Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 545XE Seagate
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© 19 94 Seagate Tech nology, Inc. All rights reserved Publication Nu mber: 36294 -001, Rev. A Decemb er 1994 Seagate , Seagat e Techn ology a nd th e Seagat e log o are registered tradem arks of Seaga te Te chnology, Inc. Medalist, SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaBOARD and SeaT DD are t rademarks of Seagate Technol ogy, Inc.
Read before yo u begin... Appl icati on. Your Seag ate ® drive is designe d for NRTL- listed perso nal com pute rs. I t uses the ATA int erface. Warn ing. Tur n off the com put er be fore yo u open t he case , touc h any inter nal co mpone nts or ins tall the drive.
Mai ntena nce a nd repai r. Sea gate drives do not requir e maint e - nan ce. The head/disc assem bly is factor y-sea led; a broken seal voids the warr anty. Seag ate custo mer service cent ers are the only facilities aut horized to re pair Seaga te dr i v es.
Front 4-pin power connector 8-pin master/slave jumper block Front Cable select 40-pin ATA interface connector 4 3 2 1 Circuit board +5V +5V return +12V return +12V The drive is a master; a slave is present that uses only the PDIAG– signal.
Installing the dr i ve 1. Tur n the compu ter of f. Warn ing. I nstalli n g or rem oving the drive or adapt er card s while the com pu ter is powe red on can damag e you r dr ive, ada pter and comp uter . 2. Rem ove the comput er’s cover . Caut ion.
Attach ing cabl es Ref er to Fig ure 1 on pag e 3 fo r the loca tions of the c onne ctors. 1. Conn ect th e remot e LED (opt iona l). 2. At tach the powe r cabl e. Attach one of the c ables from th e powe r supply to th e power connect or on the dr ive.
Inst allin g driv es in compu ters tha t use cable-se lect: If y our comp uter uses the ca ble-select me thod, refer to y our comp uter ref eren ce guide to dete rmine wh i c h cab l e connect or or drive slot denot es the ma ster d rive and which the slave.
Configuri ng the compute r Your com puter ma i n tains reco rds repres enting the hardwa re in the system . This repr esen tation includ es the trans l a tion ge ometr y that is used by the BIOS to ma p the drive surface and that is stor ed in CMOS memor y.
Stand ard inst allatio n 1. Turn the co mputer on . 2. Enter the Syst em Set up routine. (Ref er t o your com puter use r’s guide. System Setu p may be called Se tup, BIOS Setu p or CM OS Setup. ) If your com puter uses an auto matic se tup utilit y, see the cautio n below.
1,057 – 1 ,024 = 33, or 17.3 M by tes. To avoid this problem , con figu re y our Syst em Set up man ually. If none of the standa rd driv e types offere d in System Setu p mat ch the tran slation geo metry of your Sea gate dr ive, select the user- defined or custom drive type, i f ava i lab le, and ent er you r dr ive’s translat ion ge omet ry.
Par titi oning You mu st part ition the drive into one or more logica l drives bef ore you can use it. Caut ion. Partitioning or format ting a driv e at a ny lev el erase s all data on it. Befor e you rep artition o r refo rma t you r drive, make a backu p of your e xistin g f iles on anothe r disc or media.
drive : design ates the dr ive yo u are form att i n g. Type c: i f you are for matt ing the boot drive or i f your system conta i n s only one drive. Ty pe d: to for mat a sec ond dr ive. /v t ells the com puter you want to labe l the drive aft er i t is for matted.
4. Select drive typ e 2 for your new ST 3660 A. If you r com puter doe s not offer drive type 2 , use the following values: 61 5 cylinde rs, 4 heads an d 17 secto rs. Not e. The se are interim drive type v alues that allow you to acc ess t he dr ive f or extract ing the installat ion files.
EZ- Dr ive is easy and safe to use and versat ile. If you a l rea dy have a drive installed, EZ- Drive will not alter its forma t a nd file s unles s you inst ruct i t to ov erride the partition and format .
2. Typ e ez . 3. Disr egard the Notic e dialo g box. The EZ-Dr ive soft war e is autho rized for installat ion o nly wit h the drive on which it is shipp ed. Pre ss ENTER to co ntinue. 4. Loc ate the b otto m box on the sc reen. The mod el num ber of eac h dr i v e EZ-Drive identifies is lis ted in this box.
Boot ing w it h a di skette after EZ- Driv e is ins talled To bo ot y our compu ter wit h a diskette: 1. Boot t he com put er wit h the diskett e-dr ive do or open. 2. Press the CTRL key whe n the following mes sage appear s near the end o f the boot seque nce: Hol d t he CTRL key down t o boo t fro m a fl oppy 3.
The com puter will r eboo t when the par titioning process is com - plet e. Howev er, you mus t m a ke sure the EZ-Dr i v e inst alled driv e is presen t to continu e with the form at. (Th e EZ- Drive ban ner app ears when the drive is recognized .) 1.
You can re-est ab lish the 32-b i t d i s k ac cess cap ability using th e SETUP progr am on the EZ -Drive disket te as fo l lows : 1. Loa d Wind ows. 2. Open the Pr ogra m Ma nage r m en u and sele ct F i le. 3. Select Run. 4. Loa d the EZ- Drive disket te.
Basic troub leshooting Warn ing. Always tur n off the com put er befor e changing jump ers or unplug ging cables and ca rds. Caut ion. Your drive a nd compu ter con tain sta tic-se nsit ive de- vices . W ea r a gr ound str ap o r take o ther ant istat ic preca ution while h andling yo ur d rive.
if you h ave a large cap acit y drive, the tr anslation geom etry se ttings must n ot ex ceed the limit ations set by the oper ating syst em an d BIOS.
• Chec k for I/O addr ess conflict s. To isolat e the conflict , first ve rify that the drive and hos t ad apter are compa tible wit h your co mput er by removing a l l the periphe ral adapt er ca rds (power mus t be o ff) exce pt for the video car d.
• Chec k all cables . Ma ke su re the video card- cab l e s are se- cu rely attac hed. • While the com p uter is powe red down, remove the drive host ad apter . I f the screen turns o n af ter you rebo ot, the host ad apter may b e inc ompat ible or defective.
Dur ing t he DOS high -level form at, the drive doe s no t format to full cap acit y. • Ver ify you r compu ter’s Syst em Se tup dr ive- type va l u es.
The error messa ge “M icros oft Wind ows 32- bit disk d river (WDCT RL) p hase 03, 3 f” appea rs whe n you open Window s. • A devic e co nflict o ccurs between Micr osoft Windows 32-bit ac cess and the EZ-Drive driver.
Disabl ing Max imum O verdr ive You can disable Max imum O verdr i v e during the installat i o n proc- ess or an ytime afterwar d. To disable it during the ins tallat ion, select the Change Inst all Fea tures o ptio n in the Optio ns dialog box that appea rs whe n the for mat com pletes.
Technical support services If you need ass i s tance i n stalling your driv e, con sult you r dealer . Your dealer is knowled geable of comp uter syste m configu ration s and can help you with syst em conf lict s and other techn ical issues.
Loc ation Mod em n umber Tha i lan d 662- 531-81 11 Austr alia 61-2 -756-235 9 Kor ea 82 -2-5 56-729 4 SeaF AX You can use a touc h-tone telepho ne to acce ss Seag ate’s autom ate d FAX sy stem to r eceive t ech nical suppor t infor ma- tio n by retur n FAX.
Seag ate Com puSer ve for um Online tech nical sup port fo r Seaga te produ cts is a vailable o n Com pu Serve. To acc ess the Seaga te technica l suppo rt fo- rum , type go seag ate . This foru m provide s infor mation s imilar to that found on Sea BOARD.
Storing an d shipping yo ur drive Keep your original box and packing m ater ials for stor ing or shipp i n g your drive . The box ha s a Seaga te Appr ov ed Pa ckage label. Shipping a drive in an unappr oved cont ainer voids the war rant y. Call yo ur author ized Sea gate distrib utor to purchas e add i tiona l bo xes.
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Seag ate Tech nology , Inc. 920 Disc Dr ive, Scotts Valle y, CA 95066, USA Publication Nu mber: 362 94-001, Rev. A, Print ed in USA.
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