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Product Manual DB35.2 Serial ATA ST3500841SCE ST3400833SCE ST3300822SCE ST3250824SCE ST3200827SCE ST3160212SCE ST3120213SCE ST3802110SCE 100390003 Rev. C August 2007...
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Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate DB35.2 Serial ATA (SATA) model drives: • ST3500841SCE • ST3400833SCE • ST3300822SCE • ST3250824SCE • ST3200827SCE • ST3160212SCE • ST3120213SCE • ST3802110SCE These drives provide the following key features: •...
Shadow Register Block. All Serial ATA devices behave like Device 0 devices. For addi- tional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment” specification. The specification can be downloaded from www.serialata.org. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
ST3400833SCE ST3200827SCE ST3802110SCE ST3300822SCE ST3160212SCE Specification summaries The specifications listed in tables 1 and 2 are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
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5% to 90% (operating) 5% to 95% (nonoperating) Relative humidity gradient 30% per hour max Wet bulb temperature 37.7 (operating) (°C max) 40.0 (nonoperating) Altitude, operating –60.96 m to 3,048 m (–200 ft to 10,000 DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
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*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
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5% to 90% (operating) 5% to 95% (nonoperating) Relative humidity gradient 30% per hour max Wet bulb temperature 37.7 (operating) (°C max) 40 (nonoperating) Altitude, operating –60.96 m to 3,048 m (–200 ft to 10,000 DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
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*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
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5% to 90% (operating) 5% to 95% (nonoperating) Relative humidity gradient 30% per hour max Wet bulb temperature 37.7 (operating) (°C max) 40 (nonoperating) Altitude, operating –60.96 m to 3,048 m (–200 ft to 10,000 DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
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*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
(such as track-to-track and average), are expected to meet or exceed the noted values. However, due to the manner in which these drives are formatted, benchmark tests that include command overhead or measure logical seeks may produce results that vary from these specifications. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
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 mode. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
Each time the drive performs an Active function (read, write or seek), the standby timer is reinitialized and begins counting down from its specified delay times to zero. If the standby timer reaches zero before any DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
These drives comply with the performance levels specified in this document when subjected to a maximum operating shock of 63 Gs based on half-sine shock pulses of 2 msec. Shocks should not be repeated more than two times per second. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
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.
Lead (Pb), in electronic products effective July 2006. A number of parts and materials in Seagate products are procured from external suppliers. We rely on the rep-resentations of our suppliers regarding the presence of RoHS substances in these parts and materials. Our...
Seagate also has internal systems in place to ensure ongoing compliance with the RoHS Directive and all laws and regulations which restrict chemical content in electronic products. These systems include standard operat-ing procedures that ensure that restricted substances are not utilized in our manufacturing operations, labora-tory analytical validation testing, and an internal auditing process to ensure that all standard operating procedures are complied with.
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• Do not remove the factory-installed labels from the drive or cover them with additional labels. Removal voids the warranty. Some factory-installed labels contain information needed to service the drive. Other labels are used to seal out dirt and contamination. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
Breather filter hole precautions This section contains information regarding the precautions to take with the breather filter hole in Seagate hard disc drives. Take the proper precautions to ensure full functionality and to prevent possible damage to the drive. Breather hole Do not cover or seal this hole.
For installations which require cables, you can connect the drive as illustrated in Figure 5. Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 5. Attaching SATA cabling Each cable is keyed to ensure correct orientation. DB35.2 Serial ATA drives support latching SATA connectors. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
2 x 3.750 (2 x 95.25) 2 x 1.625 (2 x 41.28) [1] 2 x 1.750 (2 x 44.45) 4.000 (101.6) Recommended case temperature measurement location Figure 6. Mounting dimensions—top, side and end view DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
For detailed information about the Serial ATA interface, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment” specification. Hot-Plug compatibility DB35.2 Serial ATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accordance with the Serial ATA II: Extension to Serial ATA 1.0a specification. This specification can be downloaded from www.serialata.org.
3. There are three power pins for each voltage. One pin from each voltage is used for pre-charge when installed in a blind-mate backplane configuration. 4. All used voltage pins (V ) must be terminated. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode 0200 Retired 0200 Words 54–58, 64–70 and 88 are valid 0007 Number of current logical cylinders xxxx Number of current logical heads xxxx Number of current logical sectors per logical track xxxx DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
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Ultra DMA support and current mode (see note following this table) xx3F Security erase time 0000 Enhanced security erase time 0000 Master password revision code FFFE Hardware reset value xxxx (see description following this table) 95–99 ATA-reserved 0000 DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
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Ultra DMA mode 2 is currently active. Ultra DMA mode 3 is currently active. Ultra DMA mode 4 is currently active. Ultra DMA mode 5 is currently active. Ultra DMA mode 6 is currently active. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
Disable use of SATA features Enable read look-ahead (read cache) feature (default). Report full capacity available Note. At power-on, or after a hardware or software reset, the default values of the features are as indi- cated above. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations S.M.A.R.T. Return Status Note. If an appropriate code is not written to the Features Register, the command is aborted and 0x 04 (abort) is written to the Error register. DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
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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 warranty service for assistance. Have your serial number and model or part number available.
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Class B computing device 20 compatibility 19 Conducted noise 15 Conducted RF immunity 18 FCC verification 20 Configuring the drive 23 features 1 connectors 25 Federal Communications Commission 20 corrosive chemicals 21 Flush Cache 29 DB35.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C...