Reliability; Agency Listings; Fcc Verification - Seagate MEDALIST 1080SL Product Manual

Medalist 1080sl SCSI Product Manual, August 1995

1.11 Reliability

Read error rates are measured with automatic retries and data correction
with ECC enabled and all flaws reallocated. MTBF is measured at
nominal power at sea level and 40°C ambient temperature.
Nonrecoverable read errors
Seek errors
MTBF
Service life

1.12 Agency listings

This drive is listed by agencies as follows:
Recognized in accordance with UL 478 and UL 1950
Certified to CSA C22.2 No. 220-M1986 and CSA C22.2 No. 950-
M1989
Certified to VDE 0806/05.90 and EN 60950/1.88 as tested by VDE

1.13 FCC verification

The ST51080N drive is intended to be contained solely within a personal
computer or similar enclosure (not attached to an external device). As
such, a drive is considered to be a subassembly even when individually
marketed to the customer. As a subassembly, no Federal Communica-
tions Commission authorization, verification or certification of the device
is required.
Seagate Technology, Inc. has tested these drives in an enclosure 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 of Part 15 of the FCC
rules. Operation with noncertified assemblies is likely to result in interfer-
ence to radio and television reception.
Radio and television interference. This equipment generates and uses
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in strict accordance
with the manufacturer's instructions, may cause interference to radio and
television reception.
This equipment is designed to provide reasonable protection against
such interference in a residential installation. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this
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1 per 10 bits transferred
7
1 per 10 physical seeks
300,000 power-on hours
5 years
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