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Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifi- cations for the ST330630A, ST320420A, ST315320A and the ST310210A. These drives provide the following key features: • Low power consumption • Quiet operation •...
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B Specification summary table The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual. Drive Specification ST330630A ST320420A ST315320A...
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Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B Drive Specification ST330630A ST320420A ST315320A ST310210A Standby to ready (sec typical) 10 sec Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) 2.4 amps 2.0 amps Track-to-track seek time (msec typical) Average seek time (read, msec typical)
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Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B Drive Specification ST330630A ST320420A ST315320A ST310210A Vibration, operating 0.5 Gs (0 to peak, 5–300 Hz) Vibration, nonoperating 5 Gs (0 to peak, 5–300 Hz) Drive acoustics Sound pressure (dBA) 34.0 (typical), 39.0 (max) Idle mode 39.0 (typical), 43.5 (max)
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B 1.0 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 the ST330630A, ST320420A, ST315320A and the ST310210A.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B • Full-stroke seek time is one-half the time needed to seek from the first data cylinder to the maximum data cylinder and back to the first data cylinder. The full-stroke typical value is determined by averaging 100 full-stroke seeks in both directions.
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Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B write operation. Servo electronics are active. Seek mode power rep- resents the worst-case power consumption, using only random seeks with read or write latency time. This mode is not typical and is provided for worst-case information.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B 1.7.2 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.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B • Standby mode The drive enters Standby mode when the host sends a Standby Immediate command. If the host has set the standby timer, the drive can also enter Standby mode automatically after the drive has been inactive for a specifiable length of time.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B 1.8.2 Temperature gradient Operating/Nonoperating 20°C/hr (36°F/hour) max, without condensation 1.8.3 Humidity 1.8.3.1 Relative Humidity Operating 8% to 80% noncondensing (30% per hour max) Nonoperating 5% to 90% noncondensing (30% per hour max) 1.8.3.2 Wet bulb temperature...
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B 1.8.6 Vibration All vibration specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input vibration applied at the drive mounting screws. Vibration may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B 1.10 Electromagnetic immunity When properly installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in performance when subjected to the radio frequency (RF) environments defined in the following table:...
As a subassembly, no Federal Communications Commission verification or certification of the device is required. Seagate Technology, Inc. has tested this device in enclosures as de- scribed above to ensure that the total assembly (enclosure, disc drive, motherboard, power supply, etc.) does comply with the limits for a Class...
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Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B Radio and television interference. This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause interfer- ence to radio and television reception.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B 2.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. 2.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostatic discharge (ESD) hazards.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B 2.2 Jumper settings 2.2.1 Master/slave configuration The options jumper block shown in Figure 2 is used to configure the drive for operation. It is the 8-pin dual header between the interface connector and the power connector.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B 2.2.2 Cable-select option Computers that use cable-select determine the master and slave drives by selecting or deselecting pin 28, CSEL, on the interface bus. Master and slave drives are determined by their physical position on the cable.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B Note. Dimensions are shown in mm (inches) 94.3± 0.8 [3.71± 0.03] 71.8 ± 0.8 [2.83 ± 0.03] 56.5 ± 0.8 [2.23 ± 0.03] 26.10 Max [1.028] 5.83 ± 0.38 Pin One J2 4.66±...
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B 3.0 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 0–4.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B Drive pin # Host pin # and signal description Signal name Reset – Hardware Reset Ground Ground Host Data Bus Bit 7 Host Data Bus Bit 8 Host Data Bus Bit 6...
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B 3.1.1 Supported ATA commands The following table lists ATA-standard commands that the drive sup- ports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Draft ATA-4 Standard. See Section 3.2.4 on page 30 for details and subcom- mands used in the S.M.A.R.T.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B Command name Command code (in hex) ATA-standard power-management commands Check Power Mode or E5 Idle or E3 Idle Immediate or E1 Sleep or E6 Standby or E2 Standby Immediate or E0 ATA-standard security commands...
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Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B Word Description Value Configuration information: Bit 15: 0 = ATA; 1 = ATAPI • 0C5A Bit 7: removable media • Bit 6: removable controller • Bit 0: reserved • Number of logical cylinders...
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Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B Word Description Value ATA-reserved 0000 PIO data-transfer cycle 0200 timing mode Retired 0200 Words 54–58, 64–70 and 88 0007 are valid Number of current logical xxxx cylinders Number of current logical xxxx...
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Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B Word Description Value Minimum PIO cycle time 00F0 without IORDY flow control (240 nsec) Minimum PIO cycle time with 0078 IORDY flow control (120 nsec) 69–74 ATA-reserved 0000 Queue depth 0000 76–79...
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Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B Word Description Value 129–159 Seagate-reserved xxxx 160–255 ATA-reserved 0000 Note. See the bit descriptions below for words 63, 88 and 93 of the Identify Drive data: Description (if bit is set to 1) Word 63 Multiword DMA mode 0 is supported.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B 3.1.3 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 interrupt.
Barracuda ATA II Family Product Manual, Rev. B 3.1.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disc drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive monitors predetermined drive attributes that are susceptible to degradation over time. If self-monitoring determines that a failure is likely, S.M.A.R.T. makes a status report available to the host.
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