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Introduction ® This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate ® Barracuda 7200.8 PATA model drives: Barracuda 7200.8 PATA • ST3400832A • ST3400632A • ST3300831A • ST3300631A • ST3250823A • ST3250623A • ST3200826A These drives provide the following key features: •...
Drive specifications 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 ST3400832A, ST3400632A, ST3300831A, ST3300631A, ST3250823A, ST3250623A, and ST3200826A model drives.
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5 years on distribution units. To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: www.seagate.com/support/service/ From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase.
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To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: www.seagate.com/support/service/ From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to pro- vide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of pur- chase.
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To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: www.seagate.com/support/service/ From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to pro- vide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of pur- chase.
Formatted capacity Formatted Guaranteed Model capacity sectors Bytes per sector ST3400832A 400 Gbytes 781,422,768 ST3400632A 400 Gbytes 781,422,768 ST3300831A 300 Gbytes 586,072,368 ST3300631A 300 Gbytes 586,072,368 ST3250823A 250 Gbytes 488,397,168 ST3250623A 250 Gbytes 488,397,168 ST3200826A 200 Gbytes 390,721,968 2.2.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1, where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.
Physical characteristics Drive specification Maximum height (mm) 26.11 (inches) 1.028 Maximum width (mm) 101.85 (inches) 4.010 Maximum length (mm) 146.99 (inches) 5.787 Max weight (grams) (pounds) 1.39 Seek time Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics.
Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a four-pin standard drive power connector. 2.8.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 12. 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 ambi- ent temperature.
2.8.1.1 Typical current profile Figure 1 Typical 5V startup and operation current profile Figure 2 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 mode Heads Spindle Buffer Active Tracking Rotating Enabled...
Environmental specifications 2.9.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions for standard models, or 64°C (147°F) within the operating ambient conditions for all models. Recommended mea- surement locations are shown in See Figure 6 on page 25.
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 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.
2.10 Acoustics Drive acoustics are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels (no pure tones). All mea- surements are consistent with ISO document 7779. Sound power measurements are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. For all tests, the drive is oriented with the cover facing upward. Note.
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.
As a subassembly, no Federal Communications Commission verification or certification of the device is required. Seagate Technology LLC 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, pursuant to Subpart J, Part 15 of the FCC rules.
RoHS Directive require-ments. 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...
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: •...
Breather filter hole precautions This section contains information regarding the precautions which should be taken regarding the breather filter hole in Seagate hard disc drives. Proper precautions should be taken to ensure full functionality and prevent possible damage to the drive.
Jumper settings 3.3.1 Master/slave configuration The options jumper block shown in Figure 4 is used to configure the drive for operation. It is the 8-pin dual header between the interface connector and the power connector. Use the following settings to configure the drive as a master or a slave.
3.3.4 Ultra ATA/100 cable An 80-conductor 40-pin cable is required to run Ultra DMA mode 3, mode 4, and mode 5. This cable uses even-numbered conductors connected to the ground pins to improve signal integrity. Note. If you are using a 40-pin, 80-conductor cable, attach the blue connector to the motherboard, the black connector to the Master...
ATA interface These drives use the industry-standard ATA task file interface that supports 16-bit data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–5. The drive also supports the use of the IORDY signal to provide reliable high-speed data transfers. You can use a daisy-chain cable to connect two drives to a single AT host bus.
4.1.1 Supported ATA commands The following table lists ATA-standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Draft ATA-7 Standard. See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 33 for details and sub- commands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation. Table 7: Supported ATA commands Command name...
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Command name Command code (in hex) 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: ter as defined to the right.
4.1.2 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 the Table 7 on page 28.
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Word Description Value Number of sectors transferred during a Read Multiple or Write Multiple xxxx command 60–61 Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available 0FFFFFFFh* (see Section 2.2 for related information) *Note: The maximum value allowed in this field is: 0FFFFFFFh (268,435,455 sectors, 137 Gbytes).
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Word Description Value Security status 0001 129–159 Seagate-reserved xxxx 160–254 ATA-reserved 0000 Integrity word xxA5 Note. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) features are not supported Note. See the bit descriptions below for words 63, 88, and 93 of the Identify Drive data:...
SeaTools diagnostic software activates a built-in drive self-test (DST S.M.A.R.T. command for D4 ) that elimi- nates unnecessary drive returns. The diagnostic software ships with all new drives and is also available at: http://seatools.seagate.com. Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. D...
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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. Code in features register S.M.A.R.T.
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