Seagate ST9235 Family Installation Manual

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ST9235 Family:

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ST9080A

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ST9145A, ST9145AG

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ST9235A, ST9235AG

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Installation Guide

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Page 2: Table Of Contents
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Page 3: Read Before You Begin
ST9235 Family Installation Guide, Rev. B Read before you begin ... Note. Drives in the ST9235 family are usually installed in note- book or laptop systems. Special training or tools may be needed to service these computers. In some instances, opening the case may void your warranty.
Page 4: Installation Overview
Tampering with the factory seal voids the warranty. Seagate customer service centers are the only facilities authorized to service Seagate drives. Seagate does not sanction any third-party repair facilities. Shipping. When transporting or shipping a drive, you must use a Seagate-approved container.
Page 5: Setting Master/Slave Jumpers
Before mounting the drive, be sure that the connecting cable is long enough to reach the drive, but not so long that it will be pinched when the system enclosure is replaced. Connecting cables for the ST9235 family drives must not be longer than 18 inches (457 mm). Power connections...
Page 6 ST9235 Family Installation Guide, Rev. B Note. Drive is shown with circuit board up. Master/slave Pin 1 configuration jumpers Pin 20 removed for keying Circuit board Drive is master; no slave present Drive is master; Seagate slave drive present Drive is slave; Seagate master drive present Reserved positions (do not use) Figure 1.
Page 7: Mounting The Drive
ST9235 Family Installation Guide, Rev. B Mounting the drive You can mount (and operate) a ST9235 family drive in any orientation. However, you must securely attach the drive to a rigid frame using four side-mounting screws or four bottom-mounting screws.
Page 8 ST9235 Family Installation Guide, Rev. B drive types your BIOS supports. Another method is to run the FINDTYPE.EXE utility program, available from Seagate Techni- cal Support services (on the SeaBOARD BBS) as described in Appendix C. The methods used to configure system BIOS vary from system to system.
Page 9 In this case, consider the third option described above — allowing your ST9235 family drive to mimic one of the BIOS-supported drive types. During the BIOS setup process, simply select a drive type with a capacity that is less than or equal to the drive’s BIOS...
Page 10: Formatting And Partitioning The Drive
Therefore, drives having a capacity of over 32 Mbytes must be divided into several smaller partitions for use with these older versions of DOS. Seagate does not recommend using ST9235 family drives with DOS versions prior to Version 3.3.
Page 11: Installation Troubleshooting
DOS CHKDSK utility program. Installation troubleshooting Before calling Seagate Technical Support, please read and con- sider all the possibilities discussed below. The suggestions pre- sented here will resolve the vast majority of installation problems.
Page 12 ST9235 Family Installation Guide, Rev. B location. Make sure pin 1 on the interface cable connector is connected to pin 1 on the drive interface connector and pin 1 on the host connector. Refer to Figure 1 on page 4 for the location of pin 1 on the drive interface connector.
Page 13: Appendix A. At Interface Connector Pin Assignments
ST9235 Family Installation Guide, Rev. B Appendix A. AT interface connector pin assignments Drive pin # Host pin # and signal description Signal name Reset – Host Reset Ground Ground Host Data Bus Bit 7 Host Data Bus Bit 8...
Page 14: Appendix B. Mounting Dimension Drawings
ST9235 Family Installation Guide, Rev. B Appendix B. Mounting dimension drawings Dimensions are in inches (mm) 0.492 ± 0.005 (12.50 ± 0.13) 0.066 ± 0.020 (1.68 ± 0.51) 0.000 0.100 ± 0.010 (2.54 ± 0.25) 0.146 +0.011, –0.008 4X 3 mm 0.5 mm...
Page 15 ST9235 Family Installation Guide, Rev. B Dimensions are in inches (mm) 2.875 (73.03) 1.375 (34.93) 0.750 max (19.05) 0.157 ± 0.020 (3.99 ± 0.51) 0.000 0.118 (3.00) 1.227 ± 0.025 (31.17 ± 0.64) 4X 3 mm 0.5 mm, 0.15 in (3.81 mm) 0.146 +0.011, –0.008...
Page 16 ST9235 Family Installation Guide, Rev. B Dimensions are in inches (mm) 0.750 (19.05) max 0.066 ± 0.020 (1.68 ± 0.51) 0.039 ± 0.020 (0.99 ± 0.51) 0.000 0.230 ± 0.010 0.146 +0.011, –0.008 (5.84 ± 0.25) 4X 3 mm 0.5 mm (3.71 +0.28, –0.20)
Page 17: Appendix C. Technical Support Services
ST9235 Family Installation Guide, Rev. B Appendix C. Technical support services Product technical support is available for all Seagate products by calling the SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaTDD and SeaBOARD serv- ices described below. These services are free, but long-distance charges (if any) are paid by the user.
Page 18 ST9235 Family Installation Guide, Rev. B A directory of information and helpful utility programs that you can download to your own computer. The FINDTYPE.EXE utility program, which can be very useful in drive installation. It compares the drive’s geometry with all geometries supported by your system BIOS. This...
Page 20 Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA Publication Number: 36216-001, Rev. B, Printed in USA...

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