Seagate ST3400832AS manual

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    Prod uct Ma nu al Barracuda 720 0.8 S erial A T A 10032 5576 Rev . F Aug ust 2007 ST34 00 832A S ST34 00 632A S ST33 00 831A S ST33 00 631A S ST32 50 823A S ST32 50 623A S ST32 00 826A S[...]

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    ©2006- 2007, S eagate T echnology LL C All rig hts res erved. Pub lication nu mber: 100 32557 6, Rev . F Aug ust 2007 Sea gate, Sea gate T echnolog y and th e W ave logo are registered t rademarks of Seagat e T echnology LL C in the Un ited S tates and/or oth er count ries. Barr ac uda, SeaT ool s and SeaTDD are either tr ademarks or register ed t[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F i Conte nts 1.0 In troduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 A bout the S erial ATA interf ace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    ii Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F iii List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Typical 5V star tup a nd operatio n current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 2. Typical 12 V startup and opera tion cur rent pro file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Fi[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 1 1.0 I ntroducti on This ma nual de scribes t he functional , mechan ical and interfa ce specif ications fo r the foll owing Seag ate Barr acuda ® 7 200.8 Se rial A T A model dri ves: Barra cuda 72 00.8 Ser ial A T A • ST3 400832A S • ST3 400632A S • ST3 300831A S • ST3 300631A S •[...]

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    2 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F 1.1 Abo ut th e Se ria l A T A i nterf ac e The Serial A T A i nterface provides several advant ages ov er the trad itional (p ara llel) A T A interface . The prim ary advant age s include: • Easy in stalla tion and con figura tion with true plug- and-play co nnectivity . It is not necessa [...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 3 2.0 Drive specificati ons Unles s otherwi se noted, all specific ations are m easur ed u nder amb ient con ditions, a t 25°C, a nd nominal pow er . For conveni ence, the phra ses the drive and this drive are used througho ut this man ual to indica te the ST3 400832AS, ST340 0632AS , ST33008[...]

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    4 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F T able 1: Drive s peci fication s for 400 Gbyt e mode ls Drive specificati on ST3400832AS ST3400632AS Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 400 Guaranteed sec tors 781,422,768 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/w rite heads 16 Default cylin ders 16,383 Recording den[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, 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 nment 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 c[...]

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    6 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F T able 2: Drive s peci fication s for 300 Gbyt e mode ls Drive specificati on ST3300831AS ST3300631AS Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 300 Guaranteed sec tors 586,072,368 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/w rite heads 16 Default cylin ders 16,383 Recording den[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, 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 nment 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 c[...]

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    8 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F T able 3: Drive s peci fication s for 250 a nd 200 G byte m odels Drive specificati on ST3250823AS ST3250623AS ST3200826AS Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 250 200 Guaranteed sec tors 488,397,168 390,721,968 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/w rite heads 16 De[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, 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 nment 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 c[...]

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    10 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F 2.2 Forma 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 4.3.1, "Identify D evice command" (w ords 60-61[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 11 2. 4 Rec ord in g an d i nt er fac e te ch no l o gy 2.5 Phy sic al cha ra cteri sti cs Int erfa c e Serial A T A (SA T A) Recording method 16/17 EPRML Recording dens ity BPI (bits /inch max) 763,000 T rack dens ity TPI (tracks/inch avg) 120, 000 Areal density (Mbits/inch 2 avg) 91,560 S pi[...]

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    12 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F 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 a n average o f all possible[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 13 2. 8 Power sp eci f ica ti ons The driv e receive s DC po wer ( + 5V or + 12V ) t hrou gh a nat ive S A T A power connect or . See Fi gu re 4 on p age 24. 2. 8.1 Power c onsum pt ion Power requir emen ts fo r the driv e s are lis ted in the t able on pa ge 9. T ypical powe r measu rem ent s[...]

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    14 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F *During periods of drive idle, some o ffline activity may occur ac cording to t he S.M.A.R.T. spec ification, which m ay increase acoustic and power to operat ional levels . 2.8.1.1 T ypica l cu rrent pr ofiles Figure 1. T ypical 5V st artup and operation current profile Figure 2. T ypical 1[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 15 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 + 12 volt lin e or an eq uivalent 1 5-ohm r esistive load on the +5 vol t line . • Using 12-volt powe r , the drive is expect ed to oper at e with a[...]

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    16 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F drive acti vity is requir ed, the drive make s a transition to S ta ndby mode. In bo th Idle and S tan dby mode, the drive acce pt s all commands and r eturns to Active m ode wh en disc access i s necessary . 2.9 Envi ron men t al sp ecif ica tio ns 2.9.1 Ambie nt tem perature Amb ient temp [...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 17 2.9.5.2 Nono peratin g sho ck The non operating shock l evel that the dri ve can experie nce without i ncurring physical dama ge or degrad ation in perfor mance wh en subse quent ly p ut into ope ration is 30 0 Gs based o n a nonrepeti tive half-si ne shock pulse of 2 mse c dur ation. 2.9.6[...]

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    18 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F 2.1 1 Elec tro mag ne ti c i mmuni ty When pr operly inst alled in a re present ative host syst em, the drive operates wit hout errors or degr adation in perfor manc e when subj ected to the radi o frequency (RF) envi ronmen ts defi ned in the followi ng tab le: 2.12 Reli abilit y T a ble 6:[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 19 2.1 3 Agen cy cert ifi cat ion 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 Hard dri ve s tha[...]

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    20 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F Austr alian C-T ick (N 176) If the se m odels have the C-T ick marking, th ey co mply with t he Aus tralia/New Zeal and S tanda rd A S/NZS3548 1995 and meet the Electromagne tic Comp atibility (EM C) Framewor k require ments of the A ustralian Comm uni- cation Author ity (ACA). 2.13.3 FCC ve[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 21 2.14 En v iro nme ntal p ro tec tion Seag ate designs i ts product s to meet envi ronm ental pro t ection 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 e[...]

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    22 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 23 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 lin g an d st ati c-di sc ha rg e pre cau t ions Af ter unpa cking, and before instal lation, the dr ive may be expo sed to potenti[...]

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    24 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F 3.2 Conf igu rin g the dr ive Each drive on the Serial A T A i nterface connect s in a poin t-to-point conf iguratio n with the S erial A T A host adapter . There i s no m aster/sla ve relationsh ip be cause each drive is co nsidere d a ma ster i n a point -to- point relationsh ips. If two d[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 25 3. 4 Driv e mo un ti ng Y ou can mou nt th e drive in a ny or ientation using fo ur screw s in the sid e-mo unting hol es or f our screw s in the bottom- mounti ng holes. See Figur e 5 on p age 25 for d rive mounti ng dimensio ns. F ollow these impo rt ant mounting pre cautions when mountin[...]

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    26 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 27 4.0 Ser ia l A T A (SA T A) inte rf a ce These drive s use the industry-st an dard Serial A T A inte rfac e that su pports FI S dat a tran sfers. It s upports A T A progr ammed inpu t/outp ut (PIO) mod es 0–4 ; multiwor d DMA m odes 0–2, an d Ultra DMA mode s 0–6. For detai led i nfor[...]

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    28 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F 4. 2 Seri al A T A devi ce p lug c onne c tor p in de fin iti on s Table 7 summari zes the si gnals on th e Seri al ATA inte rface and power co nnectors. . Notes: 1. All pi ns are in a single r ow , with a 1 .27 mm (0 .050”) pitch . 2. The co mment s on th e mating seq uence apply to the c[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 29 4.3 Supp ort ed A T A c omm and s The foll owing tab le list s Serial A T A stand ard comma nds that the dri ve support s. F or a deta iled descrip tion of the A T A command s, refer to the Serial A T A: High S peed Ser ialized A T Att achment speci fication . See “S.M.A .R.T . commands?[...]

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    30 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F 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 ri[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 31 4.3.1 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 power up . The d ata is organized as a single 512 -byte bl ock of data, whose cont ents are shown in T able 8 on pag e 29. All reserved bit s or[...]

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    32 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F 59 Number of sectors transferred during a Read Multiple or Write Multiple command xxxx H 60–61 T otal number of user-addressable LBA s ectors available (see Section 2.2 for relat ed information) *Note: The maximum value allow ed in this field is: 0FFFFFFFh (268,435,455 sector s, 137 Gbytes[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 33 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. 100– 103 T otal number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section 2.2 for relat[...]

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    34 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F 4.3.2 Set Feat ures c omman d This com man d con trol s t he im pleme nt ation of var ious 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 content s of t he Features reg ister , clears B SY and gene rates an inter - rupt. If the v[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 35 4.3.3 S.M.A. R.T . co mmand s S.M.A.R .T . provides near- term fai lure pred iction for disc drives. W hen S. M.A.R.T . is enabl ed, the drive m oni- tors pr edet ermined d rive at tribut es that ar e suscepti ble to deg rada tion over tim e. If self-monitor ing d etermines that a fai lure [...]

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    36 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 37 5.0 Seagat e T echnology 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: [...]

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    38 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. 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 is[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 39 Index A ACA 20 accelerat ion 17 acoustics 5 , 7 , 9 , 17 Activ e 15 Active m ode 15 actuator arm 13 Agency certification 19 altitude 1 6 Altitude , nono perating 5 , 7 , 9 Altitude , operati ng 5 , 7 , 9 Ambie nt temper ature 4 , 6 , 8 , 16 ambient temp eratu re 1 2 , 13 Annu alized F ailur[...]

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    40 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F geomet ry 10 gradien t 4 , 6 , 8 Gs 17 Guaran teed se ctors 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 guaran teed sectors 10 H Handl ing precautio ns 23 heads 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 Height 4 , 6 , 8 humi dity 4 , 6 , 8 , 16 I I/O data- transfer r ate 4 , 6 , 8 , 11 Identify Device 29 Identify Device command 3 1 Idle 14 , 15 ,[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .8 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. F 41 Rea d/write heads 10 Rea d/write pow er 13 Ready to sp indle stop 12 Recalibrate 29 Recordi ng density 4 , 6 , 8 , 11 Recording method 11 Recordi ng techno logy 11 Relative humidity 4 , 6 , 8 relative h umidity 16 Reliability 18 RF 18 RMS r ead/writ e current 15 RoHS 21 RPM 4 , 6 , 8 RRL 19[...]

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    42 Barr acuda 7200. 8 Serial ATA Prod uct Ma nual, Rev. F W Weight 4 , 6 , 8 Wet bulb temper ature 5 , 7 , 9 wet bulb temper atur e 16 Width 4 , 6 , 8 Write Buffer 30 Write DMA 30 Write DMA Ex tended 30 Write DMA FU A Ex tended 30 Write DMA Without Retries 30 Write Log Exte nded 30 Write Multiple 30 Write Multiple Ext ended 30 Write Multipl e FU A [...]

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    Seag ate T echnolog y LLC 920 D isc Drive , Scot ts V alley, Califo rnia 95 066-4544 , USA Public ation Numb er: 1 00325576, Rev . F, P rinted in U SA[...]