Maxtor Atlas 10K III Installation Manual

1
Pre
Installation

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2
Drive Jumper
Setup
Configure the Drive Jumpers
If specific jumper options are needed
for your system configuration, refer to
the illustrations and definitions provided
in this section.
SCSI ID Jumper Settings
D r v i e D I D I B t i O D I B t i 1 D I B t i 2 D I B t i
D I 0 O F F O F F O F F O F F
D I 1 O N O F F O F F O F F
D I 2 O F F O N O F F O F F
D I 3 O N O N O F F O F F
D I 4 O F F O F F O N O F F
D I 5 O N O F F O N O F F
D I 6 O F F O N O N O F F
D I 7 R E S E R V E D F O R S C I S H O S T
D I 8 O F F O F F O F F O N
D I 9 O N O F F O F F O N
D I 1 0 O F F O N O F F O N
D I 1 1 O N O N O F F O N
D I 1 2 O F F O F F O N O N
D I 1 3 O N O F F O N O N
D I 1 4 O F F O N O N O N
D I 1 5 O N O N O N O N
Maxtor SCSI drives typically ship from
the factory with jumpers set to SCSI
ID 6, and termination power jumped.
SCSI ID 7 is usually reserved for the
SCSI host adapter.
3
Drive
Install
Installing Drive Inside
of Your Computer System
Make sure your computer
is powered down before
installing the drive.
The following illustrations are
of typical computer systems and
hard drive mounting styles.
Your computer may have a different
mounting style. Please refer to your
computer user manual for more
information.
Be sure to secure the drive to the
device bay with all four screws
(included). The drive should be ori-
ented with its printed circuit board
facing down.
Handling Precautions
Allow the drive to reach
room temperature before
installing it in the computer.
Do not open the ESD bag until
you're ready to install the
drive. Handle the drive by its
sides. Do not touch the circuit
board (electronics).
Do not connect/disconnect
any drive cables while your
computer is turned on.
Do not drop, jar, or bump
the drive.
Front Jumper Option Connector
Pin 28 Pin 27
Term Power Term Power
reserved GND
No Wide GND
Stagger Spin GND
Write Protect GND
Busy Out +5 V
No Connect No Connect
Force SE GND
3
Delay Spin GND
blank Fault LED
SCSI ID Bit 0 GND
SCSI ID Bit 1 GND
SCSI ID Bit 2 GND
SCSI ID Bit 3 GND
Pin 2 Pin 1
Note: Maxtor LVD SCSI drives do not
support on-board termination. Maxtor
recommends the use of Active LVD
terminators and 68-pin twisted pair
cabling.
SCSI host adapter manufacturers
usually supply proper cabling and
termination with the purchase of an
LVD SCSI host adapter.
Attention: The Rear Jumper Option
Connector is an OEM specific con-
nector. Most installations will never
use the jumper options on this
connector. Always configure the
drive using the jumpers at the Front
Jumper Option Connector.
Mounting Screws
Computer with available
3.5-inch device bay
SCSI Hard Drive Installation Guide
System/OS Requirements
• A full version of your operating
system (OS) is required for a
new hard drive installation
(see kit package for details)

Tools for Installation

The following tools are needed to
install your new Maxtor hard drive:
• Small Phillips head screw driver
• Small pair of pliers or tweezers
• Your computer user manual
• Operating system software
Bottom View of Drive
(facing printed circuit board)
Rear Jumper Option Connector
(at 68-pin SCSI connector end of drive)
68 Pin SCSI Connector J1 - 12 Pin 4 Pin Power
Option Connector
Installing 5.25-inch Mounting Brackets
If the hard drive will be installed in a 5.25-
inch device bay, attach mounting brackets
(available separately) to the hard drive as
shown in the figure below.
Backup Your Data
Maxtor highly recommends that you
make a backup copy of your files before
installing the new Maxtor hard drive.
Please refer to your computer user
manual for more information.
Other Jumper Settings
TP - Termination Power
Pins 27-28 - Termination power ensures that there is a sufficient
power level along the entire SCSI bus. It is recommended
that the final device on the SCSI bus have the Termination
Power jumper installed. All devices in between the host and
final device typically have no jumper on Termination Power.
Note that Termination Power is not the same as on-board
termination, which this drive does not support.
NW - No Wide
Pins 23-24 are normally open, allowing for 16-bit data transfer.
With a jumper added to the pins, negotiations can be limited
to 8-bit (narrow) data transfer.
SS - Stagger Spin
Pins 21-22 - For most configurations this option is not utilized.
Most current SCSI host adapters offer a Start Unit command
enable or disable, which supersedes the functionality of the
SS jumper setting. When the Delay Spin (DS) jumper is
enabled on the drive, the Start Unit command from the SCSI
host adapter will send Start Unit commands to all devices on
the bus at pre-determined intervals. This can help prevent
power supply overload when running several devices on the
SCSI bus.
WP - Write Protection
Pins 19-20 - By factory default, the drive is shipped with no
jumper on these pins, and the drive can be written to unless
protected by application software. With the pins jumped, the
drive can be used as a read-only device. This feature prevents
accidental overwrites and is useful for frequently accessed
archives and reference files.
Force SE – Force Single Ended Operation
Pins 13-14 - By factory default, the drive is shipped with no
jumper on these pins. With most system configurations, it is
not necessary to use this jumper. LVD drives are multi-mode
capable. They will automatically detect the presence of a sin-
gle-ended bus and revert to single-ended mode.
DS - Delay Spin
Disable Delay Spin: No jumper across pins 11-12 (factory
default). Disabling Delay Spin allows the drive to spin up
when the system is powered up.
Enable Delay Spin: Jumper across pins 11-12. This setting
will prevent the drive from spinning up until it receives a Start
Unit command from a SCSI host adapter. Most SCSI host
adapters have the Start Unit command enabled by default in
the host adapter BIOS. Enabling Delay Spin is only necessary
when you are starting multiple devices at power on.
SCSI ID
Pin numbers 1-8 are typically referred to in pairs as A0 (pins 1
and 2), A1 (3,4), A2 (5,6), A3 (7,8). The jumper pairs will allow
configuration of SCSI ID's 0 to 15. All SCSI devices must have
an individual ID on the SCSI bus (there is no Master/Slave set-
ting). SCSI ID 7 is usually reserved for the SCSI host adapter.
Fault LED and Busy Out Jumpers
Typical installations do not require the use of the Fault LED
and Busy Out jumpers. The Busy Out signal is usually supplied
through the PCI bus to the PC motherboard's Busy indicator
LED. If connecting the Busy Out jumper for a drive installed in
an external case, please refer to the wiring documentation sup-
plied by the manufacturer of the case. Connection of the Fault
LED is not recommended in internal or external installations.
Mounting Screws
Mounting Bracket
Computer with available
5.25-inch device bay