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MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT
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October 30, 2003
Part Number: 1905

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  • Page 1 MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT Product Manual October 30, 2003 Part Number: 1905...
  • 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 PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTIULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. You can request Maxtor publications from your Maxtor Sales Representative or order them directly from Maxtor. Part Number: 1905 Corporate Headquarters: 500 McCarthy Blvd.

  • Page 4: Before You Begin

    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 provides technical information for OEM engineers and systems integrators regarding the installation and use of Maxtor hard drives.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    3.5.2 ATA Bus Interface Connector (J1, Section C) ...........3-16 3.6 MOUNTING........................ 3-17 3.6.1 Orientation ......................3-17 3.6.2 Clearance ......................3-19 3.6.3 Ventilation ......................3-19 3.7 FOR SYSTEMS WITH A MOTHERBOARD ATA/SATA ADAPTER ....3-20 3.8 FOR SYSTEMS WITH AN ATA ADAPTER BOARD..........3-20 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...
  • Page 6 5.3.1 ATA Bus Interface ....................5-1 5.4 REGISTER ADDRESS DECODING................5-2 5.5 COMMAND INTERFACE................... 5-2 5.5.1 General Feature Set ....................5-2 5.5.2 Supported Commands ..................5-2 Chapter 6 SERVICE AND SUPPORT 6.1 Product Support/Technical Assistance/Customer Service ..........6-1 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...
  • Page 7 A.1.2 Solving the 137 Gigabyte Capacity Barrier ............A-3 A.1.3 How is the Extension Implemented? ..............A-3 A.1.4 What Do the Drives Need to Meet the Spec? ............A-3 A.1.5 What Else is Involved? ..................A-3 A.1.6 What is the Next Barrier? ..................A-4 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...
  • Page 8 Mounting Dimensions for the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 Hard Disk Drives ..................3-17 Figure 3-10 Mounting Screw Clearance for the Maxtor Hard Disk Drives ..... 3-18 Figure 3-11 Drive Power Supply and ATA Bus Interface Cables ........3-21 Figure 3-12 Completing the Drive Installation ............... 3-22...
  • Page 9 J1 Power Connector, Section A ................3-14 Table 3-4 Device plug connector pin definition ..............3-15 Table 3-5 Logical Addressing Format..................3-25 Table 5-1 Supported Commands ....................5-2 Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters............... 5-5 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT v...

  • Page 10: Introduction

    AUDIENCE The MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT Product Manual is intended for several audiences. These audiences include: the end user, installer, developer, consumer electronics and personal computer original equipment manufacturer (CE/PC OEM), and distributor.

  • Page 11: Terminology And Conventions

    Megabytes per second • MHz Megahertz • ms milliseconds • MSB Most Significant Bit • mV millivolts • ns nanoseconds • SATA Serial ATA Interface • tpi tracks per inch • µs microseconds • V Volts Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 12: References

    For additional information about the ATA interface, refer to the latest revision of the draft standard on the internet at http://www.t13.org/ using the link under “1410D AT Attachment - 6 with Packet Interface (ATA/ATAPI - 6).” Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 13: General Description

    II 250GB hard disk drive, as well as the applicable standards and regulations. PRODUCT OVERVIEW Maxtor’s MaxLine Plus II 250GB hard disk drive is part of a family of high performance, 1-inch-high hard disk drives manufactured to meet the highest product quality standards.
  • Page 14 • Average seek time of <9.0 ms • Average rotational latency of 4.17 ms • New Ultra ATA interface with Maxtor-patented Ultra ATA/133 protocol supporting burst data transfer rates of 133MB/s • Serial ATA interface with transfer speeds up to 150MB per second •...

  • Page 15: Regulatory Compliance Standards

    • Approval from Taiwan BSMI. Number: 3892A638 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS The MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drive is 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 16: Installation

    MaXLine Plus II 250 GB AT hard disk drive prior to operation. It also explains how to start up and operate the drive. SPACE REQUIREMENTS The MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives are shipped without a faceplate. 25 ±0.7 mm 147 mm (max) (5.75 inches)

  • Page 17: Unpacking Instructions

    Special care should be taken not to bump or drop the drive. It is highly recommended that MaXLine Plus II 250GB at drives are not stacked or placed on any hard surface after they are unpacked. Such handling could cause media damage.

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

    Installation Figure 3-2 shows the packing assembly for a single Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drive. A 20-pack shipping container is available for multiple drive shipments. Figure 3-2 Single-Pack Shipping Container Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 19: Figure 3-3 20-Pack Shipping Container

    Installation Figure 3-3 20-Pack Shipping Container Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 20: Hardware Options

    3.3.1 ATA Interface Connector The configuration of a MaXLine Plus II 250GB 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 21 3.3.1.1 Cable Select (CS) Jumper When a MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drive and another ATA hard disk drive are daisy-chained together, they can be configured as Master or Slave either by the CS or DS jumpers. To configure the drive as a Master or Slave with the CS feature, the CS jumper is installed (1).
  • Page 22 This allows two drives to operate in a Master/Slave relationship according to the drive cable placement. The MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives are shipped from the factory as a Master (Device 0 - CS jumper installed). To configure a drive as a Slave (Device 1- DS scheme), the CS jumper must be removed.
  • Page 23 CHS, requiring LBA addressing to use the full capacity. A summary of these effects for the drives is shown Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT in the following table: CLJ JUMPER OUT C=16,383...

  • Page 24: Ata Bus Adapter

    Most PC motherboards have a built-in 40-pin ATA bus connector that is compatible with the 40-pin ATA interface of the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives. If the motherboard has an ATA connector, simply connect a 40-pin ribbon cable between the drive and the motherboard.
  • Page 25 Key Slot Pin 1 J1 IDE (40-Pin)/DC (4-Pin) Combination Connector 4-Pin DC Power 40-Pin IDE Pin 1 (J1 Section A) (J1 Section C) Figure 3-6 J1 DC Power and ATA Bus Combination Connector 3-10 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 26: Dc Power (J1, Section A)

    3.4.3 ATA Bus Interface Connector (J1, Section C) On the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives, the ATA bus interface cable connector (J1, section C) is a 40-pin Universal Header, as shown in Figure 3-6. To prevent the possibility of incorrect installation, the connector has been keyed by removing Pin 20.

  • Page 27: Sata (Serial Ata) Interface Connector

    3.4.4 SATA (Serial ATA) Interface Connector The MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives also offer an optional Serial ATA interface. SATA has no user changeable configuration jumpers. All configurations are controlled in the SATA interface by the host.

  • Page 28: Combination Connector (J1)

    SATA Bus Connector Some PC motherboards have a built in SATA bus connector. These SATA bus connectors are compatible with Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives. If the motherboard has a SATA connector, simply connect a 7 pin SATA cable between the drive and the motherboard.
  • Page 29 2. The corresponding pin to be mated with P11 in the power cable receptacle connec- tor will always be grounded. Ground mate 12V power, pre-charge, 2 mate 12V power 12V power 3-14 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 30: Ata Bus Interface Connector (J1, Section C)

    3.5.1 ATA Bus Interface Connector (J1, Section C) On the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives, the SATA bus interface cable connector (J1, section C) is a standard 7-pin SATA. To prevent the possibility of incorrect installation, the connector has been keyed.
  • Page 31 ±0.25 147.0 Max. 44.45 ±0.25 41.60 ±0.25 41.28 ±0.50 28.50 ±0.50 3.18 ±0.25 95.25 ±0.25 26.10 101.60 Max. ±0.25 Figure 3-9 Mounting Dimensions for the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT Hard Disk Drives 3-16 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 32: Figure 3-10 Mounting Screw Clearance For The Maxtor Hard Disk Drives

    Board Head/Disk Assembly Figure 3-10 Mounting Screw Clearance for the Maxtor Hard Disk Drives CAUTION: The PCB is very close to the mounting holes. Do not exceed the specified length for the mounting screws. The specified screw length allows full use of the mounting hole threads, while avoiding damaging or placing unwanted stress on the PCB.

  • Page 33: Clearance

    FOR SYSTEMS WITH A MOTHERBOARD ATA/SATA ADAPTER You can install the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives in an AT- compatible system that contains a 40-pin ATA bus connector/SATA on the motherboard.

  • Page 34: Figure 3-11 Drive Power Supply And Ata Bus Interface Cables

    Figure 3-12. ATA-Bus Key Slot Interface Connector Pin 1 40-Pin Header ATA-Bus Interface Cable DC Power Connector Power Supply Cable (3-Pin or 4-Pin) Bevel Figure 3-11 Drive Power Supply and ATA Bus Interface Cables Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-19...

  • Page 35: Figure 3-12 Completing The Drive Installation

    Installation Mounting Screws ATA-Bus Interface Cable Mounting Bracket Figure 3-12 Completing the Drive Installation 3-20 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 36: Techniques In Drive Configuration

    DOS based operating systems will be limited to use only 1024 cylinders. This will reduce the effective capacity of the drive to 528Mbytes. Whenever possible the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT drive should be used on systems that support LBA translation to ensure the use of the entire capacity of the disk drive.

  • Page 37: Operating System Limitations

    SYSTEM STARTUP AND OPERATION Once you have installed the MaXLine Plus II 250GB 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: Power on the system.
  • Page 38 You must choose a drive type that meets the following requirements: For the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT: Logical Cylinders x Logical Heads x Logical Sectors/Track x 512 = 8,455,200,768 Boot the system using the operating system installation disk—for example, MS-DOS—then follow the installation instructions in the operating system...

  • Page 39: Product Specifications

    Number of Servo Sectors Data Zones per Surface Data Sectors per Track (ID/OD) 610/1102 Areal Density (Gbits/in max, 54.752 ID/OD) Recording Density (kbpi, ID/OD) ID = 770 OD = 615 Track Density (ktpi) 89 ktpi Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 40: Performance Specifications

    Data Buffer Size (MB)/Type 8 MB Drive Ready Time (typical sec) < 8.0 Physical Dimensions PARAMETER VALUE Height (maximum in mm) 26.10 Width (typical mm) 101.6 Depth (in. and mm) Weight (maximum in grams) Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 41: Power Requirements

    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 42: 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 43: Shock And Vibration

    401 to 500 Hz 0.0625 G (0 to peak) amplitude, 1 octave per minute Operating Sine Frequency(Hz)/Acceleration(Gpk) Vibration 0.25 octave/min., 5- 5=0.25” DA 1500 Hz 8.8=0.25” DA 9=1.000 100=1.000 300=0.060 885=0.060 890=0.100 895=0.070 1500=0.100 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 44: 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 45: Safety Regulatory Compliance

    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.

  • Page 46: Ata Bus Interface And Ata Commands

    The dimensions and specifications of the unitized connector comply with Annex. A in the ATA/ATAPI standard. The MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT drive 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 47: Register Address Decoding

    ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands overall system. REGISTER ADDRESS DECODING The MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 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.
  • Page 48 SET MAX ADDRESS SET MAX SET PASSWORD SET MAX LOCK SET MAX UNLOCK SET MAX FREEZE LOCK SET MULTIPLE MODE SLEEP 99h, E6h SMART DISABLE OPERATIONS SMART ENABLE OPERATIONS SMART ENABLE/DISABLE ATTRIBUTE AUTOSAVE Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-3...
  • Page 49 SMART SAVE ATTRIBUTE VALUES SMART WRITE LOG STANDBY 96h, E2h STANDBY IMMEDIATE 94h, E0h WRITE BUFFER WRITE DMA CAh, CBh WRITE MULTIPLE WRITE SECTOR(S) 30h, 31h Note: 1. As defined in the ATA/ATAPI-6 standard. Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT...
  • Page 50 Retired 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) Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-5...

  • Page 51: Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters

    1 = DMA supported. 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 MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT...
  • Page 52 1 = Multiword DMA mode 0 is supported 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 MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-7...
  • Page 53 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 MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT...
  • Page 54 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 MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-9...
  • Page 55 1 = NOP command enabled 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 MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT...
  • Page 56 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 MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-11...
  • Page 57 1 = Ultra DMA mode 1 and below are supported 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 MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT...
  • Page 58 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 MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-13...
  • Page 59 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 MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT...
  • Page 60 1 = Enhanced security erase supported 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 MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-15...

  • Page 61: Service And Support

    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. Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 62: Breaking The 137 Gigabyte Storage Barrier

    The ANSI NCITS T13 Technical Committee (also known as the ANSI ATA committee) has broken this barrier by incorporating a proposal from Maxtor into the ATA/ATAPI-6 draft standard that defines a method for 48-bit addressing on a single drive, giving more than 144 petabytes (144,000 gigabytes) of storage.
  • Page 63 528 megabytes: Early ATA BIOSs without BIOS extensions 2.1 gigabytes: DOS file system partition limit 4.2 gigabytes: CMOS extended CHS addressing limit (not widely experienced) 8.4 gigabytes: BIOS/Int13 24-bit addressing limit 32 gigabytes: BIOS limit Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

  • Page 64: Solving The 137 Gigabyte Capacity Barrier

    ASIC, and this is where drive manufacturers must update their designs. Maxtor is the leader in development efforts and is the first to deliver a product with the capacity and drive technology to deliver greater than 137 gigabytes of capacity.

  • Page 65: What Is The Next Barrier

    100,000 books, or the contents of a good library • 2.2 terabytes = 2,200,000,000,000 bytes almost 2,000,000 books, or the about content of the Library of Congress • 144 petabytes = 144,000,000,000,000,000 bytes Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...
  • Page 66 Breaking the 137GB Storage Barrier 120 billion books – (more than all that man has written) • 9.4 zettabytes = 9,400,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes Appendix C: Resources • Maxtor “Big Drive” web site for resource information: http://www.maxtor.com/bigdrive • ATA/ATAPI-6: http://www.T13.org Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...
  • Page 67 The Maxtor actuator consists of a rotary Because Maxtor disk drive’s voice coil and the head mounting arms. One...
  • Page 68 CPU – Acronym for Central Processing passes information to and from the disk. The Unit. The microprocessor chip that performs Maxtor disk drives all have controllers the bulk of data processing in a computer. embedded on the drive printed-circuit board.
  • Page 69 EXTERNAL DRIVE – A drive mounted in information generated by a format operation. an enclosure separate from the PC or All Maxtor drive capacities are expressed in computer system enclosure, with its own formatted capacity. power supply and fan, and connected to the system by a cable.
  • Page 70 It surface. would take three revolutions of the disk to access a full track of data. Maxtor drives have HEAD – The tiny electromagnetic coil and an interleave of 1:1, so a full track of data can...
  • Page 71 It is the access the required areas for generating the mean time expected until the first failure of a file structure. Maxtor drives are shipped with piece of equipment. MTTF is a statistical the low-level formatting already done.
  • Page 72 Plated disks can store patterns (write or read information) on the greater amounts of data in the same area as a disk. Each side of each platter has its own coated disk. read/write head. MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...
  • Page 73 The resulting surface is hard, smooth, and capable of storing data at high density. SCSI – Acronym for Small Computer System Maxtor disk drives use sputtered thin film Interface, an American National Standards disks. Institute (ANSI) version of Shugart Associates' SASI interface between the STEPPER –...
  • Page 74 On some drives capacity. The size of a Maxtor drive is one surface may be reserved for positioning expressed in formatted capacity. information.
  • Page 75 Slave Present slave present (SP) jumper 2-4, 3-9, 3-12 IDE-bus interface 3-11, 3-16 IDE-bus interface connector 3-19 ventilation 3-11, 3-14 input power connections 3-17 ventilation requirements interface, IDE-bus Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT...

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