Maxtor QUICKVIEW 300 User manual

Maxtor®Quickview 300
80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB PATA
Product Manual
May 24, 2005
Part Number: 000001922

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magnetic emissions (EMI) and susceptibility (EMS). Certified equipment is labeled with the MIC
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Before You Begin
Thank you for your interest in Maxtor hard disk drives. This manual provides technical information 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.
CAUTION:Maxtor hard drives are precision products. Failure to follow these precautions and guidelines
outlined here may lead to product failure, damage and invalidation of all warranties.
1BEFORE unpacking or handling a drive, take all proper electro-static discharge (ESD) precau-
tions, including personnel and equipment grounding. Stand-alone drives are sensitive to ESD
damage.
2BEFORE removing drives from their packing material, allow them to reach room tempera-
ture.
3 During handling, NEVER drop, jar, or bump a drive.
4 Once a drive is removed from the Maxtor shipping container, IMMEDIATELY secure the
drive through its mounting holes within a chassis. Otherwise, store the drive on a padded,
grounded, antistatic surface.
5NEVER switch DC power onto the drive by plugging an electrically live DC source cable into
the drive's connector. NEVER connect a live bus to the drive's interface connector.
6ELECTRICAL GROUNDING - For proper operation, the drive must be securely fastened to a
device bay that provides a suitable electrical ground to the drive base plate.

Please do not remove or cover up Maxtor factory-installed drive labels. They contain information required
should the drive ever need repair.Thank you for your interest in Maxtor hard disk drives. This manual pro-
vides technical information 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 Customer Service Center at 800-2MAXTOR or 1-303-678-2015.
Corporate Headquarters:
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Table of Content
Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1 MAXTOR CORPORATION ................................................................................ 1-1
1.2 AUDIENCE ............................................................................................................. 1-1
1.3 MANUAL ORGANIZATION................................................................................ 1-2
1.4 TERMINOLOGY AND CONVENTIONS ........................................................... 1-2
1.5 REFERENCES........................................................................................................1-4
Chapter 2
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
2.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ....................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 KEY FEATURES..................................................................................................... 2-2
2.3 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE STANDARDS .................................................. 2-3
2.4 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................... 2-4
Chapter 3
INSTALLATION
3.1 SPACE REQUIREMENTS..................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 UNPACKING INSTRUCTIONS........................................................................... 3-2
3.3 HARDWARE OPTIONS ....................................................................................... 3-4
3.3.1 PATA Interface Connector ............................................................................... 3-4
3.3.2 PATA BUS ADAPTER ................................................................................... 3-9
3.4 COMBINATION CONNECTOR (J1)................................................................... 3-9
3.4.1 DC Power (J1, Section A) .............................................................................. 3-11
3.4.2 External Drive Activity LED .......................................................................... 3-11
3.4.3 PATA Bus Interface Connector (J1, Section C) .............................................. 3-11
3.5 MOUNTING......................................................................................................... 3-12
3.5.1 Orientation ..................................................................................................... 3-12
3.5.2 Clearance ....................................................................................................... 3-14
3.5.3 Ventilation ..................................................................................................... 3-14
3.6 FOR SYSTEMS WITH AN PATA ADAPTER BOARD..................................... 3-14
3.6.1 Adapter Board Installation ............................................................................... 3-14
3.6.1.1 Connecting the Adapter Board and the Drive................................................. 3-15
3.7 TECHNIQUES IN DRIVE CONFIGURATION................................................ 3-16
3.7.1 Operating system limitations ................................................................................... 3-16

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3.8 SYSTEM STARTUP AND OPERATION ........................................................... 3-18
Chapter 4
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
4.1 Models and Capacities ............................................................................................... 4-1
4.2 Drive Configuration .................................................................................................. 4-1
4.3 Performance Specifications.................................................................................. 4-2,4-3
4.4 Physical Dimensions .................................................................................................. 4-3
4.5 Power Requirements (80/100/120/160/200GB)....................................................... 4-4
4.5.1 Power Requirement (250/300GB).............................................................................4-4
4.5.2 Voltage Tolerance......................................................................................................4-4
4.6 Power Mode Definitions ........................................................................................... 4-5
4.7 EPA Energy Star Compliance .................................................................................... 4-5
4.8 Environmental Limits ................................................................................................ 4-6
4.9 Shock and Vibration .................................................................................................. 4-8
4.10 Reliability Specifications ............................................................................................ 4-9
4.11 EMC/EMI ................................................................................................................ 4-9
4.11.1 Radiated Electromagnetic Field Emissions - EMC Compliance .........................4-9
4.11.2 Canadian Emissions Statement ........................................................................4-10
4.12 Safety Regulatory Compliance................................................................................. 4-10
Chapter 5
ATA BUS INTERFACE AND ATA COMMANDS
5.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 5-1
5.2 MECHANICAL INTERFACE ................................................................................ 5-1
5.2.1 Signal Cable and Connector ..............................................................................5-1
5.3 ELECTRICAL INTERFACE................................................................................... 5-1
5.3.1 PATA Bus Interface ..........................................................................................5-1
5.4 REGISTER ADDRESS DECODING ..................................................................... 5-2
5.5 COMMAND INTERFACE..................................................................................... 5-2
5.5.1 General Feature Set ...........................................................................................5-2
5.5.2 Supported Commands ......................................................................................5-2
Chapter 6
SERVICE AND SUPPORT
6.1 Product Support/Technical Assistance/Customer Service .......................................... 6-1

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Appendix A
BREAKING THE 137 GIGABYTE STORAGE BARRIER 1
A.1 Breaking the 137 Gigabyte Storage Barrier ............................................................... A-1
A.1.1 History ............................................................................................................ A-1
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

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List of Figures
Figure 3-1 Mechanical Dimensions of the Quickview 300 Hard Drive .......................... 3-1
Figure 3-2 20-Pack Shipping Container ......................................................................... 3-3
Figure 3-3 Jumper Locations on the PATA Interface Connector .................................... 3-4
Figure 3-4 AT Connector and Jumper Location ............................................................ 3-8
Figure 3-5 J1 DC Power and PATA Bus Combination Connector .............................. 3-10
Figure 3-6 Mounting Dimensions for the Quickview 300 Hard Drives ........................ 3-12
Figure 3-7 Mounting Screw Clearance for the Quickview 300 Hard Drive .................. 3-13
Figure 3-8 Drive Power Supply and PATA Bus Interface Cables ................................. 3-15
Figure 4-1 Basplate Temperature Measurement Location ................................................... 4-7

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List of Tables
Table 3-1 AT Jumper Options .............................................................................................. 3-5
Table 3-2 Cylinder Limitation Jumper (CLJ).......................................................................... 3-7
Table 3-3 J1 Power Connector, Section A .......................................................................... 3-11
Table 3-4 Logical Addressing Format ................................................................................... 3-17
Table 5-1 Supported Commands........................................................................................... 5-2
Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters .................................................................... 5-6

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Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1 Maxtor Corporation
Maxtor corporation is one of the world’s largest suppliers of hard disk
drive products-products that help store the digital world for millions of
users. Maxtor products serve a range of markets, including personal and
entertainment, small office/home office, mid-sized business and
enterprise
Products
Maxtor storage products include drives and accessories for PC’s,
workstations, RAID products, enterprise applications, enterprise servers,
high-end systems, consumer electronics and personal storage.
Support
Maxtor provides a variety of consumer 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
previously resolved problems, software downloads, and contact by
phone or E-mail with a support person. For more information, visit
www.maxtor.com/en/support.
1.2 Audience
The Quickview 300 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB PATA product
manual is intended for installers, developers, consumer electronics and
personal computer original equipment manufacturers (CE/PC,OEM),and
distributors. The manual provides information about installation,
principles of operation, interface command implementation, and
maintenance.
The Maxtor family of drives provide a high-quality, low cost, market
leading 100GB per disk products to serve consumer electronics market.

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1.3 MANUAL ORGANIZATION
This manual is organized into the following chapters:
• Chapter 1 – Introduction
• Chapter 2 – General Description
• Chapter 3 – Installation
• Chapter 4 – Product Specifications
• Chapter 5 – ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands
• Chapter 6 – Service and Support
1.4 TERMINOLOGY AND CONVENTIONS
In the Glossary at the back of this manual, you can find definitions for
many of the terms used in this manual. In addition, the following
abbreviations are used in this manual:
• ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
• ATA advanced technology attachment
• Bels sound power units
• bpi bits per inch
• DA Double Amplitude(represents pk-pk shaker
displacement)
• dB decibels
• dBA decibels, A weighted
• DPS Data Protection System
• ECC error correcting code
• G rms G root mean square
•Hz hertz
• KB kilobytes
• Kfci thousands of flux changes per inch
• LSB least significant bit
• mA milliamperes
• MB megabytes (1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes when referring
to disk transfer rates or storage capacities and
1,048,576 bytes in all other cases)
• Mb/s megabits per second

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• MB/s megabytes per second
• MHz megahertz
• ms milliseconds
• MSB most significant bit
• mV millivolts
• ns nanoseconds
• PATA Parallel ATA
• PC Personal Computer
• SPS Shock Protection System
• tpi tracks per inch
• µs microseconds
•V volts
The typographical and naming conventions used in this manual are listed below.
Conventions that are unique to a specific table appear in the notes that follow that
table.
Typographical Conventions:
•Names of Bits: Bit names are presented in initial capitals. An
example is the Host Software Reset bit.
•Commands: Interface commands are listed in all capitals. An
example is WRITE DMA.
•Register Names: Registers are given in this manual with initial
capitals. An example is the Alternate Status Register.
•Parameters: Parameters are given as initial capitals when
spelled out, and are given as all capitals when abbreviated.
Examples are Prefetch Enable (PE), and Cache Enable (CE).
•Hexadecimal Notation: The hexadecimal notation is given in
9-point subscript form. An example is 30H.
•Signal Negation: A signal name that is defined as active low
is listed with a minus sign following the signal. An example is
RD–.
•Messages: A message that is sent from the drive to the host
is listed in all capitals. An example is ILLEGAL COMMAND.

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Naming Conventions:
•Host: In general, the system in which the drive resides is
referred to as the host.
1.5 REFERENCES
For additional information about the ATA interface, refer to the latest
revision of the draft standard on the internet at http://www.t13.org/
using the link under “1410D AT Attachment - 6 with Packet Interface
(ATA/ATAPI - 6)and (ATA/ATAPI -7).”

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Chapter 2
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This chapter summarizes the general functions and key features of the
Quickview 300 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB PATA hard disk
drives, as well as the applicable standards and regulations.
2.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Maxtor’s Quickview 300 PATA hard disk drives are part of a family of
high performance, 1-inch-high hard disk drives manufactured to meet the
highest product quality standards.
These hard disk drives use nonremovable, 3 1/2-inch hard disks and
are available with the PATA interface.
The Quickview 300 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB PATA hard disk
drives feature an embedded hard disk drive controller, and use PATA
commands to optimize system performance. Because the drive manages
media defects and error recovery internally, these operations are fully
transparent to the user.
The innovative design of the Quickview 300 hard disk drives incorporate
leading edge technologies such as Ultra ATA/133, Advanced Cache
Management, Shock Protection System™ (SPS), Data Protection System
(DPS) and Quiet Drive Technology (QDT). These enhanced technologies
enable Maxtor to produce a family of high-performance, high-reliability
drives.
2.2 KEY FEATURES
The Quickview 300 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB PATA hard disk
drives include the following key features:
General
• Low profile, 1-inch height
• Industry standard 3 1/2-inch form factor
• ATA/ATAPI-7 compliant
• Real Time operating system compliant
• Windows®NT2000, XP, Server and Media Center Certifications.

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•EmulationofIBM
®PC AT®task file register, and all AT fixed disk
commands
Performance
• Average seek time of <9.0 ms (increased in Quiet Mode)
• Average rotational latency of 4.17 ms
• New Ultra ATA interface with Maxtor-patented Ultra ATA/133
protocol supporting burst data transfer rates of 133MB/s
• 8MB and 16MB Cache buffer
• Look-ahead DiskCache feature with continuous prefetch and
WriteCache write-buffering capabilities
• AutoTask Register update, Multi-block AutoRead, and Multi-block
AutoWrite features in a custom ASIC
• Read-on-arrival firmware
• Quadruple-burst ECC, and double burst ECC on-the-fly
• 1:1 interleave on read/write operations
• Support of all standard PATA data transfer modes with PIO mode
4 and multiword DMA mode 2, and Ultra DMA modes 0, 1, 2, 3,
4, 5 and 6
• Adaptive cache segmentation
• FDB (Fluid Dynamic Bearing Motors)
Reliability
• Automatic retry on read errors
• 320-bit, non-interleaved Reed-Solomon Error Correcting Code
(ECC), with cross checking correction up to fifteen separate bursts
of 10 bits each totalling up to 150 bits in length
• S.M.A.R.T. 4 (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology)
• Transparent media defect mapping
• High performance, in-line defective sector skipping
• Reassignment of defective sectors discovered in the field, without
reformatting
• Shock Protection System to reduce handling induced failures
• Data Protection System to verify drive integrity
• Quiet Drive Technology (QDT)
• Demonstrated at high temperatures

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Versatility
• Quiet mode
• Power saving modes
• Downloadable firmware
• Cable select feature
• Ability to daisy-chain two drives on the interface
2.3 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE STANDARDS
Maxtor Corporation’s disk drive products meet all domestic and
international product safety regulatory compliance requirements.
Maxtor’s disk drive products conform to the following specifically marked
Product Safety Standards:
• Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Standard 1950. This
certificate is a category certification pertaining to all 3.5-inch
series drives models.
• Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Standard C.22.2 No.
1950. This certificate is a category certification pertaining to
all 3.5-inch series drives models.
• TUV Rheinland Standard EN60 950. This certificate is a
category certification pertaining to all 3.5-inch series drives
models.
• This product meets the EC Directive on Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and the EC Directive on the
Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical
and Electronic Equipment (RoHS)
Product EMI/EMS Qualifications:
• CE Mark authorization is granted by TUV Rheinland in
compliance with our qualifying under EN 55022:1994 and EN
50082-1:1997.
• C-Tick Mark is an Australian authorization marked noted on
Maxtor’s disk drive products. The mark proves conformity to
the regulatory compliance document AS/NZS 3548: 1995
and BS EN 55022: 1995.
• Maxtor’s disk drives are designed as a separate subassembly that
conforms to the FCC Rules for Radiated and Conducted emissions,
Part 15 Subpart J; Class B when installed in a given computer
system.
• Approval from Taiwan BSMI. Number: 3892A638

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Chapter 3
INSTALLATION
This chapter explains how to unpack, configure, mount, and connect the
Maxtor Quickview 300 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB PATA hard
disk drive prior to operation. It also explains how to start up and operate
the drive.
3.1 SPACE REQUIREMENTS
The Quickview 300 hard disk drives are shipped without a faceplate.
Figure 3-1 shows the external dimensions of the Quickview 300 PATA
drives.
Figure 3-1 Mechanical Dimensions of Quickview 300 Hard Disk Drive

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3.2 UNPACKING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Open the shipping container and remove the packing assembly
that contains the drive.
2. Remove the drive from the packing assembly.
3. When you are ready to install the drive, remove it from the ESD
bag.
CAUTION: The maximum limits for physical shock can be exceeded if the
drive is not handled properly. Special care should be
taken not to bump or drop the drive. It is highly recommended
that Maxtor Quickview 300 drives are not stacked or placed on
any hard surface after they are unpacked. Such handling could
cause media damage.
CAUTION: During shipment and handling, the antistatic electrostatic dis-
charge (ESD) bag prevents electronic component
damage due to electrostatic discharge. To avoid accidental dam-
age to the drive, do not use a sharp instrument to open the ESD
bag and do not touch PCB components. Save the packing mate-
rials for possible future use.

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Figure 3-2 Quickview 300 20-Pack Shipping Container

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3.3 HARDWARE OPTIONS
3.3.1 PATA Interface Connector
The configuration of a Quickview 300 PATA hard disk drive depends on
the host system in which it is to be installed. This section describes the
hardware options that you must take into account prior to installation.
Figure 3-3 Jumper Locations on the PATA Interface Connector