Introduction ® This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate LD25 Series drives: • ST9402115A • ST920217A Seagate LD25 Series drives comprise a new product category of 2.5-inch form factor drives designed for non- notebook PC applications such as: •...
Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate ST9402115A and ST920217A model drives. Specification summary The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference.
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Table 1: Specifications Drive specification Full-stroke seek (msec) Startup current 5V (amps typical) (max = +/- 10%) Seek power, random r/w, desktop usage (watts, typical) Idle mode (watts, typical) Standby and sleep modes (watts, typical) Voltage tolerance (including noise) Ambient temperature Temperature gradient (°C per hour max, noncondensing) Relative humidity...
Formatted capacity Model Formatted capacity* ST9402115A 40 Gbytes ST920217A 20 Gbytes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environ- ment and formatting. Default logical geometry Cylinders Read/write heads 16,383 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,...
Physical characteristics Height (mm) (inches) Width (mm) (inches) Length (mm) (inches) Typical weight (grams) (pounds) Seek time Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications below are defined as follows: •...
Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V) through the 4-pin power connector. 2.9.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 7. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, at 25°C ambient temperature. •...
2.9.1.1 Typical current profile Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operation current profile 2.9.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. Using 5-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 100 mV peak-to-peak square-wave injected noise at up to 10 MHz.
2.9.4 Power-management modes The drive provides programmable power management to provide greater energy efficiency. In most systems, you can control power management through the system setup program. The drive features the following power-management modes: Table 3: Power management modes Power modes Heads Active (operating) Tracking...
2.10 Environmental specifications 2.10.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 65°C (149°F) within the operating ambient conditions. Above 1,000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is derated linearly by 1°C every 1000 feet. Operating 5°...
2.10.5 Shock All shock specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.10.5.1 Operating shock These drives comply with the performance levels specified in this document when subjected to a maximum operating shock of 100 Gs based on half-sine shock pulses of 2 msec.
2.11 Acoustics Drive acoustics are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels. All measurements are con- sistent with ISO document 7779. Sound power measurements are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. For all tests, the drive is oriented with the cover facing upward. Note.
2.13 Reliability Measurement type Nonrecoverable read errors Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) Load/Unload (L/UL) Controlled L/UL cycles (40°C, 50% Relative Humidity) Emergency L/UL cycles (40°C, 50% Relative Humidity) Service Life Warranty 2.14 Agency certification 2.14.1 Safety certification The drives are recognized in accordance with UL 1950 and CSA C22.2 (950) and meet all applicable sections of IEC950 and EN 60950 as tested by TUV North America.
Korean RRL If these drives have the Korea Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) logo, they comply with para- graph 1 of Article 11 of the Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) Ministry of Information and Communication Republic of Korea.
2.15 Environmental protection Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.15.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) A new law, the European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, will restrict the pres- ence of chemical substances, including Lead (Pb), in electronic products effective July 2006.
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Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. Handling and static discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostatic dis- charge (ESD) hazards. Observe the following standard handling and static-discharge precautions: Caution: •...
3.2.2 Cable-select option Computers that use cable select determine the master and slave drives by selecting or deselecting pin 28, CSEL, on the interface bus. Master and slave drives are determined by their physical position on the cable. To enable cable select, set a jumper as shown in Figure 2. Refer to your computer manual to determine whether your computer supports this option.
Drive mounting You can mount the drive using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. See Figure 3 for drive mounting dimensions (dimensions in inches with mm in parentheses). Follow these important mounting precautions when mounting the drive: •...
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ATA interface These drives use the industry-standard ATA task file interface that supports 16-bit data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–5. The drive also supports the use of the IORDY signal to provide reliable high-speed data transfers. For detailed information about the ATA interface, refer to the draft of AT Attachment with Packet Interface Extension (ATA/ATAPI-6), NCITS T13 1410D, subsequently referred to as the Draft ATA-6 Standard.
4.1.1 Supported ATA commands The following table lists ATA-standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Draft ATA-6 Standard... Table 7: Supported commands Command name ATA-standard commands ATA Device Configuration Overlay ATA Service Check Power Mode Download Microcode...
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Table 7: Supported commands Command name Security Unlock Seek Set Drive Parameters Set Features Set Max Address Note: Individual Set Max com- mands are identified by the value placed in the Set Max Features register as defined to the right. Set Multiple Mode Sleep S.M.A.R.T.
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Table 7: Supported commands Command name Security Freeze Lock Security Disable Password Command code (in hex) LD25 Series PATA Product Manual, Rev. C...
4.1.2 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code EC power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in Table 7 on page 22. All reserved bits or words should be set to zero. Parameters listed with an “x” are drive-specific or vary with the state of the drive.
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Word Description 60–61 Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section 2.2 for related information) Retired Multiword DMA active and modes supported (see note following this table) Advanced PIO modes supported (modes 3 and 4 supported) Minimum multiword DMA transfer cycle time per word (120 nsec) Recommended multiword DMA transfer cycle time per word (120 nsec)
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Description (if bit is set to 1) Word 63 Multiword DMA mode 0 is supported. Multiword DMA mode 1 is supported. Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported. Multiword DMA mode 0 is currently active. Multiword DMA mode 1 is currently active. Multiword DMA mode 2 is currently active.
4.1.3 Set Features command This command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY, checks the contents of the Features register, clears BSY and generates an inter- rupt. If the value in the register does not represent a feature that the drive supports, the command is aborted. Power-on default has the read look-ahead and write caching features enabled.
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Index Numerics 3D Defense System 1 acoustics 12 Active mode 9 AFR 13 agency certification (regulatory) 13 altitude 10 ambient conditions 3 ambient temperature 6 Annualized Failure Rate 13 areal density 5 ATA interface 21 ATA-standard commands 22 Australian C-Tick 14 average seek time 6 BPI 5 buffer 1...
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interface 5 interface signals 21 interference 14 interleave 5 internal data-transfer rate OD 5 ISO document 7779 12 jumper settings 17 Korean RRL 14 LBA mode 5 length 6 Load/Unload 13 logical geometry 5 Master/slave configuration 17 maximum temperature 10 modes 21 monitoring 1 mounting the drive 17...
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