Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product D540X-4G Maxtor
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Ma xto r D5 40X -4 G v 1.1 Maxtor Corporat ion ........... ..................... .................... ..................... .................... ..... 1- 1 1.2 Manual Or ganization .................... ..................... .................... ......
Table o f Contents vi Ma xtor D 540X- 4G 4.1 Hard Drive Handling Precau tions .................. .................... ..................... ................... 4-1 4.2 Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) ........... ..................... ..................
vii Ma xto r D5 40X -4 G Figure 2-1 PCBA Jumper Location and Configuration .............. ..................... ................ 2- 6 Figure 3-1 Outline and Mount ing Dimensions ............... ..................... .................... ...... 3- 4 Figure 4-1 Multi-pack Sh ipp ing Container .
Ma xtor D540 X-4 G 1- 1 Maxtor Corporat ion has been provid i ng hig h-qualit y computer st orage produc t s s ince 1982 . Al o n g th e wa y, w e ’ ve see n many c hanges in data stor ag e needs. Not l ong ag o, only a handful of sp ecific users needed mor e tha n a c ouple hundr ed megabytes of storage.
Introduction 1-2 Ma xtor D 540X- 4G If there is a c o nflict between text and t ables, the table shall be accepted as being corr ect. The names of abbre via tion s, c omm ands , fields and acronyms us ed as sign al na mes a r e in all uppe r case t ype (e.
Introduction Ma xtor D540 X-4 G 1- 3 Signal na mes are sh own in all uppe rcase ty pe. All signals a r e either high active or low activ e signals. A dash character (-) at the end of a s ignal name in dicates that the sig n a l is low ac tive. A low active signal is true wh en it i s below V iL an d is false when it is a bove ViH.
Introduction 1-4 Ma xtor D 540X- 4G.
Ma xtor D 540X -4G 2- 1 Maxtor hard di sk drive s are 1- inc h hig h, 3.5-inch di ameter r andom acc e ss stor age devices which in corporate an on-board Ultra ATA/133 in terface control le r. Hi gh capaci ty is a chi e v e d by a balanced combina t ion of high areal r e cordi ng densi t y an d the la t est data encoding and servo tec hniques.
P rod uc t Des cri pti o n 2-2 Ma xtor D 540X- 4G Note : Maxt or de fine s 1 Gig ab yte ( GB) a s 10 9 o r 1 ,000, 000,0 00 byt es of dat a. T otal a c cess ib le capacity var ies depending o n operating envir onment.
Produ ct De scr ipt ion Ma xtor D 540X -4G 2- 3 The Logical Block Address ( L BA) mode c an only b e utiliz ed in systems that support this f orm of tra nslation. Th e cylinder , head an d sector geometr y of the drive, as presented to the host, diff ers from the actual phys ical geometry.
P rod uc t Des cri pti o n 2-4 Ma xtor D 540X- 4G Th e d a ta b u ffe r i s or g ani ze d i n to tw o seg men ts: th e da ta b uffe r and th e m i c ro controll er sc r atch pad. The data buffer is dynamically a lloc ated for r ead and write data d epending on the commands r eceived.
Produ ct De scr ipt ion Ma xtor D 540X -4G 2- 5 An integr at ed cir cui t mount ed wi t hin t he sealed hea d dis k assembly (n ear t he r e ad/ write heads) provid es up to e i g ht head selection dep ending on t he model. It also provides read pre-amp lif ication and write driv e circuitry.
P rod uc t Des cri pti o n 2-6 Ma xtor D 540X- 4G Two drives may be a c cess ed via a comm o n in terface c able, us ing t he same range o f I/O addre sses. The dr ives have a jump er conf igurat ion as devi ce 0 or 1 (Master/ Slave), and are selec t ed by the drive select bit in the Device/Head regist er o f the tas k file.
Produ ct De scr ipt ion Ma xtor D 540X -4G 2- 7 On some olde r BIOS', pr ima rily t hose that a uto-config ure the disk drive, a ha ng may occur. The Cylinder Limitation ju mp er reduces the c apac ity in the Ident ify Drive allowing large capaci t y drives to w ork with older BI O S.
P rod uc t Des cri pti o n 2-8 Ma xtor D 540X- 4G.
M axt or D5 40 X-4G 3-1 Th e D 540X -4 G a t 16 0GB cap a c ity (4 G1 60J 8) e xc eed s the 13 7GB c apaci ty barri er imposed by t he 28 bit addressing sc hem es c ommon to many c urrent BIOS and drivers. If you r syst em has 28 bi t addr essing logic your drive will appea r to o nly have 137GB of capacit y.
Produc t Specifications 3-2 Maxto r D5 40X -4 G Da t a Surf ac es /N um be r of H ea d s 6 8 Number of Di sks 3 4 Sector s per Drive (max LB A) 240,121,72 8 320,173,056 Integrated Interface Maxtor Ult.
Product Spec i f ications M axt or D5 40 X-4G 3-3 S eek Tim es (t ypi cal r ea d, m s) Tr a c k - t o - Tr a ck 1 Average (normal seek) 1 1 Full St rok e (norm al seek) 20 Average Latency (ms) 5.5 Con troll er Overh ead (ms) <0.3 Rotation Speed (RPM ±0.
Produc t Specifications 3-4 Maxto r D5 40X -4 G Ou tlin e and Mou nti ng Dime nsi on s.
Product Spec i f ications M axt or D5 40 X-4G 3-5 The driv e is spinning up following initia l a pplicat ion of po wer and has not yet reached full speed. A random a ccess o peration by the driv e . Data i s bei ng r e a d fr om or writ te n to th e d ri ve.
Produc t Specifications 3-6 Maxto r D5 40X -4 G T emperatu re 0 ° C to 6 0 ° C low te mpera ture ( -40 ° C) high temp eratur e (65 ° C) per MIL - STD-81 0E, metho d 50 1 .
Product Spec i f ications M axt or D5 40 X-4G 3-7 <1.0 % Ann u a lize d Re tu r n Ra te ( A RR) indic ate s the av era g e again s t produc ts ship ped.
Produc t Specifications 3-8 Maxto r D5 40X -4 G The hard dis k drive mechanism is designed as a subassembly for in stallation i nto a suitable enclosure and is therefore n ot subj ect t o Subpart J of P art 1 5 of FCC Rules (47CFR15) or t he Canadian D epartment of C ommunicatio ns R adio I nte rfer e nce Regulation s.
M axt or D5 40 X-4 G 4-1 • If the ha ndling precautions ar e not foll owed, damage to the h a rd drive m ay re sult whichmay void the warr a nty. • During handling , NEVER drop, jar, or b um p a drive. Ha ndle t he drive by its sides a nd avoid touc hing the print ed circuit boar d assembly (PCBA ).
Handling and I nstallation 4- 2 Ma xtor D54 0X-4 G Multi-department c ommittee Evaluate and improve Employee t raining E d uc ate and inf o rm ESD program suppl ies typica lly include: wrist- a n d foot-worn groun ding straps; counter- t op and f loor antist atic matting ; wrist st rap te sters; ESD video and training materials.
Handling and Installation M axt or D5 40 X-4 G 4-3 Multi -pack Shipping Co ntaine r.
Handling and I nstallation 4- 4 Ma xtor D54 0X-4 G Singl e Pack Shippi ng Containe r (Optio n A).
Handling and Installation M axt or D5 40 X-4 G 4-5 Singl e Pack Shippi ng Containe r (Optio n B) If a Max t or drive requires return, repack it using Maxtor packing mate rials, i ncluding th e a nti s tat ic ba g. The detailed installation ins t r uctions f o r Maxtor har d dr iv es ar e pro vided in the Install ati on Guide .
Handling and I nstallation 4- 6 Ma xtor D54 0X-4 G.
Ma xtor D 540X- 4G 5 -1 This chapter desc ribes the interfac e between M ax tor D540X-4G hard disk drives and the ATA bus . The commands t hat are i ssued from t he host t o control the drive ar e listed, as well as the electrical and mechan ical char acteristics of the interface .
ATA Bus Int e rface and ATA Comman ds 5-2 M axt or D5 40 X-4 G The Maxtor D540X-4G h ard disk drives allow t heir host syst em s to address the full set of command and con t rol reg isters as specifi e d in cl ause 7 of t he ATA/ATAPI-6 standard . This includes t h e 48-bit Address f eature set described in cla u se 6.
ATA Bus Inter face an d ATA Commands Ma xtor D 540X- 4G 5 -3 READ DMA C8h, C9h RE A D LO NG 22h , 23 h READ MULT IPLE C4h READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS F8h READ SECT OR(S) 20h , 21h READ VERI FY SE CTOR (S).
ATA Bus Int e rface and ATA Comman ds 5-4 M axt or D5 40 X-4 G 1. As def ined in the ATA/ATAPI -6 stand a rd. SMART R EAD DATA B0h D0h SMART R EAD LOG B0h D5h SMART RE T U RN STAT U S B0h DAh SMART SA.
Ma xtor D 540X- 4G 6 -1 If a c ustomer disc overs a def ect in a Maxtor har d drive, Maxtor will , at i ts option, repair or r eplac e the disk drive at no charge to the customer, provided it is ret urned during the war ra nty period.
Serv ice an d Support 6-2 M axt or D5 40 X-4 G.
Ma xtor D 540X- 4G A -1 This appen dix provide s inf or mati on abou t the 137GB st or age ba rri er. It disc usse s t he histor y , cause and the solu tion to over co me this barrier. Capacit y barri ers have be en a fact of the personal computer wo rld since it s begi nnings in the early 1980 ’ s.
Brea king the 137GB Stora ge Barrier A-2 M axtor D540X-4G Past ba rriers often frust rated people t r ying t o add a ne w hard di s k to an o lder sys tem when they discovered t hat not all of t h e designed capacity of t he hard disk was accessible.
Breakin g the 137G B Storage Barrie r Ma xtor D 540X- 4G A -3 As descri bed earlier, t he issue causing t he 137-gigabyte bar rier is t he 28-bit addressing method of the origi nal ATA specif ication.
Brea king the 137GB Stora ge Barrier A-4 M axtor D540X-4G The BIOS c ompanies will also have to perform some work to recog nize the inc re as e d capacity of t h e devices atta ched to the bus an d allow the extended 48-bit c o mma nds to pass on to the device s.
Breakin g the 137G B Storage Barrie r Ma xtor D 540X- 4G A -5 • Maxt or “ Big Drive ” web site f or resour ce informa t ion: ht tp:/ /ww w.m axtor .
Brea king the 137GB Stora ge Barrier A-6 M axtor D540X-4G.
Max tor D 540 X- 4G G-1 A ACCESS – (v) Read, write, or u pdat e infor mation on some storage medium, such as a di sk. (n) One of th e se oper ations. ACCESS T IM E – The interval bet ween the time a r equest for data is made by the sy ste m and the time the dat a is available from the drive.
Glos s a ry G-2 Max tor D 540 X-4 G BLOCK – A sect or or gr oup of sec to rs . By defa ult, a bloc k of dat a co nsists of 512 byt e s. BPI – Abbr eviatio n for bits pe r i nc h . A measur e of how de nsely information i s pac ked on a st o r age mediu m.
Glos s a ry Max tor D 540 X- 4G G-3 DI SK CONTROLLE R – A plug-in board, or embedded c ircuitry on the d r ive, tha t pass es information to and from the disk. The Maxtor di sk drives all have c ontrollers embedded on the drive printed- circ uit board.
Glos s a ry G-4 Max tor D 540 X-4 G G GI GABYTE (G B) – O ne bil lion b ytes (one thousan d megabytes) . GUIDE RAILS – P lasti c st rip s at tach ed to the si des of a dis k drive mounted i n an IBM AT an d compatible comput er s so that the drive easi ly slides into pla ce.
Glos s a ry Max tor D 540 X- 4G G-5 K KI LOBYTE (K) – A unit of measure consist ing of 1 ,024 (2 10 ) bytes. L LAN DI NG ZON E – A pos itio n in sid e th e disk ’ s i nne r cylinde r in a non dat a area reserv ed as a place to rest th e heads durin g the time that po w er is of f .
Glos s a ry G-6 Max tor D 540 X-4 G MTTR – Mean Time To Rep a i r. The average time it t akes to repair a dr i ve t hat has fai led for some r eason. Thi s onl y takes i nt o conside rat ion the cha ng ing of t h e major sub- assemblies su ch as ci r cuit board o r sealed housi n g.
Glos s a ry Max tor D 540 X- 4G G-7 any order desired, and t he address of one storage location is as readily accessi ble as any other . RAM DISK – A “ ph a n tom disk drive ” for which a sec tion of sy st em memory (RAM) is set asid e to hold d a ta, just as if i t were a number of disk sec t ors.
Glos s a ry G-8 Max tor D 540 X-4 G fluct ua t ions or noise spi kes. SOF T SECTORED – Dis k s tha t m ark th e begi nning of ea c h sect or o f data within a trac k by a magn et ic pattern. SPINDL E – The center shaft of the disk upon whi ch the dr ive ’ s pla t ters a re mount ed.
Glos s a ry Max tor D 540 X- 4G G-9 V VO IC E C O IL – A ty p e of m o to r u sed t o mo v e th e disk rea d / w rite hea d i n a nd o u t to th e r igh t track . Voi ce -coi l act uato rs w ork lik e loudspeakers with the force of a mag netic coil causi ng a proport ionate movement of the head.
Glos s a ry G- 10 Maxt or D54 0X- 4G.
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If you have not bought Maxtor D540X-4G yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Maxtor D540X-4G - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Maxtor D540X-4G you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Maxtor D540X-4G will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Maxtor D540X-4G, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Maxtor D540X-4G.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Maxtor D540X-4G. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Maxtor D540X-4G along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
