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Seagate ST9144 manual

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST9144 Family: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST9051A, ST9052A, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST9077A, ST9096A, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST9144A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installation Guide . . . . . . [...]

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    © 19 92 Seagate Tech nology, Inc. All rights reserved Publication Nu mber: 36182 -001, Rev. B Seagate ® , Seagate Technology® , and the Seagate logo are registere d tradem arks of Seagate T echnology, Inc. SeaFAX  , SeaF O NE  , SeaBo ard  , and SeaCache  are trade marks of Seagate Technology, I nc. Othe r product names are registere[...]

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    Read before yo u begin... Ver ify that sys tem powe r i s off before at te mpt ing any installat ion. Obse rve s tatic disc har ge preca ut ions. Keep th e drive in its stat ic- shielded bag unt il you are re ady t o com plet e t he inst alla - tio n. • Do not touch the c ircu it boa rd or the I/ O c onne ctor p ins. • Always handle the drive b[...]

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    Shi pping . W hen tr ansp or ting o r ship ping a dr ive, you mus t use a Sea gate-app roved cont ainer . Keep your or iginal bo x. They ar e eas ily identified by the Sea gat e Ap proved Pack age label. Ship - ping a dr ive in a non -appr oved containe r void s the dr ive warr ant y. Seag ate service center s may ref use receip t of comp onen ts i[...]

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    With this service you can a cces s: • Spec ificat ions and con figura tion for Seag ate produc ts. • Repr int s of Seaga te d ocum e ntat ion. • A direc to ry of info rma tion and helpf ul ut ilit ies that you can do wnload to you r own c om puter . • The FI NDTYPE. EXE utility is des igned to make driv e inst alla- tion ea sier . It comp a[...]

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    ge omet r y. CMOS conf igur at ion is system -dep ende nt and is us ually acco mplished t hroug h a ut ilit y such as SETUP. • Low- l eve l format ti ng. Seagat e AT inter face drives are low- leve l for mat ted a t the factor y and do not need low- leve l fo rma t- ting. Caut ion. If an insta lled drive is low-leve l for mat ted, all user data w[...]

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    ST914 4 fam ily AT interfac e dr ive s This guid e provide s installat i o n infor mat ion for the ST90 51A, ST90 52A, ST90 77A, ST90 96A, and ST9144A drives . Al l drive s in this fam ily au tom at ically pa rk t heir heads at p ower -down. Ref er to Figur e 1. Caut ion. The se drives ar e us ually in stalle d i n noteboo k or lapto p syste m s. T[...]

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    Not e tha t the final drive capa city shown by the CMO S and tot al sec tors cann ot exce ed the values indicat ed in the last colum n of the follo wing ta ble as defined by the following e quation: (Sect ors) × ( Head s) × ( Cyl inder s) ≤ Tot al Sect or s per Drive If you r BIO S of fer s a “ cu stom d rive ” or a “us er -def in ed” d[...]

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    Supported system BI OS r evi sions The se drive s are AT inter face com p at ible dr ives . The ho st syst em BIO S m ust p ro vide f ull su pport f or t he AT inter face com mand set. Cons ult the system docum entat ion for implem ent atio n infor ma- tio n fo r yo ur syst em. In acco rdance wit h the ATA/ CAM spec ificat ion, aft er a har d reset[...]

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    Drive confi gura tion • Mast er /Sla ve conf igur ati on. Ref er to the table below to c on- figur e up t o t wo driv es on a sing le AT bus. Sys te m Con figu rati on Pins A-B Pin s C-D Dr ive is Ma ster, no Slave presen t Rem o ved Rem ov ed Dr ive is Ma ster, Seaga te Slav e pr esen t* Rem o ved Ins talled Drive is Slave to an other ST914 4 Fa[...]

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    Caut ion. Im prope rly plugging the connect or may dam age the drive. To pr eve nt dam a ge, the mat ing ca ble connec tor should b e key ed by bloc king t he hole for Pin -20. Master/Slave Configuration Jumpers PCB Pin 1 Key - Pin 20 (Removed) A C B D Drive is Master, no Slave drive present Drive is Master, Seagate Slave dr[...]

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    Drive Forma tting Seag ate AT Interfac e dr ives ar e low- leve l form atte d a t t he factor y and do no t need low-lev el for mat ting . Drive partition ing sh ould be don e u sing th e DO S FDISK utility . Use DOS 3 .3 or highe r. If yo u are par titioning th e bo ot drive, m ak e su re that the prim ary DO S part ition is mar ke d act ive. Caut[...]

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    44-P in AT i nterfa ce c onnector assignme nts Pin Sig nal I/ O Pin Sig nal I/O 01 /Host Rese t O 02 Gr ound 03 Hos t Dat a 7 I/ O 04 Hos t Dat a 8 I/O 05 Hos t Dat a 6 I/ O 06 Hos t Data 9 I/O 07 Hos t Dat a 5 I/ O 08 Host Dat a 10 I/O 09 Hos t Dat a 4 I/ O 10 Host Dat a 11 I/O 11 Hos t Dat a 3 I/ O 12 Host Dat a 12 I/O 13 Hos t Dat a 2 I/ O 14 Ho[...]

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    Powe r ma nagem ent mode des cripti ons The ST9144 f am ily drives feat ur e four -phas e p ower manage ment with Act ive, Idle, St and by a nd Slee p mo des. Power ma nage m ent is required for low-power port able system s , and is enable d thr ough a syst em- depe ndent set-up pro cedu re. Con sult your syste m docum e nt atio n fo r po wer ma na[...]

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    Idl e and stan dby ti me rs. Default time delays for bo th the Idle time r and the Stand by tim er are set by the d rive at p ower -on. The se delays can also b e specif i e d by the user via the syst em Setup utility. Each tim e the drive per fo rms an Act ive funct ion (re ad, writ e or see k) the Idle tim er is re- initialized , and begins the c[...]

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    Standb y mod e. Th e d rive en ters St and by mode when a St andby Im mediat e comm a nd is been rec eived fr om the host. The drive can als o enter Sta ndby mo de aft er a specif iable length of tim e has elap sed wit h the driv e in Idle mod e. The Standb y timer is syste m -depen dent, and is us ually es tablished by t he use r wit h a syste m u[...]

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    Drive mounting The drive can be mo unt ed i n any of the approv ed orien tation s shown in Figure 2. A minimum clea rance of 0.0 30 inches (0. 762 mm) should b e allowed aroun d the entire perim eter of th e drive to allo w for cooling airflow. Not e. These mo unting orien tation r ecom me ndations do not apply to the ST905 2A, wh i c h m ay be m o[...]

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    Mounting specifications The ST 9144 fam ily drives are built wit h met ric mounting screw th rea ds. Sc re w i nse rti on dep th i s l imi te d to 0 .1 50 i nch es ( 3 . 8 1 m m ) ma x i m u m o n t h e s i d e m o u n t i n g h o l e s a n d 0.190 inches ( 4.82 mm ) m axim um on the b ot tom mou nting h oles. The screw size for the bot to m and th[...]

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    Not e. Most cables have a st ripe down one side to design ate the Pin 1 loc at ion. Ma ke sure Pin 1 on the inter face cable con nector is connec ted to Pin 1 on the dr ive inter face conn ec- tor an d Pin 1 on the h ost conn ector. Re fer to Figure 1 for the locat ion of Pin 1 on t he dr ive int er face con nect or. • Chec k all cards. M ake sur[...]

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    Seaga te Techn ology, Inc. 920 Di sc Dr ive, Sc ot ts Va lley, CA 95066- 4544, USA Publication Number: 361 82-001, Rev. B[...]