Toshiba MK3008GAL (HDD1642) manual

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    TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMA TION SYSTEMS STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION IRVINE, CALIFORNIA MK3008GAL (HDD1642) 1.8-INCH HARD DISK DRIVE USER MANU AL[...]

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

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    1 INTR ODUCTION – MK3008GAL (H DD1642) HARD DISK DRIVE General Features • 1.8" sized drive • 1 Platter • 30 Gigabytes • 5mm High • 15ms Average Seek Time • ATA-6 Interface • Ultra DMA 100 • 2MB Buffer • Rotational speed of 4,200rpm • MTTF 300,000 Hours[...]

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    2 SETUP – MK3008GAL (HDD1642) 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. MK3008GAL Side View Installation Notes • Do not apply any force to t[...]

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    3 USING THE HARD DISK DRI VE – MK3008GAL (HDD1642) 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 – MK3008GAL (HDD1642) HARD DISK DRIVE General Model MK3008GAL (HDD1642) Interface ATA-6 Functionality Internal Drive Characteri stics Formatted Capacity 30.0GB Rotational Speed 4,200rpm Avg. Rotational Latency 7.14/ms Spin-up Time 3.sec (typical) Buffer 2MB Seek Time Average Maximum 15 26 Internal Transfer Rate 131.1 ~ 283.3 Mbi[...]

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    5 Physical Height 0.0196” (5.0mm) Width 2.13" (54.0mm) Depth 3.09" (78.5mm) Weight 1.69oz (48g) 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 3902C799[...]

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    6 DRIVE CONNECT ORS – MK3008GAL (HDD1642) HARD DISK DRIVE Figure 1. MK3008GAL HDD - INTERF A CE CONNECT OR Interface Connector[...]

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