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Seagate ST9655 Family Installation Manual

Seagate ST9655 Family Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 ......ST9655 Family ......

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    © 1994 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved Publication Number: 36286-001, Rev. A October 1994 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Seagate logo are regis- tered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. SeaFAX, Sea- FONE, SeaBOARD and SeaTDD are trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc.

  • Page 3: Read Before You Begin

    If it appears to be damaged, call your distributor or dealer immediately. Warranty. See your authorized Seagate ® distributor or dealer. Maintenance and repair. Seagate drives do not require main- tenance. The head/disc assembly is sealed; if you break the seal,...

  • Page 4: Configuring The Drive

    If you attach the drive to the grounded CSEL connector, it becomes a master. If you attach the drive to the un- grounded CSEL connector, it becomes a slave. To configure an ST9655 family drive for cable select, install both master/slave jumpers, as shown in Figure 1. Attaching cables...
  • Page 5 ST9655 Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Note. Drive is shown with circuit board up. Master/slave Pin 1 configuration jumpers Pin 20 removed for keying Circuit board Drive is master; slave may be detected using DASP– signal Drive is master; Seagate slave drive present Drive is slave;...

  • Page 6: Mounting The Drive

    ST9655 Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 1. Turn off the computer and remove the battery. 2. Put on a grounded wrist strap. 3. Open your computer case. See your system manual for instructions. Caution. Opening the case may void your computer’s warranty.
  • Page 7 4X 3 mm × 0.5 mm × 0.15 in. (3.81 mm) deep min. full thread Pin 20 removed for keying Pin 1 0.157 ± 0.015 0.079 (2.00) (3.99 ± 0.38) 0.079 (2.00) 1.659 (42.14) Figure 2. Mounting dimensions for the ST9655 family drives...

  • Page 8: Configuring Your Computer

    This procedure is described on the following page. The table below lists cylinder, head and sector information for the ST9655 family drives. Drive specification ST9655AG ST9550AG ST9385AG No.
  • Page 9 ST9655 Family Installation Guide, Rev. A To enter these drive specifications into your system BIOS, follow these steps: 1. Turn on your computer. 2. Run the system setup program. This program configures the system BIOS to recognize your drive. In some computers you run the system setup program by pressing special keys while the computer is booting up.
  • Page 10 BIOS. The system setup program may request information on the drive’s write precomp or landing zone. Your Seagate drive does not use these parameters. For each parameter, enter the number of cylinders plus 1 (for example, enter 935 for the ST9385AG).

  • Page 11: Formatting And Partitioning The Drive

    Seagate Technology assumes no liability for lost data. Low-level formatting Seagate ATA Interface drives are low-level formatted at the factory and do not require additional low-level formatting before use. Note. If you are installing only a single drive in your computer, you can use the DOS program SETUP.EXE (supplied with...

  • Page 12: Installation Troubleshooting

    DOS CHKDSK utility program. Installation troubleshooting Before calling Seagate Technical Support, please read and con- sider all the possibilities discussed on the following pages. The suggestions presented here address the vast majority of instal- lation problems.
  • Page 13 ST9655 Family Installation Guide, Rev. A • Verify hardware compatibility. Check the documentation for your drive, host adapter and computer to confirm that these components are compatible. • Verify your hardware configuration. Check the documen- tation for your drive, host adapter and computer to confirm that all jumpers are set appropriately.
  • Page 14 ST9655 Family Installation Guide, Rev. A a time, until the conflict reappears. After you have isolated the source of the address conflicts, you can resolve the conflict by changing the I/O address of the peripheral that appears to cause the conflict.
  • Page 15 ST9655 Family Installation Guide, Rev. A • Power down the computer and remove the drive host adapter. If the screen comes on after you reboot, the host adapter may be incompatible or defective. If so, see your dealer. At startup, the computer does not recognize the presence of the drive.
  • Page 16 ST9655 Family Installation Guide, Rev. A The dealer partitioned and high-level formatted the drive for you in the store. Later, you installed the drive and it does not work. • Reboot the computer and make sure the drive spins up.
  • Page 17 ST9655 Family Installation Guide, Rev. A • The FDISK program on your DOS utilities diskette may be corrupted. Try running the program from a different diskette. • If you are using a version of DOS prior to Version 4.0, make the drive partitions smaller than 32 Mbytes.
  • Page 18 ST9655 Family Installation Guide, Rev. A the full capacity of the drive, and a user-defined drive type is not available, use a third-party partitioning utility. • Run FDISK again and make the partitions smaller. If you are using a version of DOS prior to Version 4.0, make the drive partitions smaller than 32 Mbytes.

  • Page 19: Compatibility Notes

    ST9655 Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Compatibility notes • The ST9655 family drives conform to the ATA interface speci- fications. The host system BIOS must provide support for the ATA interface command set. For a detailed description of the ATA commands implemented by these drives, see the Sea- gate ST9655 Family Product Manual and the Seagate ATA Interface Reference Manual .

  • Page 20: Technical Support Services

    Your dealer has first-hand experience with a wide variety of system configurations. Technical support is available for all Seagate products by calling the SeaFAX ™ , Seagate Technical Support FAX, SeaFONE ™ , SeaBOARD ™ and SeaTDD ™ services. SeaFAX You can use a touch-tone telephone to access Seagate’s...
  • Page 21 ST9655 Family Installation Guide, Rev. A SeaBOARD Using a modem, you can: • Access documentation, drive specifications and jumper settings for Seagate’s entire product line. • Download software for installing and analyzing your drive. • Request a return phone call from the technical support staff.

  • Page 22: 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 23 Notes...
  • Page 24 Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA Publication Number: 36286-001, Rev. A, Printed in USA...

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