Operating System Versions Tested; Compatibility Test Configurations; Software Utilities; Software Support - Seagate Momentus ST9160824AS Product Manual

Table 12: Tested BIOS versions
Manufacturer Model
SIS 760
SIS 760
VIA K8M800
VIA K8M800
VIA K8M800
5.3

Operating system versions tested

This list indicates the types of Operating Systems Seagate tested during the compatibility testing process and
highlights the major OS manufacturers. Several variations of the major operating systems have been tested.
Table 13: Operating systems tested
Manufacturer Version/Release
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Compatibility evaluated, but not tested)
Microsoft Windows XP, XP Pro, XP Home (Service Pack 2) (multiple languages)
Microsoft Windows Vista
5.4

Compatibility test configurations

Tests are performed to ensure functionality to the ATA/ATAPI-7 specification. Seagate design and testing are
constantly evolving to match the evolution of the ATA/ATAPI specifications. Momentus 5400 FDE.2 SATA
drives should be expected to be largely compliant to the emerging ATA/ATAPI-8 specification.
Exceptions to the specifications for the Momentus 5400 FDE.2 SATA drives are listed in Section 4.0.
5.5

Software utilities

The following is a brief overview of a some of the Seagate utilities used during the Seagate competitive analy-
sis process.
The Seagate SeaTools application is an exclusive disc drive diagnostic software designed to troubleshoot most
hard drive issues. Desktop edition works with most ATA, SATA, or SCSI drives in desktop systems and has a
98 percent accuracy rate.
This is a list of some of the third party utilities used in the testing process.
Vendor Application
Intel PCI-EXE
Microsoft Winbench99
Symantec Norton Utilities
5.5.1

Software support

Some customers are purchasing the Momentus 5400 FDE.2 SATA drives with software bundled from ISV part-
ners. For those customers, the ISV software will be available to integrate with Momentus 5400 FDE.2 SATA
drives.
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BIOS Vendor BIOS Release
AMI V2.54
PHOENIX V3.01
AMI V0210
AMI V2.54
AWARD V6.00PG
Momentus 5400 FDE.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. B
BIOS Version
8/18/2004
8/30/2005
10/17/2005