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Seagate Medalist Pro 9140 Product Manual

Seagate Medalist Pro 9140 Product Manual

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  • Page 1 ..Medalist Pro 9140 ........
  • Page 3 ... Medalist Pro 9140 (ST39140A) ....... .
  • Page 4 Other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from Seagate Technology, Inc.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B Contents Introduction ......1 Specification summary table .
  • Page 6 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 1.14.5 Acoustics ..... . . 13 1.15 Reliability ......14 1.16 Agency listings .
  • Page 7 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B Figures Figure 1. Typical startup current profile ....8 Figure 2. ATA interface connector ....18 Figure 3.
  • Page 8 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifi- ® cations for the Medalist Pro 9140, the Medalist Pro 6530 and the Medalist Pro 4520 hard disc drives. The drives are referred to throughout...
  • Page 10 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B The following is a summary of the drives’ features: Capacity 9.1, 6.5 and 4.5 Gbytes formatted LBA translation support Available software driver that surpasses the 528-Mbyte barrier and 4,092-cylinder barrier limited by some system BIOSs Available software driver that provides expanded 32-bit disk access support for Windows 3.

  • Page 11: Specification Summary Table

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B Specification summary table The following table serves as a quick reference for the drives’ perform- ance specifications. These and other specifications are discussed in “Specifications” on page 5. ST39140A ST36530A ST34520A...
  • Page 12 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B continued from previous page ST39140A ST36530A ST34520A Drive specification Average latency (msec) 4.16 Internal minimum data-transfer rate (Mbits per sec max) 193.88 External transfer rate (Mbytes 33.3 per sec max)

  • Page 13: Specifications

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 1.0 Specifications 1.1 Formatted Capacity These drives support cylinder-head-sector (CHS) and logical-block ad- dressing (LBA) translation modes. You can use the Identify drive (EC command to verify the address modes the drives support, the number of cylinders, sectors per track, total number of sectors, heads and other parame- ters.

  • Page 14: Physical Organization

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 1.2 Physical organization ST39140A ST36530A ST34520A Read/write heads Discs 1.3 Functional specifications Interface Ultra ATA Recording method EPRML (16/17 ) External data burst transfer rate: DMA mode 2 (Mbytes per sec) 16.6...

  • Page 15: Physical Dimensions

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 1.4 Physical dimensions The mounting dimensions are shown in Figure 6 on page 23. Height, max 1.027 inch (26.1 mm) Width, max 4.010 inches (101.9 mm) Depth, max 5.787 inches (146.1 mm) Weight 1.5 lb (0.68 Kg)

  • Page 16: Start And Stop Times

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B from the start of a read until the buffer segment is full or until another command is received. Write immediate. The drive uses the write segment to store write commands and data. After the drive receives all of the data for the command, it issues a write complete.

  • Page 17: Power-Up Sequence

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 1.9 Power-up sequence 1. Power is applied to the drive. 2. The spindle motor reaches operating speed in about 4 seconds. 3. The airvane actuator-lock releases the actuator. 4. The drive synchronizes to servo pattern.
  • Page 18 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B All measurements were taken at the drive power connector. A true RMS meter is used to measure all modes except Standby. A DMM is used for Standby measurements. 1.11.1.1 Active mode During the Active mode, the drive is involved in spinup, seeking or read/write activities.

  • Page 19: Power Consumption

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 1.11.1.4 Sleep Mode The sleep mode implementation is the same as in Standby mode. 1.11.2 Power consumption In the table below, the values apply at the drive power connector. Current was measured with an RMS DC ammeter.

  • Page 20: Environmental Specifications

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 1.13 Environmental specifications 1.13.1 Ambient temperature Operating 5 to 55 C 41 to 131 F) Nonoperating –40 to 70 C (–40 to 158 F) Note. The system must provide sufficient airflow to maintain a surface temperature of the aluminum base below 60 C.

  • Page 21: Nonoperating Shock

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B half-sine shock pulses of 11 msec, as specified in MIL-STD-202F). Shocks are not to be repeated more than two times per second. 1.14.2 Nonoperating shock The nonoperating shock level that the drive can experience without...

  • Page 22: Reliability

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 1.15 Reliability Read error rates are measured with automatic retries and data correction with ECC enabled and all flaws reallocated. The mean time between failures (MTBF) is measured at nominal power at sea level with an ambient temperature of 25°C.

  • Page 23: Fcc Verification

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B and provide CE Marking for their product. The drive is not meant for external use (without properly designed enclosure, shielded I/O cable, etc.), and a terminator should be used on all unused I/O ports.
  • Page 24 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B Note. This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from computer equipment as set out in the radio interference regulations of the Canadian Department of commu- nications.

  • Page 25: Configuring And Mounting The Drive

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 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 you unpack the drive, and before you install it in a system, be careful not to damage it through mishandling.

  • Page 26: I/O Cable And Connector

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 2.2 I/O cable and connector The drive uses a 40-pin, male I/O connector with two rows of twenty pins each and a notch for keying. Pin 20 is removed for keying purposes. A drawing of the I/O connector is shown in Figure 2.

  • Page 27: Options Jumper Block

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 2.4 Options jumper block The options jumper block (J5), shown in Figure 3, is used to configure the drives for operation. It is the 8-pin dual header between the I/O connector and the power connector.

  • Page 28: Master/Slave Configuration

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B Options jumper block (J5) One drive only or master Drive is slave Cable select Alternate capacity (AC) Remote LED connection Spare jumper G E C Circuit Board Figure 4. Configuration Settings 2.4.1 Master/slave configuration...

  • Page 29: Alternate Capacity Jumper

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 2.4.2 Alternate capacity jumper This jumper lowers the drive capacity by setting the default translation to 4,092 cylinders and causes the drive to appear to your BIOS as having a capacity of 2.1 Gbytes. Some BIOSs that only auto-detect may require this jumper.

  • Page 30: Mounting The Drive

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B Slave CSEL not carried to pin 28 of this connector Master Pin 28 grounded at computer Computer Figure 5. Connecting cable-selected drives 2.5 Mounting the drive You can mount the drive in any orientation.

  • Page 31: Figure 6. Mounting Dimensions

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B Dimension Table Mounting holes three on each side, 6-32 UNC. Inches Millimeters Max screw length into side of drive 0.15 in. (3.81 mm). Screw tightening torque 6.0 in-lb (0.675 5.754 ±...
  • Page 32 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B...

  • Page 33: Ata Interface

    3.1 ATA Interface connector pin assignments The signal name and signal direction for each I/O connector pin is shown in Figure 7 on page 26. See the Seagate ATA Interface Reference Manual , publication number 36111- xxx , for a complete description of each pin.

  • Page 34: Figure 7. Ata Interface Connector Pin Assignments

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 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...

  • Page 35: Command Set

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 3.2 Command set This section lists all of the ATA commands the drives use. Only the commands with unique implementation for the drives are discussed in this manual. For information about the ATA interface, refer to X3T13.1153D Rev.
  • Page 36 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B continued from previous page Parameters used Command Command name code (in hex) FR SC SN CY DH Idle and Set Idle Timer Idle Immediate 95, F8, E1 Initialize Drive Parameters...

  • Page 37: Identify Drive Command

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 3.2.1 Identify Drive command (EC The Identify Drive parameters for the drives are listed in the table below. Note. If the alternate capacity jumper is installed on the drive, the drive capacity is reduced in Word 1 to 4,092 cylinders.
  • Page 38 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B continued from previous page Word Description ST Value PIO data-transfer cycle 0200 timing mode Obsolete 0200 Current valid 0007 words 54–58, 64–70 and 85–86 are valid Number of current logical...
  • Page 39 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B Word Description ST Value Minimum PIO transfer 120 nsec cycle time without flow control Minimum PIO transfer 120 nsec with IORDY flow control Reserved 0000 69–79 Major version number 0007...

  • Page 40: Set Features Command (Ef H )

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 3.2.2 Set Features command (EF The Set Features command (command code EF ) allows you to enable and disable the multisegmented cache and automatic reallocation fea- tures and to identify the transfer modes the drives use. The multiseg- mented buffer consists of read look-ahead and write-immediate and write-merging features.
  • Page 41 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 3.2.2.1 PIO and DMA Data-Transfer Modes You can set the multiword DMA mode and identify the PIO data-transfer mechanism and transfer mode with the Set Features command. To set the multiword DMA mode: 1.

  • Page 42: Standby Timer Timeout Period

    Idle command or Standby command. The value corresponds to a predetermined period of drive inactivity. The table below lists the values the Seagate drives use and their corresponding timeout period.

  • Page 43: Command (B0 H )

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 3.2.5 S.M.A.R.T. command (B0 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 attributes within itself that are susceptible to degradation over time.

  • Page 44: Synchronous Dma Transfer

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B 3.3 Synchronous DMA Transfer 3.3.1 Signal Line Definitions Some existing ATA signal lines are redefined during the Synchronous DMA protocol to provide new functions. If the Synchronous DMA transfer mode was previously chosen by the Set Features, the ATA signal lines change from the old to new definitions as soon as the host allows for a DMA burst.

  • Page 45: Error Register

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B drive IORDY until –DMACK is deasserted and then tristates IORDY within (Tiordyz) nanoseconds. A device that supports a particular mode timing must support all slower modes. 3.3.3 Error Register Field/Bit Description...
  • Page 46 Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B...

  • Page 47: Appendix. Timing Diagrams

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B Appendix. Timing diagrams Without IORDY, the drives operate at programmed I/O timing specifica- tions, as shown below. Address valid DIOR and DIOW Write data valid Read data valid IOCS16 Figure 8. Programmed I/O timing without IORDY...

  • Page 48: Figure 9. Programmed I/O Timing With Iordy

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B When using IORDY, the drives operate at programmed timing specifica- tions, as shown below. Address valid IOCS16 DIOR or DIOW IORDY Write data valid Read data valid Figure 9. Programmed I/O timing with IORDY...

  • Page 49: Figure 10. Multiword Dma Timing

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B The drives operate at multiword DMA mode 2 timing specifications, as shown below. DMARQ DMACK DIOR or DIOW Read data valid Write data valid Figure 10. Multiword DMA timing Time...

  • Page 50: Figure 11. Sustained Synchronous Dma Burst

    Medalist Pro 9140, 6530 and 4520 Product Manual, Rev. B The drives operate at sustained synchronous DMA burst timing specifi- cations, as shown below. Strobe at Sender Data at Sender Tdvs Tdvs Tdvh Tdvh Tdvh Tcyc Tcyc T2cyc T2cyc Strobe at...
  • Page 54 Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066, USA Publication Number: 32659-001, Rev. B, Printed in USA...

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