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Seagate MEDALIST 1270 Installation Manual

Seagate MEDALIST 1270 Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 ....... . Medalist 1270 ......

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Micro House International, Inc. Other product names are registered trademarks or 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...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Configuring the computer Troubleshooting Where to call for Seagate technical support Seagate provides installation software, EZ-Drive, and a 32-bit disk access driver for Windows, SEG32BIT.386, that allows the computer to surpass the 528-Mbyte barrier when it is imposed. The software is stored on the drive and must be transferred to a diskette in Drive A before you partition and format the drive.
  • Page 4 Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 Drive features Feature ST31270A Formatted Capacity 1,282.8 Mbytes Cylinders 2,485 Heads Sectors Average seek time 12 msec Cache (segmented) 256 Kbytes Spindle speed 4,500 RPM Internal transfer rate (Mbits per sec max.) 29.6 to 57.2 External transfer rate 16.6...

  • Page 5: Before You Begin

    Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 Before you begin... Note. Throughout this manual the Medalist 1270 is referred to by its model number, ST31270A. Drive handling. Your drive is vulnerable to damage from rough handling and static discharge. Do not drop your drive. Do not remove the seals and labels on the drive.
  • Page 6 Seagate drives. Seagate does not sanction any third-party repair facilities. Application. Your Seagate drive is designed for IBM AT and compatible personal computers. It uses the ATA interface. It is intended for use with UL-listed computers or similar products.

  • Page 7: Configuring The Drive

    Configuring the drive Required materials: 0.100-inch jumper connectors (supplied as spare jumpers) Your Seagate drive is configured using the options jumper block shown in Figure 1 on page 6. You can configure the drive: For one- or two-drive operation To be the master or slave drive...
  • Page 8 Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 J8. Options jumper block J8 pin 1 J1. Interface connector pin 1 J3. Standard power connector Circuit board +5V return +12V return +12V Figure 1. Drive connectors...
  • Page 9 Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 Options jumper block (J8) Circuit board side up Spares One drive only Drive is master; slave is present Drive is slave when another drive is present; Master/slave timing protocol. Makes the drive compat- ible with some drives as the slave.
  • Page 10 ATA-standard master/slave timing protocol. This setting allows the Seagate drive in the slave position to respond to some drives that use a different protocol. Try using this setting if the slave is not identified after power-on.

  • Page 11: Attaching The Cables

    Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 Attaching the cables Required materials: A 40-conductor interface cable with a 40-pin, female interface connector for each drive you want to attach. A four-conductor power-supply cable. Note. To ensure the integrity of your data, use a nonshielded cable with a maximum length of 18 inches (46 centimeters).

  • Page 12: Mounting The Drive

    Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 Mounting the drive Required materials: Four 6-32 UNC-2A screws (not included) The drive fits in the standard 3.5-inch bay and can be mounted in any orientation. Secure the drive with four mounting screws not more than 6 full turns (0.20 inches) into the drive frame (see...

  • Page 13: Transferring The Software From The Drive

    README. This file contains information about the Seamove transfer program. You must create a diskette with the software that Seagate pro- vides. To transfer the software, put a bootable, blank diskette into Drive A. To create a bootable diskette: 1.
  • Page 14 5. 3. Find the hard disc configuration in the System Setup screen. 4. Select drive type 2 for your new Seagate drive. If your com- puter does not offer drive type 2, use the following values: 615 cylinders, 4 heads and 17 sectors.

  • Page 15: Determining If Your Bios Accepts More Than 528 Mbytes

    Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 Determining if your BIOS accepts more than 528 Mbytes The following suggestions can help you to determine whether your BIOS limits the drive capacity to 528 Mbytes. If you are using a 286 or 386 computer, the native BIOS does not recognize more than 528 Mbytes.

  • Page 16: Configuring The Computer

    The EZ-Drive installation software allows your computer to ac- cess your Seagate drive’s full format capacity. It bypasses the BIOS during the boot sequence and uses the information it creates on Drive C to identify the drive before DOS is loaded.
  • Page 17 Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 Features option that appears in the dialog box when the format is complete allows you to disable Maximum Overdrive. EZ-Drive is easy and safe to use. You can choose a fully-auto- matic installation, which puts a single partition on the drive, or you can install the drive with multiple partitions and other custom features.
  • Page 18 Do not use these programs. Note. The Seagate version of EZ-Drive cannot install a non-Sea- gate drive without a Seagate drive present. 1. Boot your computer with the Seagate software diskette with EZ-Drive.
  • Page 19 Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 6. When the format is complete, the Options dialog box appears. We want to call your attention to two of the options in particular: Create Recovery Disk and Change Install Features. Create Recovery Disk allows you to save the boot information EZ-Drive uses to load your drive.

  • Page 20: Standard Setup

    The capacities your computer reports may vary slightly. If none of the standard drive types offered in System Setup match the translation geometry of your Seagate drive, select the user-defined or custom drive type, if available, and enter your drive’s translation geometry.

  • Page 21: Dual-Drive Emulation Installation

    Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 If a user-defined drive type is not offered, select a drive type that approximates, but does not exceed, the CMOS (Setup) Mbytes capacity in the translation geometry table above. Note. The drive does not use write precomp and landing zone.

  • Page 22: Partitioning And Formatting The Drive

    Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 Partitioning and formatting the drive Before you can use your Seagate drive, you must partition and high-level format it. In this guide we discuss formatting your drive with DOS—refer to your DOS user’s guide for assistance. If you are using another operating system, consult your operating sys- tem user’s guide for formatting instructions.

  • Page 23: Windows 32-Bit Disk Access

    Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 3. Select create DOS partition or logical DOS drive . Press ENTER 4. Select create primary DOS partition . Use the maximum avail- able size for your primary partition and make the partition active for Drive C. This puts the entire drive on one partition and allows you to load the DOS boot information on the drive.
  • Page 24 2. Open the Program Manager menu and select File. 3. Select Run. 4. Insert the Seagate software diskette into the diskette drive. 5. In the command line box, type drive:stsetup. 6. Read the license agreement that appears on the screen. If you agree to the terms, select to continue.

  • Page 25: Basic Troubleshooting

    Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 Basic troubleshooting Warning. Always turn off the computer before changing jumpers or unplugging cables and cards. Caution. Your drive and computer contain static-sensitive de- vices. Wear a ground strap or take other antistatic precaution while handling your drive.

  • Page 26: Advanced Troubleshooting

    Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 if you have a large-capacity drive, the translation geometry settings must not exceed the limitations set by the operating system and BIOS. Check for viruses. Before you use someone else’s diskette in your system for the first time, scan the diskette for viruses.
  • Page 27 Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 verify that the drive and host adapter are compatible with your computer by removing all the peripheral adapter cards (power must be off) except for the video card. Then reinstall the drive and host adapter card. If this is successful, reinstall the other peripherals one at a time until the conflict reoccurs.
  • Page 28 Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 The screen remains blank when you power up the system. Make sure the monitor is plugged in and turned on. Check all cards. Make sure the video card is seated in its slot and secured with mounting screws.
  • Page 29 Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 Make sure the power supply is adequate for system needs. Reboot the computer and make sure the drive spins up. The FDISK error message, “No Fixed Disk Present,” appears. Check all cables. Make sure the power supply is adequate for system needs.
  • Page 30 Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 Check all cables. Use FDISK to verify that the primary partition is active. Check for viruses. System error message, “HDD controller failure” appears. Confirm the jumper settings on the drive. Verify the System Setup drive-type values.
  • Page 31 This feature allows you to enable or disable Maximum Overdrive. To disable it after the drive has been installed: 1. Insert the Seagate software diskette with EZ-Drive into the diskette drive. 2. Type ez at the command line.

  • Page 32: Technical Support Services

    Your dealer is familiar with system configurations and can help you with system conflicts and other technical issues. If you need additional assistance with your Seagate drive or other Seagate products, you can call SeaBOARD , SeaFAX , Sea- gate Technical Support FAX, SeaFONE or SeaTDD . Seagate technical support is also available on CompuServe.
  • Page 33 A.M. P.M. SeaFONE provides recorded technical information on se- lected Seagate products while you are on hold. You can access the recordings 24 hours daily. Before calling, note your system configuration and drive model number (ST xxxx ). SeaTDD. 408/438-5382...
  • Page 34 Medalist 1270 Installation Guide, July 1995 Seagate’s Internet connections Technical information for Seagate drives is available on the internet from Seagate’s World-Wide Web home page (h ttp ://www.se agate.co m) o r Se agate’s ftp se rv er (ftp://ftp.seagate.com). The ftp server contains information...

  • Page 35: Storing And Shipping Your Drive

    Storing and shipping your drive Keep your original box and packing materials for storing or shipping your drive. The box has a Seagate Approved Package label. Shipping a drive in an unapproved container voids the warranty. Call your authorized Seagate distributor to purchase additional boxes.
  • Page 36 Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA Publication Number: 36315-001, July 1995, Printed in USA...

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