Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA User manual

QuickView 400/500GB
Serial ATA Product Manual
January 13, 2006
Part Number: 000001931

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Before You Begin
Thank you for your interest in Maxtors QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA hard disk drives. This
manual provides technical information for OEM engineers and systems integrators regarding the
installation and use of Maxtor Serial ATA hard drives. Please do not remove or cover up Maxtor
factory-installed drive labels. They contain information required should the drive ever need
repair. Drive repair should be performed only at an authorized repair center. For repair informa-
tion, 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 electrostatic discharge (ESD)
precautions, 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
temperature.
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. NEVER stack hard drives. This may cause dam-
age to the drive.
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Table of Contents
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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 AUDIENCE .................................................................................................. 1-1
1.2 MANUAL ORGANIZATION..................................................................... 1-1
1.3 TERMINOLOGY AND CONVENTIONS ................................................ 1-2
1.4 REFERENCES ............................................................................................. 1-3
Chapter 2
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
2.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ............................................................................ 2-1
2.2 KEY FEATURES.......................................................................................... 2-1
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 Serial ATA Interface Connector .............................................................3-4
3.3.2 Data Transfer Rates ................................................................................3-4
3.3.3 Serial ATA Bus Connector .....................................................................3-5
3.3.4 Adapter Board ........................................................................................3-5
3.4 ATA Bus Interface Connector (J1, Section C) ................................................ 3-8
3.5 MOUNTING................................................................................................ 3-8
3.5.1 Orientation ............................................................................................3-8
3.5.2 Clearance .............................................................................................3-11
3.5.3 Ventilation ...........................................................................................3-11
3.6 FOR SYSTEMS WITH AN ATA ADAPTER BOARD ............................ 3-12
3.6.1 Adapter Board Installation ....................................................................3-12
3.7 TECHNIQUES IN DRIVE CONFIGURATION..................................... 3-13
3.7.1 Operating System Limitations ...............................................................3-13
3.8 SYSTEM STARTUP AND OPERATION ................................................ 3-13
3.8.1 Big Drive Enabler (Software download) ...............................................3-13
3.8.2 To use the Maxtor Big Drive Enabler, ..................................................3-14
3.9 Logical Addressing Format Specifications...................................................... 3-14
Chapter 4
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
4.1 Model Number and Capacity ......................................................................... 4-1
4.2 Drive Configuration....................................................................................... 4-1
4.3 Physical Dimensions ....................................................................................... 4-2
4.4 Power Requirements (Avg for 400GB)........................................................... 4-3
4.4.1 Power Requirements (Avg for 500GB) ..................................................4-3
4.4.2 Voltage Tolerance ..................................................................................4-3
4.5 Power Mode Definitions ................................................................................ 4-4

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4.6 EPA Energy Star Compliance......................................................................... 4-4
4.7 Environmental Limits ..................................................................................... 4-5
4.8 Shock and Vibration....................................................................................... 4-6
4.9 Reliability Specifications................................................................................. 4-7
4.10 EMC/EMI..................................................................................................... 4-8
4.10.1 Radiated Electromagnetic Field Emissions - EMC Compliance .............4-8
4.10.2 Canadian Emissions Statement ...............................................................4-8
4.11 Safety Regulatory Compliance ....................................................................... 4-8
Chapter 5
SATA 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 ATA Bus Interface .................................................................................5-1
5.3.1.1 Electrical Characteristics ..................................................... 5-1
5.4 REGISTER ADDRESS DECODING.......................................................... 5-1
5.5 COMMAND INTERFACE ......................................................................... 5-1
5.5.1 General Feature Set ................................................................................5-1
5.5.2 Supported Commands ............................................................................5-2
5.5.3 Identify Drive Command .......................................................................5-4
Chapter 6
SERVICE AND SUPPORT
6.1 GETTING HELP .......................................................................................... 6-1

List of Figures
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Figure 3-1 Mechanical Dimensions of the QuickView Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive ...........................3-1
Figure 3-2 20-Pack Shipping Container .............................................................................................3-3
Figure 3-3 Data Transfer Rate Jumper Pin Options ............................................................................3-4
Figure 3-4 The QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Interface Connector ..........................................3-5
Figure 3-5 Mounting Screw Clearance and Mounting Screw Locations ..............................................3-9
Figure 3-6 QuickView Serial ATA Mounting Dimensions ...............................................................3-10
Figure 3-7 Lengthwise Airflow Cooling ...........................................................................................3-12
Figure 3-8 Crosswise Airflow Cooling .............................................................................................3-12

List Of Tables
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Table 3-1 Device plug connector pin definition............................................................................3-6
Table 3-2 Logical Addressing Format........................................................................................... 3-14
Table 5-1 Supported Commands ..................................................................................................5-2
Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters............................................................................ 5-5

Introduction
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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
This chapter gives an overview of the contents of this manual, including the intended
audience, how the manual is organized, terminology, conventions, and references.
1.1 AUDIENCE
The QuickView 400/500 Serial ATA hard disk drive product manual is intended for
several audiences. These audiences will include: the end user, installers, developers,
consumer electronics and personal computer original equipment manufacturers (CE/
PC OEM), and distributors. This manual provides information about installation,
principles of operation, interface command implementation, service and support.
1.2 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 – SATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands
• Chapter 6 – Service and Support
• Appendix A – Breaking the 137-Gigabyte Storage Barrier

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1.3 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
• Gbit/s gigabits per second
•GB gigabyte
• G/rms root means square
•Hz hertz
• Kfci thousands of flux changes per inch
•KB kilobytes
• 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
• MB/s Megabytes per second
•MHz Megahertz
• ms milliseconds
• MSB Most Significant Bit
• mV millivolts
• ns nanoseconds
• PC Personal Computer
• SATA Serial ATA Interface
• tpi tracks per inch