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Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate PipelineHD Series model drive: ST3500321CS ST3320310CS ST3160310CS These drives provide the following key features: • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300 Mbytes per second).
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 necessary to set any jump- ers or other configuration options. •...
Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the following drive model: ST3500321CS ST3320310CS ST3160310CS Specification summary tables The specifications listed in the following tables are for quick reference.
Formatted capacity Formatted Guaranteed Model capacity* sectors Bytes per sector ST3500321CS 500 Gbytes 976,773,168 ST3320310CS 320 Gbytes 625,142,448 ST3160310CS 160 Gbytes 312,581,808 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.
Physical characteristics 500GB model 320GB model 160GB model Maximum height 26.1 mm (1.028 inches) 20.20 mm (0.794 inches) Maximum width 101.85 mm (4.010 inches) Maximum length 146.99 mm (5.787 inches) Typical weight 530 grams (1.168 lb.) 380 grams (0.838 lb.) Cache buffer 8 Mbytes (8,192 kbytes) Seek time...
Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. See Figure 3 on page 18. 2.8.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 9. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient temperature.
2.8.1.1 Typical current profiles Figure 1. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile 2.8.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the +12 volt line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. •...
2.8.4 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: Power modes Heads Spindle Buffer Active Tracking Rotating Enabled...
Environmental specifications 2.9.1 Drive case temperature Above 1,000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is derated linearly to 112°F (44°C) at 10,000 feet (3,048 meters). Drive case temperature should be measured at the location indicated in Figure 4 on page 19. Operating (Drive case temperature) 0°...
2.9.5 Shock All shock specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.9.5.1 Operating shock The drives comply with the performance levels specified in this document when subjected to a maximum oper- ating shock of 70 Gs based on half-sine shock pulses of 2 msec.
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.
EN 55024. 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.
Seagate 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, pursu- ant to Subpart J, Part 15 of the FCC rules.
The silver, copper, nickel and gold films used in Seagate products are especially sensitive to the presence of sulfide, chlo- ride, and nitrate contaminants. Sulfur is found to be the most damaging. In addition, electronic components 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%.
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 point-to-point with the Serial ATA host adapter. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is considered a master in a point-to-point relationship. 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 in any orientation 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 precau- tions when mounting the drive: •...
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. For detailed information about the Serial ATA interface, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment”...
Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions Table 5 summarizes the signals on the Serial ATA interface and power connectors. Table 5: Serial ATA connector pin definitions Segment Function Definition Ground 2nd mate Differential signal pair A from Phy Ground 2nd mate Differential signal pair B from Phy Signal...
Supported ATA commands The following table lists standard ATA and SATA commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to Information technology -AT Attachment 8 - ATA/ATAPI Command Set (ATA8-ACS) (www.t13.org) and Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (http:// www.sata-io.org).
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Command name Command code (in hex) Security Disable Password Security Erase Prepare Security Erase Unit Security Freeze Security Set Password Security Unlock Seek Set Features Set Max Address Note: Individual Set Max Address Address: commands are identified by the value Password: placed in the Set Max Features regis- Lock:...
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Command name Command code (in hex) Write Sectors Without Retries Write Sectors Extended PipelineHD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. A...
4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code EC ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in Table 6 on page 23.
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95–99 ATA-reserved 0000 100– Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section ST3500321CS = 976,773,168 2.2 for related information). These words are required for drives that ST3320310CS = 625,142,448 support the 48-bit addressing feature. Maximum value: ST3160310CS= 312,581,808 0000FFFFFFFFFFFFh.
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Word Description Value 129– Seagate-reserved xxxx 160– ATA-reserved 0000 Integrity word xxA5 Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) features are not supported Note. PipelineHD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. A...
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See the bit descriptions below for words 63, 88, and 93 of the Identify Drive data. Note. 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. Multiword DMA mode 0 is currently active.
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 warranty service for assistance. Have your serial number and model or part number available.