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  • Page 1 ..Medalist 3240 ........
  • Page 3 ..Medalist 3240 (ST33240A) ........
  • Page 4 1997 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved Publication Number: 20401033-001, Rev. A, May 1997 Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Seagate logo, Medalist and the Medalist logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. Other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their owners.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A Contents Introduction ......1 Specification summary table .
  • Page 6 Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.12.2 Electromagnetic Compatibility ... . 14 1.12.3 FCC verification ....14 2.0 Drive mounting and configuration .
  • Page 7 Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A Figures Figure 1. Typical startup and operation current profile ..9 Figure 2. Master/slave jumpers and alternate capacity jumper . . 18 Figure 3. Drive mounting dimensions—top, end and side view . . . 19...
  • Page 8 Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A Introduction The Medalist ® 3240 (ST33240A) and Medalist 2531 (ST32531A) provide the following key features: Low power consumption Quiet operation Support for S.M.A.R.T drive monitoring and reporting High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 16.6 Mbytes per...

  • Page 10: Specification Summary Table

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 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 ST33240A ST32531A...
  • Page 11 Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A Drive Specification ST33240A ST32531A Startup current: 12V (peak) 1.6 amps 5V (RMS) 0.5 amps Seek power (mean) 4.3 watts Operating power (typical) 4.6 watts Idle mode power (typical) 4.5 watts Standby mode power (typical) 1.0 watts...
  • Page 12 Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A...

  • Page 13: Drive Specifications

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 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 both the ST33240A and the ST32531A.

  • Page 14: Physical Organization

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A The ST32531A supports any translation geometry that satisfies the sectors and head limitations above, and (Sectors per track) (Read/Write heads) (cylinders) 4,995,648 1.2 Physical organization ST33240A ST32531A Read/Write heads Discs 1.3 Recording and interface technology...

  • Page 15: Seek Time

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.5 Seek time All seek times are measured using a 486 AT computer (or faster) with an 8.3 MHz I/O bus. The measurements are taken with nominal power at sea level and 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics.

  • Page 16: Power Specifications

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.7 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a four-pin standard drive power connector. 1.7.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drive are listed in the table below. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested under nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltages at room temperature.

  • Page 17: Conducted Noise

    12 14 Time (seconds) Figure 1. Typical startup and operation current profile Figure 1 shows a typical current profile for the Medalist 3240 and the Medalist 2531. 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.

  • Page 18: Power-Management Modes

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.7.4 Power-management modes This drive provides programmable power management to provide greater energy efficiency. In most systems, you can control power management through the system setup program. This Seagate drive features several power-management modes, which are summarized in...

  • Page 19: Environmental Tolerances

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A any drive activity is required, the drive makes a transition to Idle mode. If the host has set the standby timer, the standby countdown continues. If the host has not set the standby timer, the drive remains in Idle mode.

  • Page 20: Shock

    1.8.5.1 Operating shock The Medalist 3240 and the Medalist 2531 will comply with the performance levels specified in this document when subjected to a maximum operating shock of 5.0 Gs (based on half-sine shock pulses of 11 msec, as specified in MIL-STD-202F).

  • Page 21: Drive Acoustics

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.8.6.2 Nonoperating vibration The following table lists the maximum nonoperating vibration that the drive may experience without incurring physical damage or degradation in performance when subsequently put into operation. 5–22 Hz 0.081-inch displacement (peak to peak)

  • Page 22: Agency Certification

    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 B computing device, pursuant to Subpart J, Part 15 of the FCC rules.
  • Page 23 Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 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 interference to radio and television reception.
  • Page 24 Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A...

  • Page 25: Drive Mounting And Configuration

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 2.0 Drive mounting and configuration 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. You must observe standard static-discharge precautions. A grounded wrist-strap is preferred.

  • Page 26: Drive Mounting

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A ATA interface connector Alternative capacity jumper 4-pin power 2 4 6 connector Master/slave 1 3 5 Full capacity (as shipped) jumper settings Drive is slave Limit capacity to 2.1 Gbytes (4,092 cylinders)

  • Page 27: Figure 3. Drive Mounting Dimensions-Top, End And Side View

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 0.180 ± 0.015 Note: (4.57 ± 0.38) Units are in inches (mm) Tolerances: 0. xx ± 0.01 0. xxx ± 0.005 0.230 ± 0.015 2.23 ± 0.03 (5.84 ± 0.38 (56.6 ± 0.8 3.72 ±...
  • Page 28 Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A...

  • Page 29: Ata Interface

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 3.0 ATA interface This drive uses the industry-standard ATA task file interface. It supports both 8-bit and 16-bit data transfers. It supports ATA programmed in- put/output (PIO) modes 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4; ATA single-word DMA modes 0, 1 and 2;...

  • Page 30: Figure 4. I/O Pins And Supported Ata Signals

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A Drive pin # Host pin # and signal description Signal name Reset – Host Reset Ground Ground Host Data Bus Bit 7 Host Data Bus Bit 8 Host Data Bus Bit 6...

  • Page 31: Ata Interface Commands

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 3.2 ATA Interface commands 3.2.1 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 Proposed ATA-3 Standard. See section 3.2.4 on page 29 for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T.
  • Page 32 Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A continued from previous page Command Supported by Command name code this drive Set Multiple Mode Write Buffer Write DMA (w/retry) Write DMA (no retry) Write Long (w/retry) Write Long (no retry)

  • Page 33: Identify Drive Command

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A The following commands contain drive-specific features that may not be described in the Draft Proposed ATA-3 Standard . 3.2.2 Identify Drive command The Identify Drive command (command code EC ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up.
  • Page 34 Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A continued from previous page Word Description Contents Controller type = dual-port multisector buffer 0000 with caching (not used) Buffer size (not used) 0000 Number of ECC bytes available (4) 0004 23–26 Firmware revision (8 ASCII character string): x.xx...
  • Page 35 Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A Word Description Contents 0060 (ST33240A) LBA sectors available (continued) 007C (ST32531A) ATA-obsolete 0000 Multiword DMA active and modes supported 0 x 07 (see note following this table) Advanced PIO modes supported (modes 3 and...

  • Page 36: Set Features Command

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 3.2.3 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.

  • Page 37: Commands

    Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A 3.2.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) is an emerging technology that provides near-term failure prediction for disc drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the Seagate drive monitors prede- termined drive attributes that are susceptible to degradation over time. If a failure is likely to occur, S.M.A.R.T.
  • Page 38 Medalist 3240 and Medalist 2531 Product Manual, Rev. A Code in Supported by Features Medalist 3240 and Register S.M.A.R.T. Command Medalist 2531 Enable/disable Automatic Off-line Note. If an appropriate code is not written to the Features Register, the command will be aborted and 0 x 04 (abort) will be written to the...
  • Page 40 Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066, USA Publication Number: 20401033-001, Rev. A, Printed in USA...

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