Summary of Contents for Seagate ST9250410AS - Momentus 7200.4 250 GB Hard Drive
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Product Manual Momentus 7200.4 SATA ST9500420AS ST9500420ASG ST9320423AS ST9320423ASG ST9250410AS ST9250410ASG ST9160412AS ST9160412ASG ST9120410AS ST9120410ASG 100534376 Rev. A January 2009...
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United States and/or other countries. Momentus and SeaTools are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate ® Momentus 7200.4 SATA model drives: Standard models Free Fall Protection models ST9500420AS ST9500420ASG ST9320423AS ST9320423ASG ST9250410AS ST9250410ASG ST9160412AS ST9160412ASG ST9120410AS ST9120410ASG These drives provide the following key features: •...
About the Serial ATA interface The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the traditional (parallel) ATA interface. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity. It is not normally necessary to set any jumpers or other configuration options. •...
Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. Specification summary table The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or defi- nition, see the appropriate section of this manual. Table 1: Drive specifications ST9500420AS...
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To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the follow- ing web page: www.seagate.com/support/service/ From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. The system will display the warranty information for your drive.
Formatted capacity Model Formatted capacity* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector ST9500420AS and ST9500420ASG 500 Gbytes 976,773,168 ST9320423AS and ST9320423ASG 320 Gbytes 625,142,448 ST9250410AS and ST9250410ASG 250 Gbytes 488,397,168 ST9160412AS and ST9160412ASG 160 Gbytes 312,581,808 ST9120410AS and ST9120410ASG 120 Gbytes 234,441,648 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.
Seek time Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications in the table below are defined as follows: • Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in both directions. •...
• Idle mode power Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with servo electronics active and with the heads in a random track location. • Standby mode During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is not spinning, and the servo and read/ write electronics are in power-down model Table 3: DC power...
2.9.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. Using 5-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 100 mV peak-to-peak square-wave injected noise at up to 10 MHz.
2.9.4 Power-management modes The drive provides programmable power management to provide greater energy efficiency. In most systems, you can control power management through the system setup program. The drive features the following power-management modes: Table 4: Power management modes Power modes Heads Spindle Buffer...
2.10 Environmental specifications This section provides the temperature, humidity, shock, and vibration specifications for Momentus 7200.4 SATA drives. 2.10.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 65°C (149°F) within the operating ambient conditions. Above 1,000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is derated linearly by 1°C every 1000 feet.
Seagate follows the ECMA-74 standards for measurement and identification of PDTs. An exception to this pro- cess is the use of the absolute threshold of hearing. Seagate uses the lower limit for the threshold curve* to discern tone audibility and to compensate for the inaudible components of sound prior to computation of tone ratios according to Annex D of the ECMA-74 standards.
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: www.seagate.com/support/service/ From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to pro- vide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of pur- chase.
Information Technology Equipment (ITE). Emission levels are defined by EN 55022, Class B and the immunity levels are defined by EN 55024. Seagate uses an independent laboratory to confirm compliance with the EC directives specified in the previous paragraph. Drives are tested in representative end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives comply with the directives when used in the test systems, we cannot guarantee that all systems will comply with the directives.
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Seagate Technology LLC has tested this device in enclosures as described above to ensure that the total assembly (enclosure, disc drive, motherboard, power supply, etc.) does comply with the limits for a Class B computing device, pursuant to Subpart J, Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation with noncertified assemblies is likely to result in interference to radio and television reception.
The sil- ver, copper, nickel and gold films used in Seagate products are especially sensitive to the presence of sulfide, chloride, and nitrate contaminants. Sulfur is found to be the most damaging. In addition, electronic components...
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should never be exposed to condensing water on the surface of the printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) or exposed to an ambient relative humidity greater than 95%. Materials used in cabinet fabrication, such as vulca- nized rubber, that can outgas corrosive compounds should be minimized or eliminated. The useful life of any electronic equipment may be extended by replacing materials near circuitry with sulfide-free alternatives.
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Momentus 7200.4 SATA Product Manual, Rev. A...
Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. Handling and static-discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostatic dis- charge (ESD) hazards. Observe the following standard handling and static-discharge precautions: Caution: •...
Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects in a point-to-point configuration with the Serial ATA host adapter. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is considered a master in a point-to-point relationships. If two drives are attached on one Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating system views the two devices as if they were both “masters”...
Drive mounting You can mount the drive using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. See Figure 4 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precautions when mount- ing the drive: • Allow a minimum clearance of 0.030 inches (0.76 mm) around the entire perimeter of the drive for cooling. •...
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Momentus 7200.4 SATA Product Manual, Rev. A...
Serial ATA (SATA) interface These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–6. The drive also supports the use of the IORDY signal to provide reliable high-speed data transfers. For detailed information about the Serial ATA interface, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment”...
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Table 7: Serial ATA connector pin definitions Segment Function Definition 3.3V power 3.3V power 3.3V power, pre-charge, 2nd mate Ground 1st mate Ground 2nd mate Ground 2nd mate 5V power, pre-charge, 2nd mate 5V power Power 5V power Ground 2nd mate Reserved The pin corresponding to P11 in the backplane receptacle connector is also reserved The corresponding pin to be mated with P11 in the power cable receptacle connector...
Supported ATA commands The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification. See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 32.for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation. Command name Command code (in hex) ATA-standard commands...
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Command name Command code (in hex) Note: Individual Set Max commands are identi- Address: fied by the value placed in the Set Max Fea- Password: tures register as defined to the right. Lock: Unlock: Freeze Lock: Set Multiple Mode S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations B0h/D9h S.M.A.R.T.
Command name Command code (in hex) Standby Immediate 94h or E0h ATA-standard security commands Security Set Password Security Unlock Security Erase Prepare Security Erase Unit Security Freeze Lock Security Disable Password 4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code EC ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up.
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Word Description Value 27–46 Drive model number: (40 ASCII characters, padded with ST9500420AS blanks to end of string) ST9500420ASG ST9320423AS ST9320423ASG ST9250410AS ST9250410ASG ST9160412AS ST9160412ASG ST9120410AS ST9120410ASG (Bits 7–0) Maximum sectors per interrupt on Read multiple 8010 and Write multiple (16) Reserved 0000 Standard Standby timer, IORDY supported and may be dis-...
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Free Fall Protection enable/disable (bit 5) 1 = Free Fall Protection feature is enabled 0 = Free Fall Protection feature is disabled 121–1 ATA-reserved 0000 Security status 0001 129–1 Seagate-reserved xxxx 160–2 ATA-reserved 0000 Momentus 7200.4 SATA Product Manual, Rev. A...
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Word Description Value Integrity word xxA5 Note. See the bit descriptions below for words 63, 88, 93 and 94 of the Identify Drive data: Description (if bit is set to 1) Word 63 Multiword DMA mode 0 is supported. Multiword DMA mode 1 is supported. Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported.
4.3.2 Set Features command This command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY, checks the contents of the Features register, clears BSY and generates an inter- rupt. If the value in the register does not represent a feature that the drive supports, the command is aborted. Power-on default has the read look-ahead and write caching features enabled.
) that elimi- nates unnecessary drive returns. The diagnostic software ships with all new drives and is also available at: http://seatools.seagate.com. This drive is shipped with S.M.A.R.T. features disabled. You must have a recent BIOS or software package that supports S.M.A.R.T. to enable this feature. The table below shows the S.M.A.R.T. command codes that the drive uses.
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Seagate Customer Service Operations (CSO) representative for warranty- related issues. Resellers or end users of drive products should contact their place of purchase or Seagate war- ranty service for assistance. Have your serial number and model or part number available.
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Index data-transfer rates 1 DC power 7 Default logical geometry 5 ACA 14 density 3 acoustics 4 Device Configuration Freeze Lock 25 Active mode 10 Device Configuration Restore 25 Address 25 Device Configuration Set 25 AFR 13 Diagnostics 25 Agency certification 14 dimensions 21 Altitude 11 Discs 3...