Seagate ST32122A - Medalist 2.1 GB Hard Drive User manual

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Medalist 4342, Medalist 3232
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Medalist 2122, Medalist 1722
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Medalist 1012
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Ultra ATA Interface Drives
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Medalist 4342, Medalist 3232
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Medalist 2122, Medalist 1722
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Medalist 1012
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Ultra ATA Interface Drives
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Product Manual
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1998 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved
Publication Number: 21200098-001, Rev. B, January 1998
Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Seagate logo, Medalist and the
Medalist logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc.
Other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their
owners.
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or specifications. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any
form without written permission from Seagate Technology, Inc.
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specification summary table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1 Formatted capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1.1 Default logical geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1.2 Supported CHS translation geometries . . . . . . . . 6
1.2 Physical organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3 Recording and interface technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.4 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.5 Seek time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.6 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.7 Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.7.1 Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.7.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.7.3 Voltage tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.7.4 Power-management modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.8 Environmental tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.8.1 Ambient temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.8.2 Temperature gradient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.8.3 Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.8.4 Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.8.5 Shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.8.6 Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.9 Drive acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.10 Electromagnetic susceptibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.11 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.12 Agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.12.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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1.12.2 Electromagnetic Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.12.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.0 Drive mounting and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Jumper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2.1 Master/slave configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2.2 Alternate capacity jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.3 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.0 ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1 ATA interface signals and connector pins . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1.1 AT bus signal levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2 ATA Interface commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.2.1 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.2.2 Identify Drive command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.2.3 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.2.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Figures
Figure 1. Typical startup and operation current profile for the
ST34342A and ST33232A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 2. Typical startup and operation current profile for the
ST32122A, ST31722A and ST31012A . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 3. Alternate capacity jumper and master/slave jumpers . . . 18
Figure 4. Mounting dimensions—top, side and end view . . . . . . 19
Figure 5. I/O pins and supported ATA signals . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Introduction
The Medalist4342 (ST34342A), Medalist 3232 (ST33232A), Medalist
2122 (ST32122A), Medalist 1722 (ST31722A) and Medalist 1012
(ST31012A) provide the following key features:
•Low power consumption
•Quiet operation
•Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting
•High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 33.3 Mbytes per
second) using Ultra DMA mode 2
•Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor
intervention
•128-Kbyte cache
•State-of-the-art caching and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms
•Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands
•Support for autodetection of master/slave drives that use cable select
(CSEL)
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Specification summary table
The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For details
on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section
of this manual.
Drive
Specification
ST34342A ST33232A ST32122A ST31722A ST31012A
Guaranteed Mbytes
(×106bytes) 4,303 3,227 2,111 1,704 1,082
Guaranteed sectors 8,404,830 6,303,024 4,124,736 3,329,424 2,114,784
Bytes per sector 512
Default sectors per
track 63
Default read/write
heads 15 16 16 16 16
Default cylinders 8,894 6,253 4,092 3,303 2,098
Physical read/write
heads 8 6 4 4 2
Discs 4 3 2 2 1
Recording density
(bits/inch max) 115,100
Track density
(tracks/inch) 5,950
Areal density
(Mbits/inch2)685
Spindle speed (RPM) 4,500
Internal data-transfer
rate (Mbits/sec max) 87.8
I/O data-transfer rate
(Mbytes/sec max) 33.3
ATA data-transfer
modes supported PIO modes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4; Multiword DMAmodes 0, 1, 2
Ultra DMAmodes 0, 1, 2
Cache buffer
(Kbytes) 128
Height (mm max) 26.2
Width (mm max) 102.4
Length (mm max) 146.8
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