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DiamondMax 8S 40GB Serial ATA
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May 13, 2005
Revision 1
Part Number: 000001912

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  • Page 1 DiamondMax 8S 40GB Serial ATA Product Manual May 13, 2005 Revision 1 Part Number: 000001912...
  • Page 2 Changes are periodically made to the information herein – which will be incorporated in revised editions of the publication. Maxtor may make changes or improvements in the product(s) described in this publication at any time and without notice.
  • Page 3 This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licences restricting its use, copying, distributing, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may be repro- duced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Maxtor and its licensors, if any.
  • Page 4 Please do not remove or cover up Maxtor factory-installed drive labels. They contain information required should the drive ever need repair.Thank you for your interest in Maxtor hard disk drives. This manual pro- vides technical information for OEM engineers and systems integrators regarding the installation and use of Maxtor hard drives.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    3.10 RELIABILITY SPECIFICATIONS ... 3-6 3.11 EMC/EMI ... 3-6 3.11.1 RADIATED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EMISSIONS - EMC COMPLI- ANCE...3-6 3.11.2 CANADIAN EMISSIONS STATEMENT ... 3-6 3.12 SAFETY REGULATORY COMPLIANCE... 3-7 3.13 RoHS COMPLIANCE... 3-7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...
  • Page 6 5.3.1.1 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS...5.1 5.4 REGISTER ADDRESS DECODING ... 5-1 5.5 COMMAND INTERFACE... 5-1 5.5.1 GENERAL FEATURE SET ... 5-1 5.5.2 SUPPORTED COMMANDS ... 5-2 Chapter 6 SERVICE AND SUPPORT 6.1 GETTING HELP ... 6-1 Glossary...G-1 Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...
  • Page 7 Mounting Screw Clearance ... 4-7 Figure 4-6 Mounting Dimensions ... 4-8 Figure 4-7 Drive Power Supply and SATA Bus Interface Cables... 4-12 Figure 4-8 Completing the Drive Installation ... 4-13 Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...
  • Page 8 Table of Contents LIST OF TABLES Table 4-1 SATA Pin 11 Configuration...4-5 Table 4-2 Device Plug Connector Pin Definitions ...4-12 Table 4-3 Logical Addressing Form...4-16 Table 5-1 Supported Commands...5-2 Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters...5-5 Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Maxtor Corporation Maxtor corporation is one of the world’s largest suppliers of hard disk drive products- products that help store the digital world for millions of users. Maxtor products serve a range of markets, including personal and entertainment, small office/home office,...

  • Page 10: Terminology And Conventions

    1,048,576 bytes in all other cases) • Mb/s megabits per second • MB/s megabytes per second • MHz megahertz • ms milliseconds • MSB most significant bit • mV millivolts • ns nanoseconds Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA Introduction...

  • Page 11: References

    • Computer Voice: This refers to items you type at the computer keyboard. These items are listed in 10-point, all capitals, Courier font. An example is FORMAT C:/S. REFERENCE For additional information about the Serial ATA/ High Speed Serialized AT Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA Introduction...
  • Page 12 Introduction Attachment, visit the Serial ATA working group at http://www.serialata.org Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...

  • Page 13: Product Description

    PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Maxtor drive leadership continues with the DiamondMax 8S 40GB Serial ATA drive - a single head, 7200RPM product. The DiamondMax 8S 40GB Serial ATA drives combine performance and value with the Serial ATA interface making a perfect choice for entry level consumers and commercial/business desktop systems transitioning to the new interface.

  • Page 14: The Serial Ata Interface

    The DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA hard disk drives include the following key features: General • Formatted storage capacity of 40.0 GB • Low profile, 17.5 mm high • 7200 RPM spin speed • Industry standard 3 1/2-inch form factor General Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...
  • Page 15 • Data Protection System to verify drive integrity • High durability with 50,000 cycles for reliable load/unload functions Versatility • Power saving modes • Downloadable firmware task file register, and all AT fixed disk commands Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA General Description...

  • Page 16: Regulatory Compliance Standards

    The mark proves conformity to the regulatory compliance document AS/NZS 3548: 1995 and CISPR 22: 2002. • Maxtor’s disk drives are designed as a separate subassembly that conforms to the FCC Rules for Radiated and Conducted emissions, Part 15 Subpart J; Class B when installed in a given computer system.

  • Page 17: Product Specifications

    Data Sectors per Track (ID/OD) Areal Density (Gbits/in max, ID/OD) Flux Density (kfci, ID/OD) Product Specifications Chapter 3 6E040T0 6N040T0* 40GB 40GB 80,293,248 Maxtor SATA 1.5 Gb/s PRML Embedded 720/1140 63.2/49.7 OD=583 ID = 743 Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...

  • Page 18: Performance Specifications

    Product Specifications 40GB ID = 713 OD = 560 88.7 40GB 10.1 18.0 4.17 <0.3 7200 ID = 463 OD = 738 ID = 38.2 OD = 60.5 2/SDRAM <6.0 VALUE 17.5 101.6 146.3 1.12 Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...

  • Page 19: Power Requirements

    This is the lowest power state – with the interface set to inactive. A software reset is required to return the drive to the Standby state. 12V (MA) 5V ( 1562 Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA Product Specifications POWER (W) 21.8...

  • Page 20: Epa Energy Star Compliance

    ARR specification for any OEM requiring those values in their purchase specification. 2. The testing performed by Maxtor is consistent with ISO 7779. Variation in acoustic levels from the idle specification may occur due to offline activity according to the SMART specification and/or atmospheric conditions.

  • Page 21: Shock And Vibration

    R=0.99 @ 15K rad/sec 2 - 300 Hz RMS Overall 96.5 rad/sec PSD: 7 - 800 Hz at 3.08 GRMS No Damage Acceleration (Gpk) 1.000 1.000 0.050 Acceleration (Rad/Sec2pk 12.500 12.500 0.700 Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA Product Specifications ,1ms input ,2ms input...

  • Page 22: Reliability Specifications

    The CE Marking indicates conformity with the European Union Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) when the disk mechanism is installed in a typical personal computer. Maxtor recommends that testing and analysis for EMC compliance be performed with the disk mechanism installed within the user's end-use application.

  • Page 23: Safety Regulatory Compliance

    3.12 Safety Regulatory Compliance All Maxtor hard drives comply with relevant product safety standards such as CE, CUL, TUV and UL rules and regulations. As delivered, Maxtor hard drives are designed for system integration before they are used. 3.13 RoHS Compliance...

  • Page 24: Space Requirements

    DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA hard disk drive prior to operation. It also explains how to start up and operate the drive. SPACE REQUIREMENTS The Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA hard disk drives are shipped without a faceplate. Figure 4-1 shows the external dimensions of the Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA drives.

  • Page 25: Unpacking Instructions

    Special care should be taken not to bump or drop the drive. It is highly recommended that Maxtor DiamondMax 8 SATA drives are not stacked or placed on any hard surface after they are unpacked. Such handling could cause media damage.

  • Page 26: Figure 4-3 25-Pack Shipping Container

    Installation 25 Pack Shipping Container Figure 4-3 Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...

  • Page 27: Hardware Options

    HARDWARE OPTIONS The configuration of a Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA hard disk drive depends on the host system in which it is to be installed. This section describes the hardware options that you must take into account prior to installation.
  • Page 28 Installation Figure 4-4 DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA Power/Interface Connector Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...
  • Page 29 PCB and the screws in the mounting holes. The Maxtor hard drive design allows greater shock tolerance than that afforded by larger, heavi- er drives. The drive may be mounted in any attitude using four size 6-32 screws with 3 mm maximum penetration and a maximum torque of 5-inch pounds.

  • Page 30: Mounting

    4.4.1 Orientation The mounting holes on the Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA hard disk drives allow the drive to be mounted in any orientation. Figure 4-5 shows the location of the three mounting holes on each side of the drive. The drive can also be mounted using the four mounting hole locations on the PCB side of the drive.

  • Page 31: Figure 4-6 Mounting Dimensions

    Installation Clearance from the drive to any other surface (except mounting surfaces) must be a minimum of 1.25 mm (0.05 inches). Mounting Dimensions and Clearance Figure 4-6 Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...

  • Page 32: Ventilation

    11 behaves like an open collector output, sinking current to activate an LED. 4.5.3 SATA Bus Interface Connector There are two ways you can configure a system to allow the Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA hard disk drives to communicate over the Serial ATA bus of an IBM or IBM-compatible PC: 1.

  • Page 33: For Systems With An Sata Adapter Board

    FOR SYSTEMS WITH A MOTHERBOARD CONTAINING AN EMBEDDED SATA HOST You can install the Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA hard disk drive in a SATA compatible system that contains a SATA bus connector on the motherboard. To connect the DiamondMax hard disk drive to the motherboard use a SATA cable to connect the drive to the motherboard.
  • Page 34 2. The corresponding pin to be mated with P11 in the power cable receptacle connec- tor will always be grounded. Ground mate 12V power, pre-charge, 2 12V power 12V power POWER SEGMENT KEY Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA mate mate mate 4-11...

  • Page 35: Figure 4-7 Drive Power Supply And Sata Bus Interface Cables

    Otherwise, it is optional to terminate any of the V Drive Power Supply and SATA Bus Interface Cables Figure 4-7 pins must be terminated. pins. If a pins must be terminated. pins. pins must be terminated. pins. Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 4-12...

  • Page 36: Figure 4-8 Completing The Drive Installation

    Installation Completing the Drive Installation Figure 4-8 Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 4-13...

  • Page 37: Sata Bus Interface And Ata Commands

    INTRODUCTION Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB Serial ATA hard disk drives use the Serial ATA interface. Support of various options in the standard are explained in the following sections.

  • Page 38: Supported Commands

    READ BUFFER READ DMA READ LONG READ LONG EXT READ MULTIPLE ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Supported Commands Command Code 98h, E5h 97h, E3h 95h, E1h C8h, C9h 22h, 23h Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA Feature Register Value(s) 07h, 01h...
  • Page 39 SET MAX ADDRESS EXT SET MAX SET PASSWORD SET MAX LOCK SET MAX UNLOCK SET MAX FREEZE LOCK ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Supported Commands Command Code 20h, 21h 40h, 41h Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA Feature Register Value(s) Note 1...
  • Page 40 WRITE SECTOR(S) EXT WRITE DMA EXT WRITE DMA QUEUED WRITE DMA QUEUED EXT ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Supported Commands Command Code 99h, E6h 96h, E2h 94h, E0h CAh, CBh 30h, 31h Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA Feature Register Value(s)
  • Page 41 The host may then read the information out of the sector buffer. Parameter words in the buffer are shown in Table 5-2. Note: All reserved bits or words should be zeroes. ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Supported Commands Command Code Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA Feature Register Value(s)
  • Page 42 Model number (40 ASCII characters) 15-8: 7-0: 00h = Reserved 01h-FFh: = Maximum number of sectors that shall be transferred per interrupt on READ/WRITE MULTIPLE commands Reserved ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Identify Drive Command Parameter Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...
  • Page 43 Shall be cleared to zero. Shall be set to one. 13-2: Reserved. Obsolete Shall be set to one to indicate a device specific Standby timer value minimum. 51-52 Obsolete ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...
  • Page 44 1 = Multiword DMA mode 2 and below are supported 1 = Multiword DMA mode 1 and below are supported 1 = Multiword DMA mode 0 is supported 15-8: Reserved 7-0: PIO modes supported ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...
  • Page 45 1= device supports initiating interface power management enabled 1= supports DMA Setup Auto-Active optimization enabled 1= supports non-zero buffer offsets in DMA Setup FIS 0= Reserved (set to 0) ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...
  • Page 46 Reserved for ATA/ATAPI-8 1 = supports ATA/ATAPI-7 1 = supports ATA/ATAPI-6 1 = supports ATA/ATAPI-5 1 = supports ATA/ATAPI-4 1 = supports ATA-3 Obsolete Obsolete Reserved ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-10...
  • Page 47 1 = mandatory Power Management feature set supported 1 = Removable Media feature set supported 1 = Security Mode feature set supported 1 = SMART feature set supported ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-11...
  • Page 48 1 = Advanced Power Management feature set supported 1 = CFA feature set supported 1 = READ/WRITE DMA QUEUED supported 1 = DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command supported ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-12...
  • Page 49 1 = Media Card Pass Through Command feature set supported 1 = Media serial number supported 1 = SMART self-test supported 1 = SMART error logging supported ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-13...
  • Page 50 1 = Power Management feature set enabled 1 = Removable Media feature set enabled 1 = Security Mode feature set enabled 1 = SMART feature set enabled ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-14...
  • Page 51 1 = Advanced Power Management feature set enabled 1 = CFA feature set enabled 1 = READ/WRITE DMA QUEUED command supported 1 = DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command supported ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-15...
  • Page 52 1 = Media Card Pass Through Command feature set enabled 1 = Media serial number is valid 1 = SMART self-test supported 1 = SMART error logging supported ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-16...

  • Page 53: Revision

    1 = Ultra DMA mode 0 is supported Time required for security erase unit completion Time required for Enhanced security erase completion Current advanced power management value Master Password Revision Code ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-17...
  • Page 54 These bits indicate how Device 0 determined the device number: 00 = Reserved. 01 = a jumper was used. 10 = the CSEL signal was used. ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-18...
  • Page 55 Shall contain a value assigned by the vendor that is unique for the OUI domain Shall contain a value assigned by the vendor that is unique for the OUI domain 115-112 Reserved for a 128-bit world wide name ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-19...
  • Page 56 Reserved 1-0: 00 = Removable Media Status Notification feature set not supported 01 = Removable Media Status Notification feature supported 10 = Reserved 11 = Reserved ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-20...
  • Page 57 11-0: Maximum current in ma 161-175 Reserved for assignment by the CompactFlash Association 176-205 Current media serial number 206-254 Reserved Integrity word 15-8: Checksum 7-0: Signature ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Content Description Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA 5-21...

  • Page 58: Service And Support

    Before contacting Maxtor Support, use the Hard Disk Information feature in MaxBlast to view the model number and serial number of your drive. These numbers can be used to get help from Maxtor Support, register your drive, and look up information on the Maxtor website.

  • Page 59: Glossary

    ACTUATOR – Also known as the positioner. The internal mechanism that moves the read/write head to the proper track. The Maxtor actuator consists of a rotary voice coil and the head mounting arms. One end of each head mounting arm attaches to the rotor with the read/write heads attached at the opposite end of each arm.
  • Page 60 DISK CONTROLLER – A plug-in board, or embedded circuitry on the drive, that passes information to and from the disk. The Maxtor disk drives all have controllers embedded on the drive printed-circuit board. DISKWARE – The program instructions and data stored on the disk for use by a processor.
  • Page 61 All Maxtor drive capacities are expressed in formatted capacity. FORM FACTOR – The physical outer dimensions of a device as defined by industry standard.
  • Page 62 It would take three revolutions of the disk to access a full track of data. Maxtor drives have an interleave of 1:1, so a full track of data can be accessed within one revolution of the disk, thus offering the highest data throughput possible.
  • Page 63 Formatting that creates the sectors on the platter surfaces so the operating system can access the required areas for generating the file structure. Maxtor drives are shipped with the low-level formatting already done. MB – See megabyte. MEDIA – The magnetic film that is deposited or coated on an aluminum substrate which is very flat and in the shape of a disk.
  • Page 64 The Serial ATA standard defines a physical interface that uses serial signaling technology unlike the ATA standard (sometimes referred to as Parallel ATA that uses parallel technology. Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA...
  • Page 65 The resulting surface is hard, smooth, and capable of storing data at high density. Maxtor disk drives use sputtered thin film disks. SOF - Start Of Frame STEPPER – A type of motor that moves in discrete amounts for each input electrical pulse.
  • Page 66 After formatting, user data can be stored on the remaining disk space, known as formatted capacity. The size of a Maxtor drive is expressed in formatted capacity. VOICE COIL – A type of motor used to move the disk read/write head in and out to the right track.
  • Page 67 4-11 power connector 3-1 to 3-9 product specifications, regulatory compliance standards,3- 8,3-9 shipping container 4-2,4-3 space requirements, 4-1 terminology and conventions, 1-2,1- unpacking instructions, 4-2,4-3 ventilation, 4-9 4-12 Maxtor DiamondMax 8S 40GB SATA Index...

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