Toshiba HDD1262 manual

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    TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMA TION SYSTEMS STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION IRVINE, CALIFORNIA MK1003GAL (HDD1262) 1.8-INCH HARD DISK DRIVE USER MANU AL Rev 02 11/2006[...]

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    CONTENTS Introductio n .............................................................................. 1 Setup ........................................................................................ 2 Using t he HDD ......................................................................... 3 Specificat ions ..........................................[...]

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    1 INTR ODUCTION – MK1003GAL (HDD1262) General Features • 1.8" sized drive • 1 Platter • 10 Gigabytes* • 5mm High • 15ms Average Seek Time • ATA (2 - 5) Interface • Ultra DMA 100 • 512KB Buffer • Rotational speed of 4,200rpm • MTTF 300,000 Hours * T oshiba defines a megab yte (MB) as 1,000,000 b ytes and a gigab yte (GB) a[...]

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    2 SETUP – MK1003GAL (HDD1262) Caution : Your Hard Disk Drive is a precision device a nd ev en a small drop onto any surface can cause damage. Electronstatic discharge can a lso damage the dr ive. You should ground yours elf prior to handling the drive. Figure 1. MK1003GAL Side View Installation Notes • Do not apply any force to the top cover, e[...]

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    3 USING THE HARD DISK DRI VE – MK1003GAL (HDD1262) Backing up Data Files To avoid data loss, regularly back u p the data files on the hard disk drive.[...]

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    4 SPECIFICA TIONS –MK1003GAL (HDD1262) General Model MK1003GAL (HDD1262) Interf ace A T A-2/3/4/5 Functionality Formatted Capacity 10.0GB* Rotational Speed 4200rpm Avg. Rotational Latency 7.14/ms Spin-up Time 3.6sec (typical) Buffer 512KB Seek Time Average Maximum 15 26 Internal Transfer Rate 115.6 ~ 204.4 Mbits/sec (max) Host Transfer Rate Ultra[...]

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    5 Physical Height 0.2" (5.0mm) Width 2.13" (54.0mm) Depth 3.09" (78.5mm) Weight 1.8oz (51g) typ Regulatory The drive satisfies the following standards: Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1950 Canadian Standard Associ ation (CSA) C22.2 No. 950 TUV Rheinland EN 60 950 EMC - EN50081-1 EN50081-1: 1992 EN55022: 1994 Class B EN61000-3-2: 1995 [...]

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    6 DRIVE CONNECT ORS –MK1003GAL (HDD1262) Figure 1. MK1003GAL HDD - INTERF A CE CONNECT OR Interface Connector Drive Side Connector MCD-D50 Series by DDK Connec tors Recommended Ho st Side Connector MCD-D50 Series by DDK Connec tors[...]

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    7 Interface Signals DRIVE INTERFACE SIG NALS PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 RESET 2 GROUND 3 DD 7 4 DD 8 5 DD 6 6 DD 9 7 DD 5 8 DD 10 9 DD 4 10 DD 11 11 DD 3 12 DD 12 13 DD 2 14 DD 13 15 DD 1 16 DD 14 17 DD 0 18 DD 15 19 GROUND 20 OPEN 21 DMARQ 22 GROUND 23 DIOW/STOP 24 GROUND 25 DIOR/ -DMARDY HSTROBE 26 GROUND 27 IORDY/ -DMARDY/- DSTROBE 28 CSEL 29 DMACK[...]