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May 24, 2005
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  • Page 1 Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT Product Manual May 24, 2005 Part Number: 000001925...
  • 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 You can download Maxtor publications directly from Maxtor at, www.maxtor.com Part Number: 000001925 Before You Begin: Thank you for your interest in Maxtor hard disk drives. This manual provides technical information for OEM engineers and systems integrators regarding the installation and use of Maxtor hard drives.
  • 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

    Table of Content Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 MAXTOR CORPORATION..............1-1 1.2 AUDIENCE ..................1-1 1.3 MANUAL ORGANIZATION..............1-2 1.4 TERMINOLOGY AND CONVENTIONS..........1-2 1.5 REFERENCES .................. 1-4 Chapter 2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 2.1 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION..............2-1 2.2 KEY FEATURES ................2-1 2.3 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE STANDARDS ........2-3 2.4 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ............
  • Page 6 Table of Contents Chapter 4 INSTALLATION 4.1 SPACE REQUIREMENTS..............4-1 4.2 UNPACKING INSTRUCTIONS............4-2 4.3 HARDWARE OPTIONS ..............4-5 4.3.1 CABLE SELECT (CS) JUMPER ............4-6 4.3.2 DRIVE SELECT (DS) JUMPER ............4-7 4.3.3 MASTER JUMPER CONFIGURATION ..........4-7 4.3.4 JUMPER PARKING (PK) POSITION ..........4-7 4.3.5 ALTERNATE CAPACITY (AC) ............4-8 4.4 ATA BUS ADAPTER ................
  • Page 7 Table of Contents Chapter 6 SERVICE AND SUPPORT 6.1 PRODUCT SUPPORT/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/CUSTOMER SERVICE. 6-1 Glossary....................G-1 Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT...

  • Page 8: List Of Figures

    List of Figures Figure 4-1 Mechanical Dimensions............4-1 Figure 4-2 Single-Pack Shipping Container ..........4-3 Figure 4-3 25-Pack Shipping Container ...........4-4 Figure 4-4 Jumper Locations on the Interface Connector ......4-5 Figure 4-5 AT Connector and Jumper Location ........4-8 Figure 4-6 Mounting Screw Clearance .............4-9 Figure 4-7 Mounting Dimensions ............

  • Page 9: List Of Tables

    List of Tables Table 4-1 AT Jumper Option.................4-6 Table 4-2 J1 Power Connector, Section A............4-12 Table 4-3 Logical Addressing Form..............4-19 Table 5-1 Supported Commands..............5-2 Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters.............5- Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT...

  • Page 10: Introduction

    Chapter 1 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, mid-sized business and...

  • Page 11: Manual Organization

    Introduction MANUAL ORGANIZATION This manual is organized into the following chapters: • Chapter 1 – Introduction • Chapter 2 – Product Description • Chapter 3 – Product Specifications • Chapter 4 – Installation • Chapter 5 – ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands •...
  • Page 12 Introduction • MB/s megabytes per second • MHz megahertz • ms milliseconds • MSB most significant bit • mV millivolts • ns nanoseconds • tpi tracks per inch • µs microseconds • V volts The typographical and naming conventions used in this manual are listed below. Conventions that are unique to a specific table appear in the notes that follow that table.

  • Page 13: References

    Introduction REFERENCE For additional information about the ATA interface, refer to the latest revision of the draft standard on the internet at http://www.t13/ using the link under “1410DAT Attachment - 6 with Packet Interface (ATA/ATAPI - 6).” Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT...

  • Page 14: Product Description

    Chapter 2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Maxtor’s Quickview 40 PATA hard disk drives are part of a family of high performance, 1-inch-high hard disk drives manufactured to meet the highest product quality standards. These hard disk drives are non-removable, 3 1/2-inch hard disks and are available with the PATA interface.
  • Page 15 • 10.0 ms seek time (Increased in Quiet Mode) • Average rotational latency of 4.17ms • New Ultra ATA interface with Maxtor-patented Ultra ATA/133 protocol supporting burst data transfer rates of 133MB/s. • 2 MB buffer with 1.9MB (approximate) Advance Cache Management (ACM).

  • Page 16: Regulatory Compliance Standards

    • Approval from Taiwan BSMI. Number: 3892A638 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS The Maxtor Quickview 40 hard disk drives are compatible with the IBM PC AT, and other computers that are compatible with the IBM PC AT. It connects to the PC either by means of a third-party IDE-compatible adapter board, or by plugging a cable from the drive directly into a PC motherboard that supplies an ATA interface.

  • Page 17: Product Specifications

    Data Surfaces/Number of Heads Number of Disks Sectors per Drive (max LBA) 40,718,160 60,058,656 80,293,248 Integrated Interface Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 (ATA-5/ATA-6) Recording Method PRML Servo Type Embedded Number of Servo Sectors Data Zones per Surface Data Sectors per Track (ID/OD)
  • Page 18 Product Specifications MODELS 20GB 30GB 40GB Recording Density (kbpi, ID/OD) ID = 446/613/713 OD = 338/476/560 Track Density (ktpi) 75.9/75.9/88.7 Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT...

  • Page 19: Performance Specifications

    <0.3 Rotation Speed (RPM ±0.1%) 7200 Data Transfer Speed (MByte/sec max) To/From Interface (Maxtor Ultra ATA/133, up to) To/From Media (ID/OD up to nn.n, where ID = 290/399/463 nn.n is the maximum transfer rate possible) OD = 454/636/738 Sustained (ID/OD up to nn.n, where nn.n is ID = 23.9/32.5/38.2...

  • Page 20: Power Requirements

    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 21: 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 22: Shock And Vibration

    Product Specifications Shock and Vibration PARAMETER OPERATING NON-OPERATING Mechanical Shock R=0.988/shock at 60 Gs; 1 msec, 1/2 sine R= 0.999/shock at 30 Gs R=0.90@>= 300G 1 disk R=0.95@>= 250G, 1 disk R=0.99@>= 200G, 1 disk Rotational Shock R=0.988 @ 2000 rad/sec R=0.95 @ 20K rad/sec 0.5ms to 1ms input R=0.99 @ 15K rad/sec...

  • Page 23: 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 24: Canadian Emissions Statement

    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 Maxtor Quickview 40 drives meet the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance directive of the European Union as applicable.
  • Page 25 Product Specifications Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT...

  • Page 26: Installation

    Chapter 4 INSTALLATION This chapter explains how to unpack, configure, mount, and connect the Maxtor Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT hard disk drive prior to operation. It also explains how to start up and operate the drive. SPACE REQUIREMENTS The Maxtor Quickview 40 hard disk drives are shipped without a faceplate.

  • Page 27: Unpacking Instructions

    Special care should be taken not to bump or drop the drive. It is highly recommended that Maxtor DiamondMax Plus8 drives are not stacked or placed on any hard surface after they are unpacked. Such handling could cause media damage.

  • Page 28: Figure 4-2 Single-Pack Shipping Container

    Installation Figure 4-2 shows the packing assembly for a single Maxtor Quickview 40 hard disk drive. A 20 and 25-pack shipping container is available for multiple drive shipments. Single-Pack Shipping Container Figure 4-2 Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT...

  • Page 29: Hardware Options

    Figure 4-3 HARDWARE OPTIONS The configuration of a Maxtor Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT 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 30: Figure 4-4 Jumper Locations On The Interface Connector

    Installation AT Interface Connector Back of Drive Cable Default Jumper Select Setting Setting (This is identical for both drive 0 and drive 1) Master Setting Slave Jumper in Setting Park Position DS with CS for Slaves not supporting DASP Jumper Locations on the Interface Connector Figure 4-4 The configuration of the following Three jumpers controls the drive’s five modes of operation:...

  • Page 31: Cable Select (Cs) Jumper

    Slave by the state of the Cable Select signal: pin 28 of the ATA bus connector. Please note that pin 28 is a vendor-specific pin that Maxtor is using for a specific purpose. More than one function is allocated to CS, according to the ATA CAM specification (see reference to this specification in Chapter 1).

  • Page 32: Drive Select (Ds) Jumper

    Installation CS position may be stored on the PK jumper pins. 4.3.2 Drive Select (DS) Jumper You can also daisy-chain two drives on the ATA bus interface by using their Drive Select (DS) jumpers. To use the DS feature, the CS jumper must not be installed.

  • Page 33: Alternate Capacity (Ac)

    CHS, requiring LBA addressing to use the full capacity. A summary of these effects for the Maxtor Quickview 40 drives is shown in the following table: AC JUMPER OUT...

  • Page 34: Mounting

    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 35: Orientation

    4.4.1 Orientation The mounting holes on the Maxtor Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT hard disk drives allow the drive to be mounted in any orientation. Figure 4-6 show the location of the three mounting holes on each side of the drive.

  • Page 36: Ventilation

    Installation 4.4.2 Ventilation The Maxtor Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT hard disk drives operate without a cooling fan, provided the ambient air temperature does not exceed 131×F (55×C) at any point along the drive form factor envelope. COMBINATION CONNECTOR (J1) J1 is a three-in-one combination connector. The drive’s DC power can be applied to section A.

  • Page 37: Dc Power (J1, Section A)

    J1. For more details, see the pin description in Table 6-1. 4.5.3 ATA Bus Interface Connector (J1, Section C) On the Maxtor Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT hard disk drives, the ATA bus interface cable connector (J1, section C) is a 40-pin Universal Header, as shown in Figure 4-7.

  • Page 38: For Systems With An Ata Adapter Board

    1 of the motherboard connector. FOR SYSTEMS WITH AN ATA ADAPTER BOARD To install the Maxtor Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT hard disk drive in an AT-compatible system without a 40-pin ATA bus connector on its motherboard, you need a third-party IDE-compatible adapter board.

  • Page 39: Figure 4-9 Drive Power Supply And Ata Bus Interface Cables

    Installation 4.7.1.1 Connecting the Adapter Board and the Drive Use a 40-pin ribbon cable to connect the drive to the board. See Figure 4-8. To connect the drive to the board: 1. Insert the 40-pin cable connector into the mating connector of the adapter board.

  • Page 40: Techniques In Drive Configuration

    This will reduce the effective capacity of the drive to 528Mbytes. Whenever possible the Maxtor Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT drive should be used on systems that support LBA translation to ensure the use of the entire capacity of the disk drive. If that is not possible the following are some techniques that can be used to overcome this barrier.

  • Page 41: The 8.4-Gigabytes Barrier

    (64 bits) resulting in 9.4 Terrabytes of accessible space. Whenever possible the Maxtor Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT drive should be used on systems with BIOS that support Int 13 extensions. If that is not possible the following are some techniques that can be used to overcome this barrier: Use a third party software that supplements the BIOS and adds Int 13 extension support.

  • Page 42: System Startup And Operation

    Installation SYSTEM STARTUP AND OPERATION Once you have installed the Maxtor Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT hard disk drive, and adapter board (if required) in the host system, you are ready to partition and format the drive for operation. To set up the drive correctly, follow these steps: 1.
  • Page 43 Installation To match the logical specifications of the drive to the drive type of a particular BIOS, consult the system’s drive-type table. This table specifies the number of cylinders, heads, and sectors for a particular drive type. You must choose a drive type that meets the following requirements for the 20, 30 or 40 GB: Logical Cylinders x Logical Heads x Logical Sectors/Track x 512 = 8,455,200,768...

  • Page 44: Ata Bus Interface And Ata Commands

    Annex. A in the ATA/ATAPI standard. The Maxtor Quickview 40 drives require the use of an 80 conductor cable (ATA/ ATAPI-6, Annex. A, Figure A.4 and description) to support the drive’s Ultra DMA capability.

  • Page 45: Register Address Decoding

    ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands REGISTER ADDRESS DECODING The Maxtor Quickview 40 hard disk drives allow their host systems to address the full set of command and control registers as specified in clause 7 of the ATA/ATAPI-6 standard. COMMAND INTERFACE 5.5.1...
  • Page 46 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-1 Supported Commands Feature Command Command Register Code Value(s) READ BUFFER READ DMA C8h, C9h READ LONG 22h, 23h READ MULTIPLE READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS READ SECTOR(S) 20h, 21h READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) 40h, 41h SECURITY DISABLE PASSWORD SECURITY ERASE PREPARE SECURITY ERASE UNIT...
  • Page 47 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-1 Supported Commands Feature Command Command Register Code Value(s) SMART EXECUTE OFF-LINE IMMEDIATE SMART READ DATA SMART READ LOG SMART RETURN STATUS SMART SAVE ATTRIBUTE VALUES SMART WRITE LOG STANDBY 96h, E2h STANDBY IMMEDIATE 94h, E0h WRITE BUFFER WRITE DMA...

  • Page 48: Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters

    ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Identify Drive Command This command allows the host to receive parameter information from the drive. When the command is received, the drive: 1. Sets BSY 2. Stores the required parameter information in the sector buffer 3.
  • Page 49 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters Word CONTENT DESCRIPTION 20-21 Retired Obsolete 23-26 Firmware revision (8 ASCII characters) 27-46 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 Capabilities...
  • Page 50 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters Word CONTENT DESCRIPTION 15-3: Reserved 1 = the fields reported in word 88 are valid. 0 = the fields reported in word 88 are not valid 1 = the fields reported in words (70:64) are valid. 0 = the fields reported in words (70:64) are not valid Obsolete 54-58...
  • Page 51 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters Word CONTENT DESCRIPTION Minimum PIO transfer cycle time without flow control 15-0: Cycle time in nanoseconds Minimum PIO transfer cycle time with IORDY flow control 15-0: Cycle time in nanoseconds 69-70 Reserved (for future command overlap and queuing) 71-74...
  • Page 52 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters Word CONTENT DESCRIPTION Minor version number 0000h or FFFFh = device does not report version. 0001h-FFFEh = see 6.16.41 of ATA/ATAPI-7 specification Command set supported. Obsolete 1 = NOP command supported 1 = READ BUFFER command supported 1 = WRITE BUFFER command supported Obsolete...
  • Page 53 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters Word CONTENT DESCRIPTION See Address Offset Reserved Area Boot, INCITS TR27:2001 1 = SET FEATURES subcommand required to spinup after power-up 1 = Power-Up In Standby feature set supported 1 = Removable Media Status Notification feature set supported 1 = Advanced Power Management feature set supported 1 = CFA feature set supported...
  • Page 54 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters Word CONTENT DESCRIPTION 1 = release interrupt enabled 1 = look-ahead enabled 1 = write cache enabled Shall be cleared to zero to indicate that the PACKET Command feature set is not supported.
  • Page 55 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters Word CONTENT DESCRIPTION 1 = WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands supported General Purpose Logging feature set supported 1 = Valid CONFIGURE STREAM command has been executed 1 = Media Card Pass Through Command feature set enabled 1 = Media serial number is valid 1 = SMART self-test supported...
  • Page 56 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters Word CONTENT DESCRIPTION Hardware reset result. The contents of bits (12:0) of this word shall change only during the execution of a hardware reset Shall be cleared to zero. Shall be set to one.
  • Page 57 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters Word CONTENT DESCRIPTION 15-8: Vendor’s recommended acoustic management value. 7-0: Current automatic acoustic management value Stream Minimum Request Size Stream Transfer Time - DMA Stream Access Latency - DMA 98-99 Streaming Performance Granularity 100-103...
  • Page 58 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters Word CONTENT DESCRIPTION Security status 15-9: Reserved Security level 0 = High, 1 = Maximum 7-6: Reserved 1 = Enhanced security erase supported 1 = Security count expired 1 = Security frozen 1 = Security locked 1 = Security enabled...

  • Page 59: Product Support/Technical Assistance/Customer Service

    Chapter 6 SERVICE AND SUPPORT Product Support/Technical Assistance/Customer Service For Product Service and Support Information please visit our site at: www.maxtor.com for warranty service or www.maxtorkb.com for technical support. Quickview 40 20/30/40GB AT...

  • Page 60: Glossary

    BAD BLOCK – A block (usually the size AIRLOCK – A patented Maxtor feature of a sector) that cannot reliably hold that ensures durable and reliable data data because of a media flaw or storage.
  • Page 61 Glossary decimal digit, which may have a value controlled dust-free assembly or repair from 0 to 9. A bit is one of the logic 1or facility in which hard disk drives are logic 0 binary settings that make up a assembled or can be opened for byte of data.
  • Page 62 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 FAT – Acronym for file allocation table. controllers embedded on the drive A data table stored on the outer edge printed-circuit board.
  • Page 63 See also low-level industry standard. For example, most formatting. Maxtor disk drives use a 3 1/2-inch form factor. HOME – Reference position track for re-calibration of the actuator, usually the outer track (track 0).
  • Page 64 Disk Manager, the disk to access a full track of data. the drive can be redefined to any Maxtor drives have an interleave of logical parameters necessary to adapt 1:1, so a full track of data can be to the system drive tables.
  • Page 65 Glossary is in failures/million hours, MTTF = 1,000,000 / Failure Rate for components with exponential MB – See megabyte. distributions. MEDIA – The magnetic film that is MTTR – Mean Time To Repair. The deposited or coated on an aluminum average time it takes to repair a drive substrate which is very flat and in the that has failed for some reason.
  • Page 66 Glossary covered with a hard metal alloy instead READ VERIFY – A disk mode where the of an iron-oxide compound. Plated disk reads in data to the controller, but disks can store greater amounts of data the controller only checks for errors in the same area as a coated disk.
  • Page 67 The resulting surface is hard, smooth, available. and capable of storing data at high density. Maxtor disk drives use SECTOR – A section of space along a sputtered thin film disks. track on the disk, or the data that is stored in that section.
  • Page 68 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 69 INDEX abbreviations 1-1 maximum screw torque 2-3, 4-13 mechanical dimensions adapter board 4-14 motherboard 4-10 mounting 4-10 mounting dimensions 4-10 mounting holes cable select mounting screw clearance cable select (CS) jumper 4-18 MS-DOS 4-10 clearance command descriptions 4-11 connector, IDE packing assembly packing materials 4-11...

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