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Seagate MEDALIST 1080SL Installation Manual

Seagate MEDALIST 1080SL Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 ....... . . Medalist 1080sl ......

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    © 1995 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved Publication Number: 36325-001, Rev. A, August 1995 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Seagate logo are regis- tered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. Medalist SL, Sea- FAX, SeaFONE, SeaBOARD and SeaTDD are trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Introduction Thank you for choosing a Seagate drive. The purpose of this guide is to assist you with installing your new hard drive. Its organization outlines the complete installation process from han- dling the drive and drive application in Before you begin... to offering troubleshooting suggestions and technical support infor- mation.
  • Page 4 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Drive features Formatted Capacity (Mbytes) Total sectors Cylinders Physical heads Sectors per track (average) Bytes per sector Spindle speed Average seek time (msec) Cache (segmented) Internal transfer rate (Mbits per second max) External transfer rate (Mbytes per second max)

  • Page 5: Read Before You Begin

    Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Read before you begin... Note. Throughout this manual the Medalist 1080sl SCSI is referred to by its model number, ST51080N. Application. Your Seagate ® drive is designed for IBM and IBM- compatible personal computers, Macintosh and other systems using the SCSI interface.
  • Page 6 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 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. Shipping. Keep your original box and packing materials for transporting or shipping your drive.

  • Page 7: Configuring The Drive

    Required materials: 2-mm jumper connector (supplied as spare jumpers) Your Seagate drive is configured for operation using the options jumper block (J8) shown in Figure 1 on page 6. The settings for the available configurations are shown in Figure 2 on page 7. The...
  • Page 8 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 J8. Options jumper block J8 pin 1 J1 pin 1 Figure 1. Connector and jumper block locations J1. Interface connector J3. Standard power connector Circuit board +5V return +12V return +12V...
  • Page 9 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 J8. Options jumper block Note. 1. All other pins are reserved. Do not use them. 2. Jumpers on pins 28 and 30 and 32 and 34 are spares; these pins do not require jumpers.
  • Page 10 ID values 0 through 7. Be sure that the ID you choose is not used by another device on the SCSI bus. Your Seagate drive is shipped by the factory configured as SCSI ID 3—jumpers are attached to pins 3 and 4 and pin 5 and 6. You must reconfigure the SCSI ID if another device is assigned SCSI ID 3 or if you are making the drive the bootable drive.
  • Page 11 Power for the terminator may also be supplied through the SCSI cable (this is usually done for external terminators). The Seagate drive pro- vides settings for four implementations of terminator power: Terminator power to the drive terminator and the SCSI bus—...

  • Page 12: Attaching Cables

    Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Attaching cables Required materials: A four-conductor power-supply cable A fifty-conductor, nonshielded interface cable with a 50-pin, fe- male connector attached for each SCSI device that is to be connected to the SCSI bus. The maximum cable length for asynchronous operation is 19.5 feet (6 meters).

  • Page 13: Mounting The Drive

    Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Mounting the drive Required materials: Four 6-32 UNC-2A screws (not included) The drive fits in the standard 3.5-inch bay and can be mounted in any orientation. Position the drive so that the cables are not strained or crimped.

  • Page 14: Configuring The Drive And Computer

    Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Configuring the drive and computer Once the drive is physically installed, the drive and computer must be configured to work with each other. This involves parti- tioning and formatting the drive and may require a special device driver or installation software depending on the operating system you are using and your SCSI adapter.

  • Page 15: Partitioning

    Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 to low-level format the drive, use the format routine supplied with your SCSI adapter. Refer to the SCSI adapter’s documentation for instructions on how to low-level format the drive. Partitioning You must partition the drive into one or more logical drives before you can use it.

  • Page 16: High-Level Formatting

    Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 High-level formatting High-level formatting verifies the information written by the low- level format and builds the file allocation table (FAT) used by DOS to access files on the drive. If you put more than one partition on the drive, you must high-level format each partition.

  • Page 17: Nondos Operating Systems

    Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 NonDOS operating systems If you are installing the drive in a system that is using an operating system other than DOS, you may need a device driver or instal- lation software. The device driver is provided by your SCSI adapter manufacturer and is operating-system specific.

  • Page 18: Basic Troubleshooting

    Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Basic troubleshooting Warning. Always turn off the system before changing jumpers or unplugging cables and cards. If your drive does not respond or function properly when you turn the power on following the hardware installation, perform these basic checks: Check all cards.
  • Page 19 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Make sure that the drive is running. Listen carefully for the drive motor spinning. Also, the drive-activity LED flashes when the power is turned on. If the LED stays on after power-on, make sure the interface cable is properly connected and that no other device on the bus is using the same SCSI ID.

  • Page 20: Advanced Troubleshooting

    Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Advanced troubleshooting If you have performed the preceding basic checks but the prob- lem has not been solved, follow these guidelines for analyzing specific cases: The system does not recognize the presence of the drive or system error message, “No Drives Found,”...
  • Page 21 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 If the drive is at least the third drive in your system, you may need to configure the BIOS for three or more drives or install a device driver. Refer to your host adapter’s user guide for assistance.
  • Page 22 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 The DOS utilities diskette may be corrupted. Try your backup DOS diskette. If you have DOS Version 4.0 or earlier, make the drive parti- tions smaller. Check for media defects at the beginning of the drive. Use a third-party surface scan utility.

  • Page 23: Technical Support Services

    Your dealer is familiar with system configurations and can help you with system conflicts and other technical issues. If you need additional assistance with your Seagate drive or other Seagate products, you can call SeaBOARD , SeaFAX , Sea- gate Technical Support FAX, SeaFONE or SeaTDD . Seagate technical support information is also available on CompuServe and through the Internet.
  • Page 24 (Pacific time) Monday through Friday. A.M. P.M. SeaFONE provides recorded technical information on se- lected 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 ).
  • Page 25 (Pacific time) Monday through Friday A.M. P.M. Seagate CompuServe forum Online technical support for Seagate products is available on CompuServe. To access our technical support forum, type go seagate. This forum provides information similar to that found on SeaBOARD. Seagate’s Internet connections Technical information for Seagate drives is available on the internet from Seagate’s World Wide Web home page...

  • Page 26: Storing And Shipping Your Drive

    Storing and shipping your drive Keep your original box and packing materials for storing or shipping your drive. The box has a Seagate Approved Package label. Shipping a drive in an unapproved container voids the warranty. Call your authorized Seagate distributor to purchase additional boxes.
  • Page 28 Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA Publication Number: 36325-001, August 1995, Printed in USA...

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