Clearance; Ventilation; For Systems With An Ata Adapter Board; Adapter Board Installation - Maxtor DiamondMax10 80 Installation And Use Manual

Figure 3-7
Mounting Screw Clearance's for the DiamondMax 10 SATA Disk Drive
CAUTION:
3.3.7

Clearance

Clearance from the drive to any other surface (except mounting surfaces) must be a
minimum of 1.25 mm (0.05 inches).
See figure 3-10
3.3.8

Ventilation

The Maxtor DiamondMax 10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB Serial ATA hard
disk drives operate without a cooling fan, provided the base casting temperature as
measured where the motor is attached to the base casting does not exceed 140 F
(60 C).
Use of the thinner Serial ATA cables increases ventilation within the casing.
To connect the drive to the motherboard for the DiamondMax 10 Serial ATA
drives, use a Serial ATA cable 1 meter long or shorter. Ensure that pin 1 of the drive
is connected to pin 1 of the motherboard connector.
3.4

FOR SYSTEMS WITH AN ATA ADAPTER BOARD

To install the Maxtor DiamondMax 10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB Serial
ATA hard disk drive in an AT-compatible system without a Serial ATA connector
on its motherboard, you'll need a third-party IDE-compatible adapter board.
3.4.1

Adapter Board Installation

Carefully read the manual that accompanies your adapter board before installing it.
Make sure that all the jumpers are set properly and that there are no address or signal
conflicts. You must also investigate to see if your AT-compatible system contains a
combination floppy and hard disk controller board. If it does, you must disable the
hard disk drive controller functions on that controller board before proceeding.
Once you have disabled the hard disk drive controller functions on the floppy/hard
The PCB is very close to the mounting holes. Do not exceed the
specified length for the mounting screws. The specified screw
length allows full use of the mounting hole threads, while avoiding
damaging or placing unwanted stress on the PCB. Figure 3-10 speci-
fies the minimum clearance between the PCB and the screws in the
mounting holes. To avoid stripping the mounting hole threads, the
maximum torque applied to the screws must not exceed 8 inch-
pounds. A maximum screw length of 0.25 inches may be used.
Figure 3-8
Interface Connections
DiamondMax 10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB Serial ATA
Installation
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