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Serial ATA Product Manual
January 13, 2006
Part Number: 000001931

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  • Page 1 QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Product Manual January 13, 2006 Part Number: 000001931...
  • Page 2 This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. 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 OEM engineers and systems integrators regarding the installation and use of Maxtor Serial ATA hard drives. Please do not remove or cover up Maxtor factory-installed drive labels. They contain information required should the drive ever need repair.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    3.7 TECHNIQUES IN DRIVE CONFIGURATION........3-13 3.7.1 Operating System Limitations ...............3-13 3.8 SYSTEM STARTUP AND OPERATION ..........3-13 3.8.1 Big Drive Enabler (Software download) ..........3-13 3.8.2 To use the Maxtor Big Drive Enabler, ..........3-14 3.9 Logical Addressing Format Specifications ............3-14 Chapter 4 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS 4.1 Model Number and Capacity .................
  • Page 6 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 5.5.3 Identify Drive Command ...............5-4 Chapter 6 SERVICE AND SUPPORT 6.1 GETTING HELP ..................6-1 ii Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 7 Figure 3-4 The QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Interface Connector ..........3-5 Figure 3-5 Mounting Screw Clearance and Mounting Screw Locations ..........3-9 Figure 3-6 QuickView Serial ATA Mounting Dimensions ...............3-10 Figure 3-7 Lengthwise Airflow Cooling ...................3-12 Figure 3-8 Crosswise Airflow Cooling .....................3-12 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive iii...
  • Page 8 List Of Tables Table 3-1 Device plug connector pin definition................3-6 Table 3-2 Logical Addressing Format................... 3-14 Table 5-1 Supported Commands ....................5-2 Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters................5-5 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive iv...

  • Page 9: Audience

    • Chapter 4 – Product Specifications • Chapter 5 – SATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands • Chapter 6 – Service and Support • Appendix A – Breaking the 137-Gigabyte Storage Barrier Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 10: Terminology And Conventions

    Megabytes per second • MHz Megahertz • ms milliseconds • MSB Most Significant Bit • mV millivolts • ns nanoseconds • PC Personal Computer • SATA Serial ATA Interface • tpi tracks per inch Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 11: References

    “1532D AT Attachment-7 with Packet Interface (ATA/ATAPI). For additional information about the Serial ATA interface, refer to the latest specifications on the internet at http://www.serialATA.org using the “specs and design guidelines” link. Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 12: General Description

    3 and 4 respectively. PRODUCT OVERVIEW Maxtor is the one of the industry leader’s in developing Serial ATA (SATA) and providing SATA hard drives in volume. Serial ATA provides faster data transfer speeds, more bandwidth, more potential for speed increases in future generations and better data integrity.

  • Page 13: Key Features

    AutoWrite features in a custom ASIC • Read-on-arrival firmware • Quadruple-burst ECC, and double burst ECC on-the-fly • 1:1 interleave on read/write operations • Adaptive cache segmentation • 100% FDB (Fluid Dynamic Bearing Motors) Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 14: Regulatory Compliance Standards

    The mark proves conformity to the regulatory compliance document AS/NZS 3548: 1995 and BS EN 55022: 1995. • 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 15: Hardware Requirements

    PC AT, and other computers that are compatible with the IBM PC AT. It connects to the PC either by means of a third-partySATA adapter board, or by plugging a cable from the drive directly into a PC motherboard that supplies SATA interface. Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 16: Installation

    Installation Chapter 3 INSTALLATION This chapter explains how to unpack, configure, mount, and connect the Maxtor QuickView Serial ATA hard disk drive prior to operation. It also explains how to start up, format, and operate the drive. SPACE REQUIREMENTS Figure 3-1 shows the external dimensions of the QuickView Serial ATA hard disk drive.

  • Page 17: Unpacking Instructions

    7. Never stack the disk drives on top of one another nor store them on their sides. 8. When you are ready to install the drive, remove it from the ESD bag. Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 18: Figure 3-2 20-Pack Shipping Container

    Installation Figure 3-2 20-Pack Shipping Container Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 19: Hardware Options

    3.3.1 Serial ATA Interface Connector The Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA hard disk drive ships with 2 no connect (NC) pins for the purpose of storing a jumper when not in use. For normal operations, no action is necessary. However, if your motherboard does not support the Gen.

  • Page 20: Serial Ata Bus Connector

    If you do not have a built-in Serial ATA interface connector, you must install a Serial ATA adapter board and connecting cable to allow the drive to interface with your system. Maxtor does not supply such an adapter board, but they are available from several third-party vendors.

  • Page 21: Table 3-1 Device Plug Connector Pin Definition

    LED Activity. The device pro- vides a low voltage-current driver to drive the LED activity signal. Ground mate 12V power, pre-charge, 2 mate 12V power 12V power Power Segment Key Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 22: Ata Bus Interface Connector (J1, Section C)

    Failure to hard mount the drive can result in erroneous errors during testing. Drives can be mounted in any orientation. Normal position is with the PCB facing down. All dimensions are in millimeters. For mounting, #6-32 UNC screws are recommended. Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 23: Figure 3-5 Mounting Screw Clearance And Mounting Screw Locations

    Installation Figure 3-5 Mounting Screw Clearance and Mounting Screw Locations Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 24: Figure 3-6 Quickview Serial Ata Mounting Dimensions

    Installation Figure 3-6 QuickView Serial ATA Mounting Dimensions Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 25: Clearance

    3-7 show airflow recommended for adequate cooling. Clearance from the drive to any surface above and below the drive must be a minimum of 1.25mm. Maxtor leaves the design and application of cooling and clearance for the disk drive to the °...

  • Page 26: Figure 3-7 Lengthwise Airflow Cooling

    Installation Figure 3-7 Lengthwise Airflow Cooling Figure 3-8 Crosswise Airflow Cooling Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive 3-11...

  • Page 27: For Systems With An Ata Adapter Board

    2. Run the SETUP program. This is generally on a Diagnostics or Utilities disk, or within the system’s BIOS. Some system BIOS have an auto- detecting feature making SETUP unnecessary. 3. Enter the appropriate parameters. 3-12 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 28: Big Drive Enabler (Software Download)

    3.8.1 Big Drive Enabler (Software download) Maxtor’s Big Drive Enabler is a one step executable that enables support for drives larger than 137 Gigabytes in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 and XP Service Pack 1. This utility takes the guess work out of editing the windows registry. The Big Drive Enabler fixes an operating system limitations.
  • Page 29 This table specifies the number of cylinders, heads, and sectors for a particular drive type. Boot the system using the operating system installation disk—for example, MS- DOS—then follow the installation instructions in the operating system manual. 3-14 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 30: Product Specifications

    Data Zones per Surface Data Sectors per Track (ID/OD) 800/1344 780/1320 Areal Density (Gbits/in max, 105/91 92/71 ID/OD) Flux Density (kfci, ID/OD) 523/867 460/846 Recording Density (kbpi, ID/OD) 791/662 771/647 Track Density (ktpi) Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 31: Physical Dimensions

    Data Buffer Size (MB)/Type 16 MB Drive Ready Time (typical sec) <15.0 Physical Dimensions PARAMETER VALUE Height (maximum in mm) 26.30 Width (typical mm) 101.6 Depth (in. and mm) 147.0 Weight (maximum in grams) 718.0 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 32: Power Requirements (Avg For 400Gb)

    2126 29.9 Spin-up (peak Max) 2287.42 1025.15 32.57 Seek 13.6 Random Read/Write 11.9 Idle Standby Sleep 4.4.2 Voltage Tolerance VOLTAGE TOLERANCE 5.0 Volts + / - 5% 12.0 Volts + / -10% Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 33: Power Mode Definitions

    This is the lowest power state – with the interface set to inactive. A software or hardware reset is required to return the drive to the Standby state. EPA Energy Star Compliance Maxtor Corporation supports the goals of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program to reduce the electrical power consumption of computer equipment.

  • Page 34: Environmental Limits

    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 35: Shock And Vibration

    7 - 800 Hz at 3.08G RMS (No Damage) Linear Sine Vibration Frequency (Hz) Acceleration (Gpk) - 1.00 Rotational Sine Vibration Frequency (Hz) / Acceleration (Rad/Sec2pk) 10 - 12.50 260 - 12.50 1000 - 0.70 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 36: Reliability Specifications

    5 years Component design life is defined as: a.) the time period before identifiedwear-out mechanisms impact the failure rate, b.) the time period up to thewear-out point when useful component life expires. Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 37: Emc/Emi

    Canada. 4.11 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. Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 38: Sata Bus Interface And Ata Commands

    INTRODUCTION The Maxtor QuickView Serial ATA 400/500GB hard disk drive uses the standard ATA/ATAPI-7 interface. Support of various options in the standard are explained in the following sections.

  • Page 39: Supported Commands

    ASIC developed by Maxtor. 5.5.2 Supported Commands The Maxtor QuickView Serial ATA 400/500GB hard disk drive support all the mandatory commands from the general feature set for devices not supporting the Packet command feature set. Refer to the ATA/ATAPI-7 standard for a detailed description of these commands.
  • Page 40 SET FEATURES Note 1 SET MAX ADDRESS SET MAX ADDRESS EXTENSION SET MAX SET PASSWORD SET MAX LOCK SET MAX UNLOCK SET MAX FREEZE LOCK SET MULTIPLE MODE SLEEP 99h, E6h Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive 5-3...

  • Page 41: Identify Drive Command

    WRITE MULTIPLE WRITE MULTIPLE EXTENSION WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXTENSION WRITE SECTOR(S) 30h, 31h WRITE SECTOR(S) EXTENSION 5.5.3 Identify Drive Command This command allows the host to receive parameter information from the drive. Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 42 1 = removable media device Obsolete 5-3: Retired Response incomplete Retired Reserved Obsolete Specific configuration Obsolete Retired Obsolete Reserved for assignment by the CompactFlash Association Retired 10-19 Serial number (20 ASCII characters) 20-21 Retired Reserved Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive 5-5...

  • Page 43: Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters

    7-0: Retired Capabilities 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 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 44 15-8: Reserved 7-0: PIO modes supported Minimum Multiword DMA transfer cycle time per word 15-0: Cycle time in nanoseconds Manufacturer’s recommended Multiword DMA transfer cycle time 15-0: Cycle time in nanoseconds Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive 5-7...
  • Page 45 Reserved for ATA/ATAPI-11 Reserved for ATA/ATAPI-10 Reserved for ATA/ATAPI-9 Reserved for ATA/ATAPI-8 Reserved for 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 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 46 1 = mandatory FLUSH CACHE command supported 1 = Device Configuration Overlay feature set supported 1 = 48-bit Address feature set supported 1 = Automatic Acoustic Management feature set supported 1 = SET MAX security extension supported Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive 5-9...
  • Page 47 1 = READ BUFFER command enabled 1 = WRITE BUFFER command enabled Obsolete 1 = Host Protected Area feature set enabled 1 = DEVICE RESET command enabled 1 = SERVICE interrupt enabled 5-10 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 48 1 = READ/WRITE DMA QUEUED command supported 1 = DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command supported Command set/feature default. Shall be cleared to zero Shall be set to one 13-8: Reserved 1 = WRITE DMA QUEUED FUA EXT command supported Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive 5-11...
  • Page 49 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 5-12 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 50 00 = Reserved. 01 = a jumper was used. 10 = the CSEL signal was used. 11 = some other method was used or the method is unknown. Shall be set to one. Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive 5-13...
  • Page 51 Removable Media Status Notification feature set support 15-2: Reserved 1-0: 00 = Removable Media Status Notification feature set not supported 01 = Removable Media Status Notification feature supported 10 = Reserved 11 = Reserved 5-14 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 52 1 = Security count expired 1 = Security frozen 1 = Security locked 1 = Security enabled 1 = Security supported 129-159 Vendor specific 160-254 Reserved Integrity word 15-8: Checksum 7-0: Signature Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive 5-15...
  • Page 53 SATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands 5-16 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

  • Page 54: 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 55 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 56 See data from the combined data and clock signal. also logical format. G-2 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 57 5 1/4-inch drive. 1.625 dedicated file server can be used inches high. simultaneously as a file server and a workstation. HARD DISK – A type of storage medium Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 58 (write and read would take three revolutions of the disk to information) on the media. access a full track of data. Maxtor drives have an interleave of 1:1, so a full track of data can HIGH-CAPACITY DRIVE – By industry...
  • Page 59 A disk drive also contains a microprocessor to handle all of the Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 60 (write or read information) on the disk. Each side of each platter has its own read/write head. G-6 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 61 Maxtor section. Hard disks most often have sectors disk drives use. that are 512 data bytes long plus several bytes overhead for error correcting codes. Each Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 62 WRITE ONCE – In the context of optical disks, technologies that allow the drive to store data on a disk and read it back, but not to erase it. G-8 Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...
  • Page 63 3-19 ventilation 3-17 ventilation requirements hardware options 2-4, 3-9, 3-12 IDE-bus interface 3-11, 3-16 IDE-bus interface connector 3-11, 3-14 input power connections interface, IDE-bus jumper configurations jumper locations jumper options Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive...

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