For de tailed infor matio n [...]

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    28 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 4.2 Serial A T A device plug connec tor pin defi nitions Table 6 summa rizes the signa ls on the Seri al ATA interfac e and power con necto rs. . Notes: 1. All pin s are in a singl e row , with a 1.27 mm ( 0.050”) pitch. 2. The com ments on th e matin g sequenc e appl y to the case of backp lane bli[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 29 4.3 Supported A T A commands The follo wing table lists Ser ial A T A standard co mmands that the driv e supports. Fo r a detailed desc riptio n of the A T A co mmands, r efer to th e Ser ial A T A: High S p eed Seri alized A T Attachme nt specif ication . See “S.M.A.R .T . comma nds” on page 35.[...]

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    30 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B Security Erase Unit F4 H Security Fr eeze F5 H Security Set Pas sword F1 H Secur ity Un lock F2 H Seek 70 H Set Featur es EF H Set Max Add ress F9 H Note: Indiv idual Set Max Addre ss comma nds are id entified b y the val ue placed in the Set M ax Featur es regis - ter as de fined to th e right. Addre[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 31 4.3.1 Identify De vice comman d The Ident ify Device c omman d (comma nd code E C H ) transfer s infor mation about the dr ive to the host fol lowing power up. T he data is organized a s a single 512-by te block of data, whose co ntents are shown in Ta b l e 7 on pag e 29 . All res erved b its or wor[...]

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    32 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 57–58 Curre nt capac ity in se ctor s xxxx H 59 Number o f sectors tran sferred during a Re ad Multi ple or W rite M ultiple command xx xx H 60–61 T otal number of user-addres sable L BA sectors availabl e (see Secti on 2.2 for related i nformatio n) *Note: The maxi mum value allowed in this f iel[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 33 Note. Advance d Powe r Manag ement ( APM) and Au tomatic Ac oustic Managem ent (AAM) f eatur es are not s upporte d Note. See the b it descri ptions below for words 63, 88, and 93 of the Identif y Drive da ta. 100–103 T o tal numbe r of user-ad dressabl e LBA secto rs avail able (see Section 2.2 fo[...]

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    34 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 4.3.2 Set Features command This com mand c ontrols the im plemen tation of var ious f eatures that the d rive s upports. Wh en the d rive rec eives this comma nd, it sets BSY , checks the contents of the Featur es registe r , clear s BSY and gener ates an inter - rupt. If the value i n the register do[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 35 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . provides near-ter m failure predicti on for disc drives . When S.M .A.R.T . is enabled, the dr ive moni - tors pre dete rm in ed driv e attri bute s tha t a re s usce pti ble t o degr ad ati on ov er t ime . I f s el f-mon ito ring de termi nes that a failu re i[...]

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    36 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 37 5.0 Seagate T echnology support services Online serv ices Internet www .seagat e.com for infor matio n about Seag ate pro ducts and serv ices. Worldw ide supp ort is av ailab le 24 hours d aily by e-mail for your questio ns. Presales Suppo rt: www .sea g ate.c om/s upport/em ail/em ail_p resales .htm[...]

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    38 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B Seagate CSO warranty centers for assistance. Hav e your dr ive’s “ST” model number an d serial nu mber avai l - able. Dat a Recovery Services Seagate offe rs data recov ery se rvices fo r all fo rmats and al l brands of st orage med ia. Our Data Recover y Ser - vices labs are c ur rentl y locate[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 39 European support services For presa les and tec hnical s upport in E urope, dia l the Sea gate Serv ice Cen ter toll-fr ee number fo r your spe - cific lo catio n. If your location is not listed here, dial ou r presal es and techn ical support ca ll cent er at +1-4 05- 324-4714 from 8: 00 A . M . to [...]

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    40 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B Asia/Pacific support ser vices For Asia/ Paci fic presale s and tec hnica l suppor t, dial the to ll-fre e number for your spe cific lo cation . The Asia / Pacific toll-fr ee numb ers are av ailable from 6:0 0 A . M . to 10:45 A . M . an d 12:00 P . M . to 6:00 P . M . (Aus tralian East - ern time) Mo[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 41 Publica ti on fe edba ck survey We are intereste d in you r comm ents and su ggesti ons rega rding this pu blicatio n. Plea se take a few minutes to participate in our survey at the fo llowing U RL: http://surv ey .seagate .com/surv ey/techp ubs.nsf Thank y ou for y our time and comm ents.[...]

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    42 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 43 Inde x A ACA 2 0 acceler ation 17 acousti cs 7 , 9 , 1 7 Active 15 Active mode 15 actuator arm 13 AFR 18 Agenc y cert ifi catio n 19 altitude 16 Altitude , nonope ratin g 5 , 7 , 9 Altitude , oper ating 4 , 6 , 8 Ambient t emper ature 4 , 6 , 8 , 16 ambi ent temp erat ure 12 , 13 Annua lized F ailure[...]

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    44 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B F FCC veri f ication 20 features 1 Federa l Commu nicatio ns Comm ission 20 Flush Cache 29 Flush Cache Extend ed 29 Format Track 29 Formatted c apacity 10 Format ted Gbyte s 4 , 6 , 8 G Gbytes 10 geometry 10 gradien t 4 , 6 , 8 Gs 17 Guaran teed se ctors 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 guarante ed sector s 10 H Handli[...]

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    DB35.2 Se rial AT A Pro duct Manua l, Rev . B 45 R Radiated RF i mmunity 18 Radio and televi sion in terferen ce 20 radio freq uency (RF) 18 random s eeks 13 Read Buffer 29 Read DMA 2 9 Read DMA E xtend ed 29 Read DMA witho ut Retries 29 read errors 5 , 7 , 9 , 18 Read Log E xt 29 Read Multip le 29 Read Multip le Ext ended 29 Read Native M ax Addre[...]

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    46 DB35.2 S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B T technic al su ppor t serv ic es 3 7 temperatu re 4 , 6 , 8 , 12 , 16 Temperatur e gradi ent 4 , 6 , 8 temperatu re grad ient 16 timer 15 timers 15 TPI 4 , 6 , 8 Track de nsity 4 , 6 , 8 track d ensit y 10 Track-to -track 12 Track-to -track s eek time 4 , 6 , 8 , 12 tunneling magne toresis tive (TG M[...]

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    Seagate T echnology LLC 920 Disc Dri ve, Sco tts Valley , Ca lifornia 9 5066-454 4, USA Public ation Numbe r: 100 390003, Rev . B, Printe d in US A[...]