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Seagate ST3390N Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 ....... . . ST3390N, ST3655N ......

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Seagate Technology, Inc. Other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their owners. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from Seagate...

  • Page 3: Read Before You Begin

    Maintenance and repair. Seagate drives do not require mainte- nance. The head/disc assembly is sealed; if you break the seal, you void the warranty. Seagate customer service centers are the only facilities authorized to repair Seagate drives. Seagate does not sanction any third-party repair facilities.

  • Page 4: Configuring The Drive

    ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A Radio and television interference. This product complies with Class B limits for radio noise emissions from computer equipment as set out in the radio interference regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. Le présent appareil numérique n émet pas de bruits radioélectriques depassant les limites applicable aux appareils numériques de Classe B...
  • Page 5 ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A SCSI ID, install jumpers on the SCSI ID jumper block as shown in Figure 1 on page 6. 2. Installing or removing terminating resistors. SCSI I/O termination consists of three resistor packs, called termina- tors, that plug into sockets on the printed circuit board.
  • Page 6 ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A 4. Installing jumpers on the active/passive termination jumper block. If you removed the terminating resistors from the drive according to the instructions in step 2, skip this step. If you are either: using Fast SCSI transfer rates, or...

  • Page 7: Attaching Cables

    ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A Attaching cables Refer to Figure 1 on page 6 and Figure 2 on page 7 for the locations of the connectors and jumper blocks. 1. Turn off the system power. 2. Put on a grounded wrist strap.
  • Page 8 ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A Terminating resistor packs (pin 1) J9. Active/passive termination jumper block Circuit board SCSI ID = 0 +2.85V to 110 ohms SCSI ID = 1 Power and ground to 220/330 ohms SCSI ID = 2...
  • Page 9 ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A J12. Options jumper block J8. User-configuration jumper block Circuit board Pin Function 1 Ground 1–6 2 Parity enable 3 Ground 4 Remote start enable 5 Clock ground 11–20 6 External spindle sync. 7 Remote LED –...

  • Page 10: Mounting The Drive

    ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A 6. Attaching the 50-pin SCSI interface cable. Attach one end of the cable to the drive interface connector and the other end to the interface connector on the host system motherboard or the host adapter. If you are installing multiple drives, use a daisy-chain cable.
  • Page 11 ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A Interface connector Power connector Figure 3. Recommended mounting orientations...

  • Page 12: Cmos Setup For At Systems

    ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A CMOS setup for AT systems When you start up your drive for the first time, enter the CMOS SETUP routine. This routine enables you to define a new drive in the system BIOS. However, because the SCSI host adapter BIOS handles all I/O procedures, you should not attempt to define the drive type in the system BIOS.

  • Page 13: Partitioning

    Caution. If you partition or format a drive at any level, you erase all your data. Back up the drive first. Seagate assumes no liability for lost user data. Many Unix-based operating systems allow you to partition the drive for DOS applications.

  • Page 14: Troubleshooting

    ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A To high-level format the drive, perform the following operations: 1. Use the FORMAT utility to high-level format the drive. Refer to your DOS manual for the FORMAT command options. 2. If you are formatting the boot drive, copy the necessary system files to the drive.
  • Page 15 ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A are not crimped or damaged in any way. Keeping extra cables on hand for troubleshooting saves time and frustration. For each ribbon cable, verify that pin 1 of the cable is matched to pin 1 of the connector. Pin 1 is usually denoted by a stripe on the side of the ribbon cable.
  • Page 16 ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A Before continuing, carefully read the preceding checklist. You need to refer to the introductory material to effectively use the following information. The system does not recognize the presence of the drive or system error message, “No Drives Found,” appears.
  • Page 17 ST3390N, ST3655N Installation Guide, Rev. A Turn off the system and wait 20 seconds. Turn it back on and make sure the drive spins up. If the drive does not spin up, check the drive power cable. The screen stays blank when you power up the system.

  • Page 18: Technical Support Services

    Always consult your system dealer first for technical support. Dealers are generally more familiar with unique system configu- rations. Technical support is available for all Seagate products by calling the SeaFAX , Seagate Technical Support FAX, SeaFONE , SeaBOARD and SeaTDD services.
  • Page 19 (Pacific time), Monday through Friday. A.M. P.M. SeaFONE provides recorded technical information on selected Seagate products while you are on hold. You can access the recordings 24 hours daily. Before calling, note your system configuration and drive model number (ST xxxx ). SeaBOARD...

  • Page 20: Publication Number: 36235-001, Rev. A

    Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA Publication Number: 36235-001, Rev. A, Printed in USA...

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