Seagate ST34342A - Medalist 4.3 GB Hard Drive User manual

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Medalist 4342 (ST34342A)
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Medalist 3232 (ST33232A)
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Medalist 2122 (ST32122A)
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Installation Guide
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© 1998 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
Publication Number: 21200096-001, Rev. C, October 1998
Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Seagate logo, Medalist and
the Medalist logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technol-
ogy, Inc. DiscWizard, SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaTDD and Sea-
BOARD are either trademarks or registered trademarks of
Seagate Technology, Inc. or one of its subsidiaries. All other
trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.

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Contents
The easiest way to install your drive.................................... 1
What you need........................................................................ 2
Before you begin .................................................................... 2
Handling precautions............................................................. 3
One drive or two..................................................................... 4
Attaching cables and mounting the drive............................ 6
Configuring your computer................................................... 9
Addressing drive capacity limitations................................ 11
Installation using Disk Manager ......................................... 14
Standard DOS installation ................................................... 16
Additional installation options............................................ 18
Non-ATA compatible slave jumper .................................... 18
Cable select jumper.......................................................... 19
Advanced Disk Manager options........................................ 20
Troubleshooting ................................................................... 23
Alternate capacity jumper................................................. 25
Seagate Technology support services............................... 31
Storing and shipping your drive ......................................... 38
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Medalist 4342, 3232 and 2122, Rev. C 1
The easiest way to install your drive
DiscWizardis Seagate’s exclusive Win-
dows program that makes it easy to install
your Medalistdrive.
DiscWizard helps you configure your new
drive and your computer. It analyzes your
system, lets you select various installation options and creates
customized step-by-step instructions. It also allows older com-
puters to access the full capacity of large hard drives.
You can run DiscWizard to install your new hard drive if:
•You already have an existing, bootable hard drive in your com-
puter with at least 3 Mbytes of available disc space,
and
•You are running Windows 3.
x
or Windows 95.
If you can run DiscWizard
, follow the instructions on the
DiscWizard diskette to install your drive. If you need addi-
tional information, refer to this installation guide.
If you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions in this
installation guide to install and configure your new drive.

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What you need
•Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers
•Four 6-32 UNC drive mounting screws
•An ATA interface cable (max length: 18 inches) with
available 40-pin connector.
•An unused drive power cable for your new drive
•A bootable system diskette
•If you are mounting this 3.5-inch drive in a 5.25-inch drive bay,
you need a mounting adapter or frame kit. Also, you may need
drive mounting rails if your drive bay is not designed for direct
mounting.
Before you begin
•Make sure your computer is turned off before you open the
case.
•Read the handling precautions at the right and inspect the
drive to make sure that it is not damaged.
•Save your foam-lined Seagatedisc drive box. This box has
been approved by Seagate for shipping a Seagate disc drive.
Using any other container or packing material voids your drive
warranty.

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Handling precautions
Disc drives are extremely fragile. Do not drop or jar
your drive.
Keep the drive in its antistatic bag until you are
ready to install it.
Protect your drive from static discharge by making
sure you are well grounded before touching the
drive. We recommend wearing a grounded wrist
strap throughout the installation process. Do not
touch the connectors or any part of the printed cir-
cuit board.
Always handle the drive by its edges or frame.
Do not apply pressure or attach labels to the circuit
board or the top of the drive.

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One drive or two?
If your new Seagatedrive will be the only drive in your computer,
you do not have to change any jumper settings. In this case, skip
ahead to “Attaching Cables and Mounting the Drive,” on page 6.
If you already have one hard drive in your computer and you are
installing a second drive, you must configure one drive as a mas-
ter and the other as a slave.
To configure the drive as a master or one drive only:
•Place a jumper on pins 5 and 6 (see Figure 1 on page 5).
The master drive will be the “boot” drive (drive C), from which
the computer loads system software when it first starts up.
To configure the drive as a slave:
•Remove all the jumpers.
•If you need to change the jumpers on your existing hard drive,
see the Disk Manager online manual, look on the drive label,
or contact the drive manufacturer.

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Figure 1. Master and slave jumper settings
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Slave
Master or single drive
pin 1
4-pin power
connector
40-pin ATA
interface
connector

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Attaching cables and mounting the drive
1. If you are installing a new ATA interface cable, attach one end
of the cable to the interface connector on your computer or
host adapter. The ATA cable must be no more than 18 inches
long.
2. Thread the interface cable through the drive bay and attach
the connector at the end of the interface cable to your new
drive. If you have two drives, attach the second drive to the
second connector.
Figure 2. Attaching the cables
Caution. To avoid damaging the connector pins, make
sure to align pin 1 on the computer or host adapter with
pin 1 on your drive or drives. Pin 1 on the interface
cable is usually indicated by a stripe along the edge of
the cable.
Pin 1
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