Seagate ST9320421ASG manual

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    Prod uct Ma nu al Momentus 7 200.3 SA T A 10051 2541 Rev . B July 2008 ST93 20 421A S ST93 20 421A SG ST92 50 421A S ST92 50 421A SG ST92 00 421A S ST92 00 423A SG ST91 60 41 1A S ST91 60 41 1A SG ST91 20 41 1A S ST91 20 41 1A SG ST98 04 1 1AS ST98 04 1 1ASG[...]

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    Copyri ght © 200 8 Seagat e T echnology LL C. All r ight s reserved . Printed in U.S. A. Pub lication nu mber: 100 51254 1, Rev . B , July 20 08 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 U nited S tates and/o r oth er countries. M omentus, S eaT ools a nd SeaTDD ar e either t[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B i Conte nts 1.0 In troduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 A bout the S erial ATA interf ace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0[...]

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    ii Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B iii List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Typical +5V onl y startup and opera tion curren t profi le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2. Seria l ATA connect ors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Fi[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 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 Mom e ntu s ® 7200. 3 SA T A model driv es: • ST9 320421A S • ST9 320421A SG • ST9 250421A S • ST9 250421A SG • ST9 200421A S • ST9 200423A SG • ST9 160[...]

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    2 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 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 int erface. The prim ary advant age s include: • Easy inst allat ion and configu ration w ith true plug -and -play connectivity . It is not no rmally neces[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 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 ST9 320421AS, S T93204 21ASG, ST 9250421AS ,[...]

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    4 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B S tandby to ready (sec t ypical ) 3. 0 T rack-to-track seek time, read ( ms ec typical) 1. 0 Average seek , rea d (msec typical) 11 . 0 Average seek , wri te (msec typical) 13. 0 S tartup curren t, +5V ( max) 1.0 am ps Seek powe r (typical ) 2.3 watts Read power (ty pical) 2.1 watts Writ e power (ty[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 5 * One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referri ng to har d drive capacity . Accessible ca pacity may va ry dependin g on operating en viro 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 c ifica tion, w hic h ma y[...]

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    6 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 2.3 Def ault logi c al geo met ry 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 . 2.4 Phys ica l org aniz ati on 2. 5 Rec ord in g an d i nt er fac e te ch no[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 7 2.6 Phy sic al ch a racte ri sti cs 2.7 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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    8 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 2.8 S t art/ st op time s 2. 9 Power sp eci fi cat i ons The dr ive re ceives DC powe r (+5V ) thro ugh a nativ e SA T A power co nnecto r . 2. 9.1 Power c onsum pt ion Power requir emen ts for the dr i ves are li sted in the ta bl e on p age 8. T ypical power measu rem ent s are ba sed on an aver a[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 9 2.9.1.1 T ypica l cu rrent pr ofile Figure 1. T yp ical +5V only star tup and operation current profile 2.9.2 Cond ucted nois e Input noise r ipple is measured at th e host system power sup ply across an equivalen t 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. Using 5-volt power , the drive is expe ct[...]

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    10 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 2.9.4 Powe r- manag eme nt modes The drive provid es programm able power man agement to provide greater energy 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 e The[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 11 2.1 0 E nvir onm en t al sp ec if ica tio ns This secti on provides the temperatur e, humidity , sh ock, and vibr ation spe cifications for Momentus 720 0.3 SA T A dr ives. 2.10.1 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 [...]

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    12 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 2.10.6.2 N ono per ating 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 80 0 Gs based o n a nonrepeti tive half-si ne shock pulse of 2 mse c dur ation. The non ope[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 13 2.12 Elec tro mag neti c i m muni 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: 2.13 Reli abilit y 2.13.1 Free Fal l P[...]

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    14 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B T o enable th e Fr ee Fall Pro tection fe ature on ST93 20421ASG, ST9250421ASG, ST9200423ASG, ST916041 1ASG, ST912041 1ASG and ST98041 1ASG models, use Set Features command 41h. T o disable this feature, use Set Features command C1h. Inform ation a bout Fre e Fall Even ts t hat have occur red is av[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 15 2.14.3 FCC ver ificatio n These dr ives are intende d to be cont ained solel y wit hin a person al compute r or similar encl osu re (no t atta ched as an e xtern al device ). As su ch, ea ch dr i ve is co nsi dere d to be a suba ssembly even when it i s indivi du ally mar- keted to the custome r . [...]

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    16 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 2.15 Env iro nme ntal p rot ectio n 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 . 2.15.1 Eur opean Union R estr iction of Ha zardou s Subst ances (Ro HS) Seag ate designs i ts prod[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 17 should neve r be expo sed to condensing wate r on the surfac e of the printed ci rcuit board assembly ( PCBA) or exposed to a n am bient relat ive hum i dity gr eate r th an 9 5%. Mat erials used in cabin et fa bri cation , such as v ul ca- nized rubb er , that can outgas corr osive comp ounds shou[...]

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    18 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 19 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 potential hand [...]

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    20 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 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 is n o master/ slave r elationsh ip because each drive i s consi dered a master in a point -to-point relationsh ips. If two dr ives are [...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 21 3. 4 Driv e mo un ti ng Y ou can mount the dr ive using four screw s in the side-mount ing holes or fou r screws in the bo ttom-mou nting hol es. See Figur e 4 for driv e mo unting dim ensi ons. Follow these impo rt ant mo unti ng pr ecautio ns when mou nt- ing the drive: • A llow a min imum cle [...]

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    22 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 23 4.0 Seria l A T A (S A T A) in te rf 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 inp ut/out put (PI O) modes 0–4; mul tiwor d DMA modes 0–2, and U ltra DMA mo des 0–6. T he driv e also suppo rt s [...]

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    24 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 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 backpl ane blindm ate co nnector on ly . In this case, the mating sequences ar e: • the gro und pi ns P4 and P1 2. • the pre -charge p ower p ins and t[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 25 4.3 Supp ort ed A T A c omm ands The foll owing tab le list s Serial A T A standard co mma nds that the 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 . commands” on pa ge 3[...]

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    26 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B Note: Individua l Set Max commands are identi- fied by t he value placed in the Set M ax Fea- tures register as defined t o the right. Address: Password: Lock: Unlo ck: Freeze Lock: 00 H 01 H 02 H 03 H 04 H Set Multiple Mode C6h S.M.A.R.T . Disable Operat ions B0h/D9h S.M.A.R.T . Enable/Disable Aut[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 27 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 dat a is organi zed as a sin gle 512-b yte b lock of data, whose content s are sh own in the table on pag e 27. All reser ved bi ts or wo [...]

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    28 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 27–46 Drive model number: (40 ASCII charact ers, padded w ith blanks to end of string) ST9320421AS ST9320421ASG ST9250421AS ST9250421ASG ST9200421AS ST9200423ASG ST916041 1AS ST916041 1ASG ST912041 1AS ST912041 1ASG ST98041 1AS ST98041 1ASG 47 (Bits 7–0) Maximum sectors per interrupt on R ead m[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 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 0000 H 78 Serial A T A features supported 0048 H 79 Serial A T A features enabled 0040 H 80 Major v ersion number 003E H 81 Minor v ersion number 0000 H 82 Command s et s supported 306B H 83 Co[...]

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    30 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 129– 159 Seagate-reserved xx xx H 160– 254 A T A-reserved 0000 H 255 Integrity word xxA5 H Note. See the bit descriptions below for w ords 63, 88, 93 and 94 of the Identify D rive 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 i[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 31 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 n [...]

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    32 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 4.3.3 S.M.A. R.T . commands S.M. A.R.T . provides near- term fail ure 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 ikely[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 33 5.0 Seagate 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. Pres al es S uppo rt : Presa les@Seaga te.com T ech ni cal Su pp or t: DiscS[...]

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    34 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B Custo mer Se rvice Op era tion s W arranty Ser vice 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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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 35 Index A ACA 14 acoustics 4 , 12 Active m ode 10 Addr ess 25 AFR 13 Agency certification 14 Altitude 11 Altitude , nono perating 4 Altitude , operati ng 4 Ambie nt temper ature 4 , 1 1 ambient temp eratu re 7 Annu alized F ailure Rate 13 Annu alized F ailure Rate (AF R) 4 Area l density 3 , 6 ATA co[...]

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    36 Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B guaran teed sectors 5 , 6 H handl ing 19 Handl ing precautio ns 19 heads 6 Height 3 hei ght 7 humi dity 4 I I/O data- transfer r ate 3 , 6 Identify 25 Identify Device 25 Identify Device command 2 7 Idle 8 , 2 6 Idle and Standby ti mers 1 0 Idle Imm ediate 26 Idle mod e 4 , 10 Idle mod e power 8 IEC[...]

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    Momen tus 7200.3 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. B 37 Rea d/write heads 6 Rea d/write pow er 4 read/wr ite powe r and curr ent 8 Recordi ng density 3 , 6 Recording method 6 Recordi ng techno logy 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. imple ment ation 25 Safety certific[...]

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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 00512541, Rev . B, Printed i n USA[...]