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Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB
Product Manual
January 2, 2004
Part Number: 1904

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  • Page 1 Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB Product Manual January 2, 2004 Part Number: 1904...
  • Page 2 This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licences restrict- ing its use, copying, distributing, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Maxtor and its licensors, if any.

  • Page 3: Before You Begin

    Before You Begin Thank you for your interest in Maxtor hard disk drives. This manual provides technical infor- mation for OEM engineers and systems integrators regarding the installation and use of Maxtor hard drives. Drive repair should be performed only at an authorized repair center. For repair information, contact the Maxtor Product Support Center at 1-800-2MAXTOR.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Maxtor Corporation ................. 1-1 1.2 Manual Organization ................ 1-1 1.3 Abbreviations ................. 1-2 1.4 Conventions ................... 1-2 Chapter 2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 2.1 Product Description ................. 2-1 2.2 Key Features .................. 2-1 2.3 Product Features ................
  • Page 5 A.1.2 Solving the 137 Gigabyte Capacity Barrier ......... A-3 A.1.3 How is the Extension Implemented? .......... A-3 A.1.4 What Do the Drives Need to Meet the Spec? ......A-3 A.1.5 What Else is Involved? ............. A-3 A.1.6 What is the Next Barrier? ............A-4 Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...
  • Page 6 List of Figures Figure 2-1 PCBA Jumper Location and Configuration ........... 2-7 Figure 3-1 Outline and Mounting Dimensions .............. 3-4 Figure 4-1 Single Pack Shipping Container ..............4-3 Figure 4-2 20 Pack Shipping Container ................4-4 Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Support Maxtor provides a variety of customer support options, all designed to make sure the user gets fast, helpful, accurate information to help resolve any difficulties. These options include a broad, searchable knowledge base of FAQ’s, product manuals, installation guides, information on...

  • Page 8: Abbreviations

    (e.g., IDENTIFY DRIVE). Fields containing only one bit are usually referred to as the “name” bit instead of the “name” field. Names of drive registers begin with a capital letter (e.g., Cylinder High register). Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...
  • Page 9 When a signal is released, it means the signal is not actively driven to any state. Some signals have bias circuitry that pull the signal to either a true or false state when no signal driver is actively asserting or negating. Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 10: Product Description

    These hard drives use non-removable, 3 1/2-inch hard disks and are available with ATA interfaces. Maxtor has combined leading edge technologies with the largest ATA drive storage capacity available today to create the highly durable MaXLine II hard disk drive. Innovative features and design make it ideally suited for applications requiring large storage capacity.

  • Page 11: Product Features

    UltraDMA-Mode 5 Maxtor hard drives fully comply with the new ANSI Ultra DMA protocol, which greatly improves overall AT interface performance by significantly improving burst and sustained data throughput.
  • Page 12 The first spare sector makes up for the loss of sector 3, and so maintains the sequential order of data. This push down method assures maximum performance. On-the-Fly Hardware Error Correction Code (ECC) >24 symbols, single burst, guaranteed Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 13: Cache Management

    A disk write task begins to store the host data to disk. Host write commands continue to be accepted and data transferred to the buffer until either the write command stack is full or the data buffer is full. The drive may reorder write commands to optimize drive throughput. Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 14: Major Hda Components

    Rotary Actuator All Maxtor hard drives employ a rotary voice coil actuator which consists of a moving coil, an actuator arm assembly and stationary magnets. The actuator moves on a low-mass, low-friction center shaft.

  • Page 15: Subsystem Configuration

    CSEL (cable select) is an optional feature per ANSI ATA specification. Drives configured in a multiple drive system are identified by CSEL’s value: – If CSEL is grounded, then the drive address is 0. – If CSEL is open, then the drive address is 1. Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 16: Cylinder Limitation Jumper Description

    Identify Drive allowing large capacity drives to work with older BIOS. The capacity reported when J45:J46 is closed will be as follows: drives less than or equal to 32GB will report 2.1GB. Drives greater than 32GB will report 32GB. Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 17: Product Specifications

    28 bit addressing logic your drive will appear to only have 137GB of capacity. You can upgrade your system to break this barrier by installing a Maxtor PCI card kit (Maxtor p/n K01PCAT133). You may also be able to upgrade your system by downloading new BIOS and/or Drivers.

  • Page 18: Drive Configuration

    Data Zones per Surface Data Sectors per Track 581/1126 (ID/OD) Areal 61.5/53 Density (80/160 disk configuration) (Gbits/in max ID/OD) Flux Density 673/574 (kfci, ID/OD) (80/160 disk configuration) Recording Density 646/550 (kbpi, (80/160 disk configuration) ID/OD) Track Density (K TPI) Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 19: Performance Specifications

    Data Buffer Size 2/SDRAM (MB)/Type Drive Ready Time <8.6 (typical sec) Physical Dimensions PARAMETER VALUE Height (maximum in mm) 26.1 Width (typical mm) 101.6 Depth (Inches and mm) 5.787 in. max/147.0 mm max. Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 20: Figure 3-1 Outline And Mounting Dimensions

    Product Specifications PARAMETER VALUE Weight (maximum in grams) < 610 grams Figure 3-1 Outline and Mounting Dimensions Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 21: Power Requirements

    Standby state. EPA Energy Star Compliance Maxtor Corporation supports the goals of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program to reduce the electrical power consumption of computer equipment.

  • Page 22: Environmental Limits

    ARR specification for any OEM requiring those values in their purchase specification. 2. The testing performed by Maxtor is consistent with ISO 7779. Variation in acoustic levels from the idle specification may occur due to offline activity according to the SMART specification and/ or atmospheric conditions.

  • Page 23: Shock And Vibration (Tbd)

    5 - 2000 Hz PSD: 0.45 GRMS 7 - 800 Hz at 3.08 GRMS No Damage Swept Sine Vibration Frequency (Hz) / Acceleration (Gpk) (0.25 octave/minute, 5=0.38” DA peak amplitude) 8.8=0.38” DA 5-1500Hz 9=1.500 90=1.500 600=0.060 1500=0.060 Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 24: Reliability Specifications

    The CE Marking indicates conformity with the European Union Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) when the disk mechanism is installed in a typical personal computer. Maxtor recommends that testing and analysis for EMC compliance be performed with the disk mechanism installed within the user's end-use application.

  • Page 25: Safety Regulatory Compliance

    Safety Regulatory Compliance All Maxtor hard drives comply with relevant product safety standards such as CE, CUL, TUV and UL rules and regulations. As delivered, Maxtor hard drives are designed for system integration before they are used. Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 26: Handling And Installation

    Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) To better avoid problems associated with ESD, Maxtor advises that anyone handling a disk drive use a wrist strap with an attached wire connected to an earth ground. Failure to observe these precautions voids the product warranty.

  • Page 27: Unpacking And Inspection

    Phone: (909) 627-8178 Fax: (909) 627-7449 www.charleswater.com Maxtor also offers a complete video training package, “Care and Handling of Maxtor Disk Drives.” Contact your Maxtor representative for details. Unpacking and Inspection Retain any packing material for reuse. Inspect the shipping container for evidence of damage in transit.

  • Page 28: Figure 4-1 Single Pack Shipping Container

    Handling and Installation Figure 4-1 Single-Pack Shipping Container Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 29: Figure 4-2 20 Pack Shipping Container

    Handling and Installation 20-pack cover BC label (facing up) Product in sealed static shielding bag 20-pack tray Sleeve Carton Carton tape Figure 4-2 20-Pack Shipping Container Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 30: Repacking

    Handling and Installation Repacking If a Maxtor drive requires return, repack it using Maxtor packing materials, including the antistatic bag. Physical Installation The detailed installation instructions for Maxtor hard drives are provided in the Installation Guide. To obtain a copy of the Installation Guide please visit Maxtor’s web site at www.maxtor.com and select the product...

  • Page 31: Ata Bus Interface And Ata Commands

    INTRODUCTION Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB hard disk drives use the standard ATA/ ATAPI interface. Support of various options in the standard are explained in the following sections.

  • Page 32: Register Address Decoding

    COMMAND INTERFACE 5.5.1 General Feature Set The µProcessor, Disk Controller, and ATA Interface electronics are contained in a proprietary ASIC developed by Maxtor. 5.5.2 Supported Commands The MaXLine II hard disk drives support all the mandatory commands from the general feature set for devices not supporting the Packet command feature set.
  • Page 33 SECURITY FREEZE LOCK SECURITY SET PASSWORD SECURITY UNLOCK SEEK SET FEATURES Note 1 SET MAX ADDRESS SET MAX SET PASSWORD SET MAX LOCK SET MAX UNLOCK SET MAX FREEZE LOCK SET MULTIPLE MODE SLEEP 99h, E6h Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...
  • Page 34 SMART SAVE ATTRIBUTE VALUES SMART WRITE LOG STANDBY 96h, E2h STANDBY IMMEDIATE 94h, E0h WRITE BUFFER WRITE DMA CAh, CBh WRITE MULTIPLE WRITE PIO OVERLAP WRITE SECTOR(S) 30h, 31h Note: 1. As defined in the ATA/ATAPI-6 standard. Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 35: Service And Support

    Chapter 6 SERVICE AND SUPPORT Product Support/Technical Assistance/Customer Service For Product Service and Support Information please visit our site at: www.maxtor.com for warranty service or www.maxtorkb.com for technical support. Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 36: Breaking The 137 Gigabyte Storage Barrier

    The ANSI NCITS T13 Technical Committee (also known as the ANSI ATA committee) has broken this barrier by incorporating a proposal from Maxtor into the ATA/ATAPI-6 draft standard that defines a method for 48-bit addressing on a single drive, giving more than 144 petabytes (144,000 gigabytes) of storage.

  • Page 37: History

    ATA interface that provided only 28 bits of address for data. This specification means a hard disk can have a maximum of 268,435,456 sectors of 512 bytes of data which puts the ATA interface maximum at 137.4 gigabytes. Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...
  • Page 38 DOS 4.x limit 528 megabytes: Early ATA BIOSs without BIOS extensions 2.1 gigabytes: DOS file system partition limit 4.2 gigabytes: CMOS extended CHS addressing limit (not widely experienced) 8.4 gigabytes: BIOS/Int13 24-bit addressing limit 32 gigabytes: BIOS limit Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...

  • Page 39: Solving The 137 Gigabyte Capacity Barrier

    ASIC, and this is where drive manufacturers must update their designs. Maxtor is the leader in development efforts and is the first to deliver a product with the capacity and drive technology to deliver greater than 137 gigabytes of capacity.

  • Page 40: What Else Is Involved

    2000, and XP (Windows XP/64-bit also has the limit because of leveraged 32-bit code). This barrier could be real as early as 2004 if current hard drive capacity rate increases continue along the same growth trends. Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...
  • Page 41 • 144 petabytes = 144,000,000,000,000,000 bytes 120 billion books – (more than all that man has written) • 9.4 zettabytes = 9,400,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes Appendix C: Resources • Maxtor “Big Drive” web site for resource information: http://www.maxtor.com/bigdrive • ATA/ATAPI-6: http://www.T13.org Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...
  • Page 42 The listing is typed into the positioner. The internal mechanism low-level formatting program when the that moves the read/write head to the drive is being installed. Because Maxtor proper track. The Maxtor actuator disk drive’s defect-management consists of a rotary voice coil and the scheme handles all such flaws head mounting arms.
  • Page 43 Optical recording is a newer disk CPU – Acronym for Central Processing technology that gives higher capacity Unit. The microprocessor chip that storage but at slower access times. Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...
  • Page 44 The Maxtor disk drives all have FAT – Acronym for file allocation table. controllers embedded on the drive A data table stored on the outer edge printed-circuit board.
  • Page 45 For example, most HOME – Reference position track for Maxtor disk drives use a 3 1/2-inch recalibration of the actuator, usually form factor. the outer track (track 0). HOST ADAPTER – A plug-in board that...
  • Page 46 Formatting that creates the sectors on the platter surfaces so the operating system can access the required areas for generating the file structure. Maxtor JUMPER – A tiny box that slips over drives are shipped with the low-level two pins that protrude from a circuit formatting already done.
  • Page 47 REDUNDANT ARRAY OF on tape or disk. INDEPENDENT DISKS (RAID) - is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus, redundantly) on multiple Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...
  • Page 48 READ/WRITE HEAD – The tiny interface between the computer and electromagnetic coil and metal pole controller. SCSI has grown in piece used to create and read back the popularity and is one of the most magnetic patterns (write or read Maxtor MaXLine II 250/300GB...
  • Page 49 Glossary flexible and intelligent interfaces and capable of storing data at high available. density. Maxtor disk drives use sputtered thin film disks. SECTOR – A section of space along a track on the disk, or the data that is STEPPER – A type of motor that stored in that section.
  • Page 50 The size of a Maxtor drive is expressed in formatted capacity. VOICE COIL – A type of motor used to move the disk read/write head in and out to the right track.

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