Seagate ST9816AG manual

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar at hon 8 10 (S T98 16 AG ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A TA In t erfa ce D ri ve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In stalla tion Guid e . . . . . .[...]

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    ©19 96 Seag ate Techn ology, Inc. All righ ts rese rved Pu blicati on Num ber: 36 336-2 01 , Re v. A, Feb rua ry 19 96 Seagat e, Seaga te Tech nology, th e Seagat e l o go, SeaF AX, S eaFONE and Se aBOARD a re registe red tra demarks o f Seaga te Techno logy, I nc. SeaT DD is a t rademark of Seagate Techn olog y, Inc. Ot he r prod uct nam es are r[...]

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    Read before you b egin ... Note. To use the free Disk Manage r software that is provide d on this drive, you need a bootab le DOS sys tem diskette and a blank 1.4-Mb yte diskette. Static discharge. O bserv e the f ollowing pr ecaution s: • Before handli ng any components, put on a grounded wrist strap. • Use antista tic padding on all work surf[...]

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    you void the warran ty . Se agate cust omer ser vice center s a re the only facilities author ized to repair Se agate drives . Seagate does not sanct ion any th ird- par ty repair fa ci lities. W arranty . See you r autho rized Seagate dist ributor or dea ler . With r egard to Disk Mana ger an d SEG32 BIT .3 86 sof tware, t here are no w arrant i e[...]

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    Marat hon 8 10 fo r cabl e s elect, insta ll bo th m aster/ sla ve jum pers , as sh own in Figure 1 on p age 4 . Atta chin g c ables This drive is designed for a host com put er t hat supp lies interfac e signals and +5V powe r through a single 44-pin c onne ctor and cable . I f your com puter h as a fixed co nnector that attache s directly t o the[...]

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    Master/slave configuration jumpers Circuit board Pin 1 Pin 20 removed for keying Note. Drive is shown with circuit board up. B D A C Drive is master; slave may be detected using DASP– signal Drive is master; Seagate slave drive present Drive is slave; Seagate master drive present Use CSEL pin grounding to differentiate master fr[...]

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    Caution. T o prev ent damage to the drive w h ile mo untin g, tak e the f ollowing pre cautions: • Be caref ul not to be nd the drive co nnec tor pins, especially whe n plu gging the drive into a fixed connecto r. • Use mount ing scr ews of the correct s iz e and lengt h. • Gent ly tight en t he mo u nting screws— do n ot apply m ore tha n [...]

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    Before yo u can ru n the Disk Ma nager softwar e you m ust t r ansfer it f rom your new hard disc on to a blank, boota ble diskette in drive A o f your comput er (the prog ram can only be run from drive A) . Creati ng a blank bootable diskett e 1. Bo ot y ou r co m pu ter us ing a b oo t ab le DO S sy stem disket te or bootabl e ha rd driv e that c[...]

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    4. Reboot your computer again using t he bl ank, bootable diskette. 5. You should n ow be able to a cces s the soft ware on you r new hard disc . If your new har d d rive is driv e C, type c:seam ove to tr ansfer the disc su pport s oftwar e. Use a differ ent dr ive letter i f nec essary. The SEAMOVE p rogram transf ers the drive -suppor t files f[...]

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    Note. The syste m setup prog r am may r eque st informa tion o n the dr ive’s write pre comp o r landing z one. You d o n ot need to en t er a ny values for these paramet ers be cause your Seagate drive does not use them. 4. Save yo ur drive-t ype se ttings, exit t he system setup pro gra m, and reboo t your comput er using the DOS diske tte. Ins[...]

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    Note. If Disk Mana ger inst alls s oftware t o help your com puter access a large hard dr i ve, y ou will see a Disk Ma nager messa ge each tim e you boot your com put er. Booti ng from a diskett e If Disk M anager ha s installed s oftwa re to help yo u r com puter access a large hard driv e, you must use the fol lowing proce dure any time you need[...]

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    Manu al for matting and partitio ning Note. This se ction is only for use rs who do no t need to use Disk Manag er to access the f ul l capacity of the Mara tho n 810. Caution. F orm atting or partitioning a dr ive that conta ins dat a may des troy all data on the drive. Befor e repar tition ing or ref orma tting a drive t hat con tains dat a, m ak[...]

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    tha t co ntai n s data , yo u may de stroy a ll the d ata on that dr ive . 1. Run the FORMAT program . Inser t a DOS prog ram diske tte that cont ains the FORM AT progra m into your diskette d rive. At th e DOS pr om pt, typ e format , followed by the d rive letter for the f irst dr ive partition yo u wa nt to format (fo r exam ple, for mat C : ). [...]

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    Installat ion troub leshooting Before calling Seagat e T echnical Sup por t, pleas e read and con- sider all the possibilities discussed o n the following p ages. Th e suggest ions pre sented her e addre ss the vast m ajority o f insta l- lation pr oblems. General troublesho oting procedu r es The following is a list of general troubleshootin g pro[...]

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    • Verif y the BIOS dr ive type. Make su re that you ent er ed th e corr ect drive t ype or translat ion geome try in the BIO S setu p progr am . The dr ive cap acity and num ber of se cto rs spec ifie d in the BI O S mus t no t exceed the spec ificatio ns sh own in the table o n pa ge 7. If the drive t ype is incorre ct, yo u must reru n the syst[...]

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    Specific T roublesho oting Pro cedures Meth ods for resolving spe cific drive inst allation problem s ar e listed on the following pag es. Thes e methods incorpor ate m any of the gener al troubles hooting t echniq ues d escribed in t he pre- vious se ction. At startup, the comput e r does not recognize the presence of the dri ve. • Check a ll ca[...]

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    At startup, the message “ HDD control ler fail ure” appears. • Check jum per settings on all drives . • Check all cards and cab les. During the FDISK program, you get an error message warn- ing of an attem pt to writ e to track 0 or to t he boot sector; t he message may also suggest that a vi r us is present. • This occurs in systems that[...]

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    During the FDISK program , the error m essage, “No Fixed Disk Present, ” appears. • Check a ll cables . • Check the power supply. • Reboot the com put er and make sure the drive spins up. • Ver ify the BI OS dr ive t ype . • Check f or I / O a ddress conflicts . During high-level format ting, the dri ve keeps finding hard errors and r[...]

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    • Check y our DOS v ersion. • Reinstall the DO S system files onto the h ard disc using th e SYS comm and (s ee your DOS manual) . • Check f or vir uses. During operation, the system error m essage, “Drive not Ready ,” appears. • Check a ll cables . • Check the power supply. • Reboot the com put er and make sure the drive spins up. [...]

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    Compatibi lit y notes • The Mar athon 8 10 co nforms t o the ATA interface spe cifica- tio ns. The ho st system BIOS m ust pro vide suppor t for th e ATA interf ace command set. For a de tailed descript i o n of the ATA comm an ds imple me nted by t his drive, see the Se agate M ara- thon 8 10 Pr oduct Manu al and the Draf t Propos ed ATA-2 Stand[...]

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    Techn ical suppo rt services If yo u need a ssist ance inst al ling you r drive, consult yo u r dea ler . Y our de aler is fam iliar wit h s ystem configu rations and can he lp you with syste m conflicts and othe r technical issues . If you need add itional ass istance with y our Seagate drive o r other Seagate product s, you c an call Sea BOARD ®[...]

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    SeaFA X You can use a touch -tone t elephone to access Sea gate’s autom at ed FAX sys tem to re ceive tech nical sup port informa- tion by retu rn FAX. This service is avai lable 24 hour s dai ly. Locatio n T elephone num ber United St ates 408-4 38- 2620 England 44 -1-62-847 -7080 Seagate Technical Support FAX. 408/438-8137 You can FAX questions[...]

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    Seagate’s i nternet connections Technical in formation for Seagate drives is available on the int ernet from S eagate’s World Wide Web home page (http://www .se agate .com) or Seagate’s ft p server (ftp://ftp.se agate .com). The f tp serve r co ntain s info rmat ion similar to that found on SeaBOARD. Mara tho n 810 Ins tallat ion Guide , Febr[...]

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    Storing and sh ipping your drive Keep you r original b ox and p acking materials f or storing or shippin g your drive. The box has a Seagate Ap pro ved P a ckag e label. Shipping a drive in an un approve d containe r voids the warran ty . Call your auth orized Seaga te distribu to r t o pur chase additional bo xes. Figure 2 sh ows a d rive in an a [...]

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    Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Vall ey, CA 95066, USA Publ icati on Num ber: 36 336-2 01 , Fe bru ary 1 99 6, Prin te d i n US A[...]