Seagate ST3750840SCE manual

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    Prod uct Ma nu al DB 35 .3 S eries Seri al A T A 10042 7570 Rev . D Aug ust 2007 ST37 50 640S CE ST37 50 840S CE ST35 00 830S CE ST34 00 820S CE ST33 20 820S CE ST33 00 820S CE ST32 50 820S CE[...]

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    Revisi on hist or y Copyri ght © 200 6-20 07 Seagate T echnology L LC. All ri ghts r eserved. P rinted in U SA Pub lication nu mber: 100 42757 0, Rev . D August 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 United S tates a nd/or other cou ntries. DB35.3 Series, SeaT ools an[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D i Conte nts 1.0 In troduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 A bout the S erial ATA interf ace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2[...]

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    ii DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D iii List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Typical 5V star tup a nd operatio n current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Figure 2. Typical 12 V startup and opera tion cur rent pro file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Figure 3[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 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 DB3 5. 3 S erie s S er ial A T A m ode l d ri ves: These d rives provide the fo llowing key fe atures: • 7,200 R PM sp indle speed. • High instant aneo us (burst[...]

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    2 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D 1.1 Abo ut the S erial A T A inte rfac e The Serial A T A i nterfa ce provide s seve ral advanta ges over the tr adition al Par allel A T A interface . T he prim ary advant age s include: • Easy in stalla tion and con figura tion with true plug- and-pl ay connectivity . It is not necessary to [...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 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 fo llo win g dr iv e mod els : 2. 1 Specif[...]

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    4 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D T able 1: Dri ve spe ci f icat ion s su m m ary for 75 0 Gb yte mo de ls Drive sp ecificatio n ST3 750640SCE ST3750 840SCE Formatted Gbyte s (512 bytes/ sector)* 750 Guarantee d secto rs 1,465,1 49,168 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er track 63 Default read /write heads 16 Default cylind[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 5 * One Gbyte equa ls one billi on byt es when referri ng to hard dr i ve capacity . Accessible ca pacity may va ry de pending on operating envi ronmen t and formatting. * *Dur ing per io ds of driv e idle, some offline act ivity ma y occur ac cor ding to the S.M .A.R.T . spec ifi cation , whic h ma[...]

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    6 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D T a ble 2: Drive sp ecifica tions sum mary for 5 00 and 4 00 Gbyte models Drive sp ecificatio n S T350 0830SCE ST3400 820SCE Formatted Gbyte s (512 bytes/ sector)* 500 400 Guarantee d secto rs 976,773,1 68 781,422,76 8 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er track 63 Default read /write heads [...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 7 * One Gbyte equa ls one billi on byt es when referri ng to hard dr i ve capacity . Accessible ca pacity may va ry de pending on operating envi ronmen t and formatting. * *Dur ing per io ds of driv e idle, some offline act ivity ma y occur ac cor ding to the S.M .A.R.T . spec ifi cation , whic h ma[...]

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    8 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D T a ble 3: Drive sp ecifica tions sum mary for 3 20 and 3 00 Gbyte models Drive sp ecificatio n ST3320 820SCE ST33 00820SCE Formatted Gbyte s (512 bytes/ sector)* 320 300 Guarantee d secto rs 625,142,44 8 586,072, 368 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er track 63 Default read /write heads 1[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 9 * One Gbyte equa ls one billi on byt es when referri ng to hard dr i ve capacity . Accessible ca pacity may va ry de pending on operating envi ronmen t and formatting. * *Dur ing per io ds of driv e idle, some offline act ivity ma y occur ac cor ding to the S.M .A.R.T . spec ifi cation , whic h ma[...]

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    10 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D T a ble 4: Drive sp ecifica tions sum mary for 2 50 Gbyte models Drive sp ecificatio n ST32 50820SCE Formatted Gbyte s (512 bytes/ sector)* 250 Guarantee d secto rs 488,397, 168 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er track 63 Default read /write heads 16 Default cylinders 16,383 Record ing d[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 11 * One Gbyte equa ls one billi on byt es when referri ng to hard dr i ve capacity . Accessible ca pacity may va ry de pending on operating envi ronmen t and formatting. * *Dur ing per io ds of driv e idle, some offline act ivity ma y occur ac cor ding to the S.M .A.R.T . spec ifi cation , whic h m[...]

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    12 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D 2.2 Forma tted ca pacity *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n referr ing to h ard drive capa city. Accessibl e capacity may var y depe nding on operating enviro nment and formatting. 2.2.1 LBA mode When addre ssing these drive s in LBA mode, all blo cks (sectors) ar e consecutivel y numbe[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 13 2. 4 Rec ord in g and i nt er fac e tech nol o gy 2.5 Phy sical cha racteri sti cs 750GB 500GB 400GB 320GB 300GB 250GB Int erfac e Serial A T A (SA T A) Recording method Perpendicular Recording density , KB PI (kbits/inch max) 926 813 781 813 T rack dens ity , KTPI (ktracks/inch av g) 145 Areal d[...]

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    14 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D 2.6 S ee k tim 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 possib le si[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 15 • O perat ing po wer and cu rren t Operati n g powe r is me asure d using 40 p ercen t ran dom seeks, 4 0 per cent r ead/ writ e mode ( 1 w rite for each 10 rea ds) an d 20 perce nt drive idle mode. • I dl e mo de pow er Idle mode power is measu red w ith t he dr ive up to sp eed, with servo [...]

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    16 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D Figure 2. T yp ical 12V st artup and operation 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 + 12 volt lin e or an eq uivalent 1 5-ohm r esistive load on the +5 vol t line . • Using [...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 17 • I dl e mo de The buf fer rem ains enable d, and the driv e accepts all commands and re turns to Active mo de any time disc access is nece ssary . • S t andby m ode The dr ive ente rs S t andby mode when th e host sends a S tand by Immediate command. If t he host h as set the st andb y timer[...]

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    18 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D 2.9 E nvir onm en t al sp ec if ica tio ns 2.9.1 Ambie nt tem perature Amb ient 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 temperatu re shoul d not exceed 7 5°C (167 °F) withi n the oper ating ambient condition[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 19 2.9.5.2 Nono peratin g sho ck 2 Disc models 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 350 Gs based o n a nonrepeti tive half-si ne shock pulse of 2 mse c dur ation[...]

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    20 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D 2. 10 Aco ustic 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 m easuremen ts are t aken und er e ssentially free- field cond itions ove r a reflecting plane. For[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 21 2.1 1 Elec trom agne tic i mmuni ty When pr operly inst alled in a re present ative host syst em, the drive operates without 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 ability 2.1 3 Agen cy cert [...]

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    22 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D Seag ate use s an inde pend ent l abo rato ry to co nfirm compli a nc e with th e EC d irecti ves sp ecified i n t he pr evious par agr aph. Drives are teste d in represen ta tive end- us er systems. Although CE-ma rked S eagate d rives comply with the dire ctives when used in t he test sy stem[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 23 If necessary , you should consult your deal er or an ex per ienced radi o/televisio n technician fo r addition al sug- gestions. Y ou may f ind help ful the fol lowing b ooklet prep ared by the Fede ral Communica tions Comm ission: How to Identify and R esolve R adio-T e levision Inte rference P [...]

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    24 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D chemicals as electronic drive comp onent reliability can be affect ed by the inst allation envir onment. The silver , copper , nicke l and gold film s used in Seag ate pr oduct s are especially sen sitiv e to the p resen ce of sulfide, chl o- ride, and nitrat e cont aminant s. Sulfur is found t[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 25 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 H and l ing an d st atic- di sch a rge pr e cau tio ns Af ter unpa cking, and before instal lation, the dr ive may be expo sed to potential ha[...]

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    26 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D 3.2 C onfi guri ng th e dri ve Each dr ive on the Seria l A T A inte rface connect s point -to-poi nt with the Seria l A T A host adapter . There i s no master /slave relationsh ip beca use each dr ive is consid er ed a ma ster in a poi nt-to-poin t relat ionship. If two drives a re att ached o[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 27 3. 4 Dri ve mo unt ing Y ou can mou nt the dr ive in a ny orient ation using four screws in the sid e-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom- mounti ng holes. See Figur e 5 on p age 27 for d rive mounti ng dimensio ns. F ollow these impo rt ant mounting pre cautions when mountin g the d rive[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 29 4.0 Ser ia l A T A (S A T A) in terf a ce These drive s use the industry-st an dard Serial A T A inte rfa ce that su pports FI S dat a tran sfers. It suppor ts 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 nformatio[...]

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    30 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D 4. 2 Ser ial A T A de vice pl ug c onne ctor pin defi niti ons Table 8 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 ca se of[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 31 4.3 S upp orted A T A c omm and s The foll owing tab le list s Serial A T A standard co mmands that th e drive sup port s. For a de taile d descripti on of the A T A com mands, refer to the Serial A T A: High S peed Serialized A T Attachme nt specification . See “S.M.A .R.T . command s” on pa[...]

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    32 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D 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 Unlo 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 Features regis - ter as def ined to the right .[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 33 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 9 on pag e 31. A ll reserved bit s or wor [...]

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    34 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D 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: 0F FFFFFF h (268,435,455 sector s, 137 Gbytes). Drives w ith capac ities over 137 Gbytes will hav e 0FFFFFFFh in t his field and the ac[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 35 Note. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) features are not supported 104– 127 A T A-reserved 0000 H 128 Security st atus 0001 H 129– 159 Seagate-reserved xxxx H 160– 254 A T A-reserved 0000 H 255 Integrity word xxA5 H W ord Description V alue[...]

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    36 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D Note. See the bit descriptions below for words 63, 88, and 93 of t he Identify Drive data. Description (if b it is set to 1) Bit Wor d 63 0 Multiword DMA mode 0 is s upported. 1 Multiword DMA mode 1 is s upported. 2 Multiword DMA mode 2 is s upported. 8 Multiword DMA mode 0 is c urrently active[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 37 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 con tents of t he Featur es reg ister , clears BSY and generates an inter- rupt. If the value i [...]

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    38 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D 4.3.3 S.M.A. R.T . commands S.M. A.R.T . provides near- term failur e pred iction for disc drives. Whe n S.M.A .R.T . is enab led, the dri ve moni- 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 is l i[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 39 5.0 Seagat e T echnolo gy support ser vice 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: DiscS[...]

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    40 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D Custo mer Se rvice Opera tions W arranty Servic e 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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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 41 Index A ACA 22 accelerat ion 19 acoustics 20 Activ e 16 Active m ode 16 actuator arm 14 Agency certification 21 altitude 1 8 Ambie nt temper ature 18 ambient temp eratu re 1 4 Annu alized F ailure Rate (AF R) 21 areal de nsity 13 ATA co mmands 31 Austr alia/New Ze aland S tandard A S/NZS3548 1995[...]

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    42 DB35. 3 Series S erial AT A Product Manual , Rev. D Identify Device 31 Identify Device command 3 3 Idle 16 , 31 Idle Imm ediate 31 Idle mod e 15 , 17 IEC950 21 Inform ation Techn ology E quipment ( ITE) 21 Init ialize D evice Para mete rs 31 Input no ise ripp le 16 input voltage 14 interface 13 , 2 9 internal d ata-trans fer r ate OD 13 is 14 IS[...]

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    DB35.3 Series S erial ATA Product M anual, Rev. D 43 S.M. A.R.T. Exe c ute Offlin e 32 S.M.A.R .T. imple ment ation 31 S.M.A. R.T. Read Attri bute Thr esholds 32 S.M.A.R.T. Read Data 32 S.M.A.R .T. Read Log Secto r 32 S.M. A.R.T. Ret urn Stat u s 32 S.M. A.R.T. Sav e Attribut e Value s 32 S.M.A.R .T. Write Log sect or 32 Safety certification 21 SAT[...]

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    Seag ate T ech nolog y LLC 920 D isc Drive , Scot ts V alley, Califo rnia 95 066-4544 , USA Public ation N umber: 1 00427570, R ev . D, Pri nted in U.S.A.[...]