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    Product Manual Momentus 7200.3 SA T A 100512541 Re v . C Ju ly 2008 ST9320421AS ST9320421ASG ST9250421AS ST9250421ASG ST9200421AS ST9200423ASG ST916041 1AS ST916041 1ASG ST912041 1AS ST912041 1ASG ST98041 1AS ST98041 1ASG[...]

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    Copyright © 2008 Seagate T echnology LLC. All right s reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Publication number: 100512541, Rev . C, July 2008 Seagate , Seagate T echnology and th e W ave lo go are reg istered trademarks of Seagate T echnology LLC in the United S tates and/or other countries. Momentus an d SeaT ools are either tradem arks or re gistered trad[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0 Drive sp[...]

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    ii Momentus 7200.3 SATA Produ ct Manual, Rev. C[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical +5V only startup and operation curren t profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2. Serial ATA connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Figure 3. At[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functiona l, mechanical an d interface specifications for the following Seagate Momentus ® 72 00.3 SA T A model drives: • ST9320421AS • ST9320421ASG • ST9250421AS • ST9250421ASG • ST9200421AS • ST9200423ASG • ST916041 1AS • ST916041 1ASG • S[...]

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    2 M omentus 7200.3 SATA Product Manua l, Rev. C 1.1 About the Serial A T A interface The Serial A T A interface provides several ad vanta ges over the traditional (p arallel) A T A interf ace. The p rimary advantages include : • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and -p lay connectivity . It is not normally necessary to set any ju[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 3 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specific ations are me asured un der ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power . For convenienc e, the ph rases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate th e ST9320421AS, ST93204 21ASG, ST9250421AS, ST 9250421ASG, ST[...]

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    4 M omentus 7200.3 SATA Product Manua l, Rev. C S tandby to ready (sec typical) 3.0 T rack-to-track seek time, read (msec typical) 1.0 Average seek, read (msec typical) 11 . 0 Average seek, write (msec typical) 13.0 S tartup current, +5V (max) 1.0 amps Seek power (typical) 2.3 watts Read power (typical) 2.1 watts Write power (typical) 2.3 watts Idl[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 5 * On e Gbyte equals one billion byte s when referring to h ard driv e capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offlin e activity may occur acco rding to the S.M. A.R.T. specification, w hich may increase a coustic and[...]

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    6 M omentus 7200.3 SATA Product Manua l, Rev. C 2.3 Default logical geometry LBA mode When addressing these d rives in LBA mode, all bloc ks ( sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1, where n is the number of guara nteed sectors as defined above . 2.4 Physical organization 2.5 Recording and interface tec hnology Cylinders Read/write hea[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 7 2.6 Physical characteristics 2.7 Seek time Seek measurement s are taken with nominal p ower at 25°C ambient temperature. All tim e s are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications in th e table belo w are defined as follows: • T ra ck-to-trac k seek time is an aver age of al l possible sin[...]

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    8 M omentus 7200.3 SATA Product Manua l, Rev. C 2.8 St art/stop times 2.9 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V) throug h a native SA T A power connector . 2.9.1 Power co nsumption Power requirement s for the drives are listed in the tabl e on page 8. T y pical powe r measurements are ba sed on an average of drives tested, under nom[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 9 2.9.1.1 T ypical current prof ile Figure 1. T ypical +5V on ly st a rtup and operation curren t profile 2.9.2 C onducted noise Input noise ripp le is measured at th e host system powe r supply across an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. Using 5-volt power , the drive is expected to [...]

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    10 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C 2.9.4 Power-man agement mo des The drive provides prog rammable power man agement to provide greater energy effici ency . In most systems, you can control power manage ment through the system setup program. The drive features the following power-management mod e s: • Active mode The drive is in Act[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 11 2.10 Environment al specifications This section provides the temperature, humidity , shoc k, and vibr ation specifications for Momentus 7200.3 SA T A drives. 2.10.1 Ambient tempe rature Ambient temperature is defined as th e temperature of the envi ronment immediatel y surroundin g the drive. Actual d[...]

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    12 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C 2.10.6.2 Nonoperating shock The nonoperatin g shock level that the drive can exper ience with out incurring physical d amage or degradation in performance when subsequently put into operation is 800 Gs based on a nonrepetitive half-sin e shock pulse of 2 msec duration. The nonoperatin g shock level t[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 13 2.12 Electromagnetic immunity When properly inst alled in a representative host syste m , the drive operates withou t errors or degradation in performance when subjected to the radio frequency (RF) environment s defined in the following table: 2.13 Reliability 2.13.1 Fr ee Fall Protection feature The [...]

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    14 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C T o ena ble the Free Fa ll Protection feature on ST9320421ASG, ST9250421ASG, ST9200 423ASG, ST916041 1ASG, ST912041 1ASG and ST98 041 1ASG models, use Se t Features comm and 41h. T o disable this feature, use Set Features command C1h. Information about Free Fall Event s that have occu rred is availab[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 15 2.14.3 FCC verific ation These drives are intended to b e contained so lely within a person al computer or sim ilar enclosure (not att ached as an external device). As such, each drive is consider ed to be a suba ssembly even w hen it is individually mar- keted to the customer . As a subassembly , no [...]

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    16 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C 2.15 Environment al protection Seagate designs it s products to meet envir onmental pr otection requirement s worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.15.1 Euro pean Union Restriction of Hazardous Subst ances (RoHS) Seagate designs it s products to meet envir onment[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 17 should never be expose d to condensing water on the surf ace of the printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) or exposed to an ambient relative humi dity greate r than 95%. Materials used in cabinet fabrication, such as vulca- nized rubber , that can outgas corrosive compou nds should be minimize d or eli[...]

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    18 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 19 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specif ications an d instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. 3.1 Handling and st atic-discharge precautions After unp acking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to po tential handling and electr ostatic dis- c[...]

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    20 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on th e Serial A T A interface connect s in a point-to-point configuration with the Serial A T A host adapter . There is no master/slave rela tionship because each drive is consid ered a master in a point-to-p oint relationships. If two drives are at tached on one[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 21 3.4 Drive mounting Y ou can moun t the drive using four screws in the side-mo unting holes or fou r screws in the bottom-mounting holes. See Figure 4 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these imp ortant mounting pr ecautions whe n mount- ing the drive: • Allow a minimum clearance of 0.030 inches ([...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 23 4.0 Serial A T A (SA T A) interface These drives use the industry-s tandard Ser ial A T A interfac e that supp orts FIS data transfers. It suppor ts A T A programmed inpu t/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0 –2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–6. The dr ive also support s the use of the IORDY s[...]

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    24 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C Notes: 1. All pins are in a single row , with a 1.27 mm (0.050”) pitch. 2. The comment s on the mating sequence a pply to the case of backplane blindmate connector only . In this case, the mating sequences ar e: • the ground pins P4 and P12. • the pre-charge power pins and the othe r ground pin[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 25 4.3 Supported A T A commands The following t able list s Serial A T A standard comman ds that the drive suppo rts. For a det ailed description of the A T A commands, refer to the Serial A T A: High S peed Serialized A T Att achment specification . See “S.M.A.R.T . commands” on pa ge 32.for det ail[...]

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    26 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C Note: Individual Set Max commands are identi- fied by the value placed in the Set Max Fea - tures register as defined to the right. Address: Password: Lock: Unlock: Freeze Lock: 00 H 01 H 02 H 03 H 04 H Set Multiple Mode C6h S.M.A.R.T . Disab le Operations B0h/D9h S.M.A.R.T . Enabl e/Disable Autosave[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 27 4.3.1 Identify Dev ice command The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The dat a is organized as a single 51 2-byte bl ock of data, whose content s are shown in the ta ble on page 27. All re served bits or words should be s[...]

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    28 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C 27–46 Drive model numb er: (40 ASCII characters, padded with blanks to end of string) ST9320421AS ST9320421ASG ST9250421AS ST9250421ASG ST9200421AS ST9200423ASG ST916041 1 AS ST916041 1 ASG ST912041 1 AS ST912041 1 ASG ST98041 1AS ST98041 1ASG 47 (Bit s 7–0) Maximum se ctors per interrupt on Read[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 29 69–74 A T A-reserved 0000 H 75 Queue depth 0000 H 76 Serial A T A capabilities 0508 H 77 A T A-reserved 0 000 H 78 Serial A T A features su pported 0048 H 79 Serial A T A features enabled 0 040 H 80 Major version number 003E H 81 Minor version number 0000 H 82 Command sets supported 306B H 83 Comman[...]

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    30 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C 129– 159 Seagate-reserved xxxx H 160– 254 A T A-reserved 0000 H 255 Integrity word xxA5 H Note. See the bit descriptio ns below for words 63, 88, 93 and 94 of the Identify Drive data: Description (if bit is set to 1) Bit Wor d 6 3 0 Multiword DMA mode 0 is supported . 1 Multiword DMA mode 1 is su[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 31 4.3.2 Set Featu res comman d This command controls the implement ation of various feat ures that th e drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY , checks the contents of the Featur es register , clears BSY and generate s an inter- rupt. If the value in the register does n ot rep[...]

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    32 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . provides near-term failure prediction fo r disc drives. When S.M.A.R.T . is enabled, the drive moni- tors predetermined drive attributes that are suscep t ible to degradation over time. If self- m onitoring determines that a failure is likely , S.M.A.R.T . makes[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 33 5.0 Seagate T echnology support services Internet For information regarding Se agate produ cts and services, visit www .sea gate.com . Worldwide support is available 24 hours da ily by email for your questions. Presales Support: Presales@Seagate.com T echnical Support: DiscSupport@Seagate.com W arrant[...]

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    34 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C Customer Service Operations W arranty Service Seagate of fers worldwide customer support for Seagate products. Seagate d istributor s, OEMs and ot her direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Serv ice Operat ions (CSO) re presentative for wa rranty- related issues. Resellers or e nd use[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 35 Index A ACA 14 acoustics 4 , 12 Active m ode 10 Address 25 AFR 13 Agency certification 14 Altitude 11 Altitude, nonoperating 4 Altitude, operating 4 Ambient temperature 4 , 11 ambient temperature 7 Annualized Failure Rate 13 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 4 Areal density 3 , 6 ATA commands 25 ATA data-[...]

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    36 Momentus 7200.3 SA TA Product M anual, Rev. C guaranteed sector s 5 , 6 H handling 19 Handling precautions 19 heads 6 Height 3 height 7 humidity 4 I I/O data-transfer rate 3 , 6 Identify 25 Identify Device 25 Identify Device command 27 Idle 8 , 26 Idle and Standby timer s 10 Idle Immediate 26 Idle mode 4 , 10 Idle mode power 8 IEC950 14 Informat[...]

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    Momentus 7200.3 SAT A Product Manual, Rev. C 37 Read/write heads 6 Read/write power 4 read/write power and current 8 Recording density 3 , 6 Recording method 6 Recording technology 6 Relative humidity 4 , 11 Reliability 13 resistance 9 Retries 25 RF 13 RoHS 16 RPM 3 RRL 14 S S.M.A.R.T. 26 S.M.A.R.T. implementation 25 Safety certification 14 SATA 6 [...]

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    Seagate T echnology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts V alley , California 95066-4544, USA Publication Number: 1005125 41, Rev . C, Printed in USA[...]