Toshiba MK2006GAL manual

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    TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMA TION SYSTEMS STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION IRVINE, CALIFORNIA MK2006GAL (HDD1488) 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 – MK2006GAL (HDD1488) HARD DISK DRIVE General Features • 1.8" sized drive • 1 Platter • 20 Gigabytes* • 5mm High • 15ms Average Seek Time • ATA-6 Interface • Ultra DMA 100 • 2Mbytes Buffer • Rotational speed of 4,200rpm • MTTF 300,000 Hours *Toshiba defines a megabyte (MB) as 1 ,000,000 bytes and a gigabyt[...]

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    2 SETUP – MK2006GAL (HDD1488) HARD DISK DRIVE Caution : Your Hard Di sk Drive is a precision devi ce and even a small drop onto any surface can cause damage. Electron static discharge can also d amage the drive. You should ground yourself prior to handling the drive. Figure 1. MK2006GAL Side View Installation Notes • Do not apply any force to t[...]

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    3 USING THE HARD DISK DRIVE – MK2006GAL (HDD1488) HARD DISK DRIVE 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 – MK2006GAL (HDD1488) HARD DISK DRIVE General Model MK2006GAL (MK1488) Interface ATA-6 Functionality Formatted Capacity 20.0GB* Rotational Speed 4200rpm Avg. Rotational Latency 7.14/ms Spin-up Time 3.5sec (typical) Buffer 2Mbytes Seek Time Average Maximum 15 26 Internal Transfer Rate 132 ~ 230 M bits/sec (max) Host Transfer Rate[...]

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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 BSMI D33003[...]

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    6 DRIVE CONNECT ORS – MK2006GAL (HDD1488) HARD DISK DRIVE Figure 1. MK2006GAL HDD - INTERF A CE CONNECT OR Interface Connector Drive Side Connector MCD-D50 Series by DDK Connectors Recommended Ho st Side Connector MCD-D50 Series by DDK Connectors[...]

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    7 Interface Signals DRIVE INTERFACE SIGNALS 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 [...]