Introduction; Figure 1. St1.3 Series Ide Interface (Zif Connector) Disc Drive - Seagate ST1.3 Series Product Manual

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Introduction

This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate
Series drives:
• ST612712DE-12GB, ST610712DE-10GB, ST680712DE-8GB and ST660712DE-6GB disc drives with a ZIF
(zero insertion force) connector using an IDE interface.
• ST612712DEG-12GB, ST610712DEG-10GB, ST680712DEG-8GB and ST660712DEG-6GB disc drives
with a ZIF (zero insertion force) connector using an IDE interface. These models incorporate an additional
free-fall sensor for robust drop performance.
These drives provide the following key features.
• 3,600-RPM spindle speed and a 2-Mbyte buffer combined for superior read/write performance.
• Quiet operation. Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor.
• Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) recording heads and EPRML technology, which provide the drives with
increased areal density.
• State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms.
• 2.0K Gs nonoperating shock, and 300 Gs operating shock.
• SeaTools™ diagnostic software performs a drive self-test that eliminates unnecessary drive returns.
Figure 1. ST1.3 Series IDE interface (ZIF connector) disc drive
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