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    Prod uct Ma nu al Barracuda 720 0. 8 P A T A 10032 3825 Rev . F Aug ust 2007 ST34 00 832A ST34 00 632A ST33 00 831A ST33 00 631A ST32 50 823A ST32 50 623A ST32 00 826A[...]

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    ©2006-2007 , Seagat e T echnology LL C All r ight s rese rved. Pub lication nu mber: 100 32382 5, Rev . F Aug ust 2007 Sea gate, Sea gate T echnolog y and the W ave logo are registe red trade marks of S eagate T echnology LL C in the Un ited S tates and/or oth er count ries. Barr ac uda, SeaT ools and Se aTDD are eit her tradem arks or register ed[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F i Conte nts 1.0 Introd uction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Drive s pecificat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    ii Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F iii List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Typical 5V star tup a nd operatio n current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Figure 2. Typical 12V startup and opera tion cur rent pro file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 Figure 3. [...]

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    iv Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 1 1.0 I ntroducti on This man ual descr ibes the functi onal, mechan ical and inte rface speci fications fo r the foll owing Seagat e ® Barr acuda ® 7 200.8 P A T A model drives: Barra cuda 72 00.8 P A T A • ST3 400832A • ST3 400632A • ST3 300831A • ST3 300631A • ST3 250823A • ST3 250623[...]

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    2 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 3 2.0 Drive specificati ons Unles s otherwi se noted, all specific ations are m eas ured u nder amb ient con ditions, a t 25°C, a nd nominal power . For conv enience , the ph rases the dri ve and t h is dr iv e ar e used thro ughout th is ma nual to indi cate ST3 400832A, S T3400632 A, ST330 0831A, S[...]

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    4 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F T a ble 1: Driv e sp ec ific a tio ns for 40 0 Gb yt e m ode ls Drive sp ecifi cation ST 3400832A ST3 400632A Formatted Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector)* 400 400 Guarantee d secto rs 781,422,76 8 781,42 2,768 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er tr ack 63 Default read /write heads 1 6 Default cyli[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 5 *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n refer r ing to h ard drive capacity . Accessibl e capacity may vary depe nding on operating enviro nmen t and formatting. **During peri od s of dri ve idl e, some off lin e acti vity may occu r ac cor ding to th e S. M.A. R.T. spe cif icat ion, whi ch ma y [...]

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    6 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F T a ble 2: D rive sp ecific atio ns for 300 Gbyte m odels Drive sp ecifi cation ST330 0831A ST330 0631A Formatte d Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector) * 300 300 Guarantee d secto rs 586,072,3 68 586,072,3 68 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er tr ack 63 Default read /write heads 16 Default cylind er[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 7 *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n refer r ing to h ard drive capacity . Accessibl e capacity may vary depe nding on operating enviro nmen t and formatting. **During peri od s of dri ve idl e, some off lin e acti vity may occu r ac cor ding to th e S. M.A. R.T. spe cif icat ion, whi ch ma y [...]

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    8 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F T a ble 3: D rive sp ecific atio ns for 250 and 200 Gbyte m odels Drive sp ecifi cation ST325 0823A ST325 0623A ST320 0826A Formatte d Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector) * 250 250 200 Guarantee d secto rs 488,397,1 68 488,397,1 68 390,721, 968 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er tr ack 63 Default r[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 9 *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n refer r ing to h ard drive capacity . Accessibl e capacity may vary depe nding on operating enviro nmen t and formatting. **During peri od s of dri ve idl e, some off lin e acti vity may occu r ac cor ding to th e S. M.A. R.T. spe cif icat ion, whi ch ma y [...]

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    10 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F 2.2 Fo rm a tte d ca pacity 2.2.1 LBA mode When addre ssing these drive s in LBA mode, all blo cks (sectors) ar e consecutivel y numbered fro m 0 to n –1, where n is the numbe r of guara nteed sector s as defi ned above . See Secti on 4.1.2, "Identify D evice command" (w ords 60-61 and[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 11 2.5 Ph y sical ch a racte ri sti cs 2.6 S ee k ti m e Seek mea surem ent s a re t ake n w ith nom inal po wer a t 25 °C amb ient t empe ratur e. All tim es a re m easu red using drive di agnostics. T he speci fications in the tab le below a re defi ned as foll ows: • T rack-to-track seek time is[...]

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    12 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F 2. 8 Pow er spe cif i cat i ons The dr ive re ceives DC powe r (+5V or +12V ) throug h a four- pin st andard d rive po wer con nector . 2. 8.1 Power c onsum pt ion Power requirem ent s for the drive s are li sted in the tab le on page 12. T ypical pow er mea surement s a re based on an average of [...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 13 2.8.1.1 T ypica l cu rrent pr ofile Figure 1 T ypical 5V st artup and operat ion current profile Figure 2 T ypical 12V st artup and operat ion current profile 2.8.2 Cond ucted nois e Input noise r ipple is measured at th e host system power sup ply across an equivalen t 80-ohm resistive load on the[...]

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    14 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F 2.8.4 Powe r- manag eme nt modes The drive provid es programm able pow er man agem ent to p rovide gre ater ene rgy ef ficiency . I n most syst ems, you can contro l power ma nagement t hrough th e system setup pro gram. The dr ive fe atures the following pow er-mana gement mo des: • Act ive mod[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 15 2.9 Envi ron men t al sp ecif ica tio ns 2.9.1 Ambie nt tem perature Ambie nt temp eratu re is d efined as the te mperatur e of t he environmen t im mediatel y surro unding the d rive. Actual d rive case te mperatur e should not exce ed 69°C ( 156°F) within th e oper ating ambien t condition s fo[...]

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    16 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F 2.9.5 S hock All shock specifi cations assume that the dri ve is moun ted securely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in th e X, Y or Z axis. 2.9.5.1 Oper ating s hock These drives comply with the per form ance levels specified i n this docume nt when s[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 17 2. 10 Aco us tic s Drive acoustics are measu red as over all A-wei ghted ac ou stic sound power l evels (n o pure ton es). All me a- sureme nts are consi stent with ISO document 7779. S ound power measur ements are taken und er e ssentially free-f ield cond itions ove r a reflecting plane. For al l[...]

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    18 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F 2.12 Reli abilit y 2.1 3 Ag en cy cer ti fica t io n 2.13.1 Safe ty certific atio n The drives ar e recog nized in accord ance with UL 1950 and CSA C22.2 (950) and meet all app licable sections of IEC9 50 and E N 60950 as tested by T UV North A merica. 2.13.2 Elect roma gnetic com p atib ilit y Ha[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 19 These dr ives have been tested and com pl y with the Electr omag netic Inter fere nce/E lectro magn eti c Susceptibi l- ity (EMI/ EMS) for Class B product s. Drives ar e tested in a rep resen ta tive, end- user system by a Korean-reco g- nized l ab. • EUT name (m odel numbers): ST340 0832A, ST340[...]

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    20 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F 2.14 En v iro nme ntal p ro tec tion Seag ate designs i ts product s to meet envi ronm ental pr o tection r equirement s wor ldwide, incl uding regu lations restricti ng certain chemic a l substances . Europ ean U nion Re strictio n of Hazard ous S ubst ances (RoH S) The Euro pean Union R estr ict[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 21 3.0 Conf igur ing an d mountin g the dri ve This secti on cont ains t he specifica tions an d instructions f or con figuring and moun ting the dri ve. 3.1 Hand l in g and st ati c disc harg e pr e cau tio ns Af ter unpa cking, and before instal lation, the dr ive may be expo sed to potential hand l[...]

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    22 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F 3.2 B re athe r f i lter ho le pr ec aut ion s This secti on cont ain s informati on reg arding the pre cautions which sho uld be t aken regarding the b reather filter hole i n Seag ate hard d isc drives. Proper precautions should be taken to en sure full functional ity and pre vent possibl e dama[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 23 3.3 Jump er set ti ngs 3.3.1 Maste r/slave c onfigu ration The options jumper block sh own in Figu re 4 is used to confi gure the drive fo r o perati on. It is the 8 -pin dual header between th e interfa ce connector and the power con nector . Use the followi ng settings to configur e the drive as [...]

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    24 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F 3.3.4 Ultra A T A/1 00 cable An 80- conductor 40- pin cable is requ ired to ru n Ultra DMA mode 3, mode 4, and mode 5. This cable uses even-nu mbered co nductors con nected to the grou nd pin s to improve signal inte grity . Figure 5 Ultra A T A cab le connectors Note. The drive suppor ts bo th ho[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 25 Figu re 6 Mo un t ing dim e n sio ns— t o p, s id e an d e nd vie w Notes: 1. Dimensions are shown in inches (mm). 2 Dimensions per SFF-8301 specification. 3 x 6-32 UNC-2B 0.150 (3.81) max. fastener penetration both sides. 3 threads minimum engagement. R ecommended c ase temperature m easurement [...]

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    26 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 27 4.0 A T A interface These drive s use the industry-st andard A T A task file in terface t hat suppor t s 16-bit d at a transfe rs. It sup port s A T A prog rammed inp ut/ou tput (PIO) mo des 0–4 ; multiwor d DMA m odes 0–2, an d Ultra DM A modes 0 –5. The driv e also suppor ts the use of th e[...]

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    28 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F 4.1.1 Sup port ed A T A com mands The follow ing tab le list s A T A-st andar d commands th at the drive suppo rt s. For a det ailed de scription of the A T A comman ds, refer to the Draf t A T A-7 S ta ndar d. See “S.M.A .R.T . commands” on page 33 for details and sub- comman ds used in the S[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 29 Security Era se Unit F4 H Sec ur ity F re ez e F5 H Security Set P assword F1 H Secu r i t y Unl o ck F2 H Seek 70 H Set Features EF H Set Max Address F9 H Note: Individual Set M ax Address commands are identified by the value placed in the Set Max Feat ures regis- ter as def ined to the right . Ad[...]

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    30 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F 4.1.2 Ident ify D evice com mand The Id entify De vice command (command code EC H ) transfer s information abou t the drive to the host foll owing pow er up. The dat a is organize d as a single 512-byt e block of dat a, whose content s are shown in the T able 7 on page 28. All reserved bits o r wo[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 31 59 Number of sectors transfer red during a Read M ultiple or Write M ultiple command xxxx H 60–61 T otal number of us er-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section 2.2 for relat ed information) *Note: T he maximum value allow ed in this f ield is: 0F FFFFFFh (268,435,455 sectors, 137 Gbytes).[...]

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    32 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F Note. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic M anagement (AAM) features are not supported Note. See the bit descriptions below for w ords 63, 88, and 93 of t he Identify Drive data: 128 Securit y status 0001 H 129–159 Seagate-reserved xxxx H 160–254 A T A-reserved 0000 H 255 In[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 33 4.1.3 Set Feat ures c omman d This com man d con trol s t he im pleme nt ation of var i ous f eatur es th at th e dr ive sup port s . When th e dr iv e r eceives this command, it se ts BSY , checks the con tents of t he Featur es regi ster , clears BSY and generates an inter- rupt. If the value i n[...]

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    34 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F This dr i ve is ship ped with S. M.A .R.T . features di sab led. Y ou must ha ve a r ecent BI OS or so ft ware pa ckage that support s S.M.A.R. T . to enable this fea ture. Th e t able below show s the S.M .A.R.T . com mand code s that the drive use s. Note. If an ap propri ate code is not wr itte[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 35 5.0 Seagat e T echnolo gy suppo rt service s Inter net For info rma tion regardin g Seagate pr oducts and services, vi sit www .sea gate.com . Worl dwide sup port is availa ble 24 hour s daily by email fo r your que stions. Pre sales Su ppor t: Presa les@Seaga te.com T e chn ical Su pp ort: DiscSup[...]

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    36 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F Custo mer Se rvice Op era tion s W arranty S ervice Seag ate of fer s worldw ide custom er supp ort for Seagate pro duct s. Se agate distr ibutor s, OEMs and other di rect customer s should cont act their Sea gate Customer S ervice Operati ons (CSO) repr esent ative for warra nty- related issu es.[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 41 Index A acoustics 1 7 Active m ode 14 agency cer tification (re gulatory) 18 alternat e capa city jumpe r 23 altitude 15 ambient condi tion s 3 ambient temp eratu re 11 , 15 areal de nsity 1 , 10 ATA int erfac e 27 ATA-st andard com mands 28 Australian C-Tick 19 autodet ection 1 average seek time 1[...]

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    42 Barrac uda 7200.8 PATA P roduct Ma nual, Re v. F Identify Device command 30 Idle 12 , 28 Idle and Standby ti mers 14 Idle Imm ediate 28 Idle mod e 1 4 Idle mod e power 12 IEC950 18 Inform ation Techn ology E quipment 18 Init ialize D evice Para mete rs 28 interface 10 , 27 interface signals 27 interfer ence 19 inte rleave 10 internal d ata-trans[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 PATA Product Manu al, Rev. F 43 S.M.A.R .T. Enable/ Disabl e Autosave 29 S.M. A.R.T. Ex ecu te Offlin e 29 S.M.A. R.T. Read Attri bute Thr esholds 29 S.M.A.R.T. Read Data 29 S.M.A.R .T. Read Log Secto r 29 S.M. A.R.T. Re tu rn St atu s 29 S.M. A.R.T. Sa ve At tr ibut e Valu es 29 S.M.A.R .T. Write Log sect or 29 safety certificat[...]

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    Seaga te T e chnology LL C 920 D isc Drive, Sco tts Va lley , Californi a 950 66-4544, US A Public ation Number : 100 323825, Rev . F, Printed in U.S. A.[...]