Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ST36810A Seagate
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© 1999 Seagate T echnol og y , Inc. All ri ghts rese r ved . Publica tio n Num ber : 212 0013 5- 00 1, R ev . A, July 1 999 Seagate , Seagat e T echnolo gy , the Seagate l ogo and Barr acuda are regist ered tr ademarks of Seagate T echnolo g y , Inc.
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A -1 Contents The easie st wa y to install your drive .............. ........... ........... 1 What y ou need ................ ............ ................ ................. ........... 2 Ultra A T A/66 require ments .
0 Barrac uda A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A iv.
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 1 The easie st way to ins tall y our drive DiscWizard is Seagat e’ s e xclusiv e Wind ows pro gr am that i s includ ed with your drive f or easy driv e inst allatio n. Disc Wizard he lps y ou confi gure y our ne w driv e and your com- pute r .
2 Barrac uda A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A What y ou need • Stra ight-edge and Philli ps scre wdrivers • F our 6-32 UNC dr ive mounting screws • A standar d 40-pin A T A interf ace.
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 3 Handling precautions Disc drives are e x t remely fragil e. Do not dr op or jar you r dr i ve. K eep the dr ive in it s ant ist ati c bag until you ar e ready to install it. Prote ct your d r ive from st at ic di scha rge by mak ing sure y ou are well g rounded bef ore to uching the drive .
4 Barrac uda A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A Master/s lave jumpe rs If y ou al ready ha v e one ha rd drive in y our c omputer an d yo u are inst allin g a seco nd driv e , y ou m ust c onfigu re on e driv e as a ma s- ter and th e other as a sla v e.
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 5 Figure 1. M aster and sl ave jum per settings pin 1 ATA interface connector 135 24 6 7 8 Slave Master or single drive 4-pin power connector.
6 Barrac uda A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A Attaching cabl es and mounting the drive 1. Attach o ne end o f the driv e inte rfa ce cab le to the interf ace connec tor on y our motherboard (See you r computer man ual f or connec tor locati ons).
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 7 Note. Y ou can mou nt the drive in an y orienta tion. Usua lly it is mounted with the c ircuit boa rd down. Caution. Do not over ti ghte n th e sc rews or us e me tr ic scre ws . This ma y damage the d riv e.
8 Barrac uda A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A Configuring y our computer Bef ore yo u f ormat or partition y our ne w driv e, y ou must conf igure yo ur computer’ s BIOS . T o con figure y our computer’ s BIOS: 1. T ur n your co mpute r on.
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 9 Note. Set the wr it e p rec omp or landi ng zo ne param eters to z ero . W e recomm end y ou use Dis k Manager to e valua te your BIO S and det ermine whethe r you r system needs additi onal BIOS sup- por t.
10 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A Addressing drive-capacity limitations Some D OS-based c omputers and oper ating s ystems are not design ed to acco mmodate l arge-ca pacity ha rd disc driv es . The most co mmon syst em l im ita tio ns are list ed b e low .
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 11 BIOS upgrade s If y ou need to u pgrad e yo ur BIOS, contact th e appropriate BIO S manufacture r li sted below: American Mega trends (AMI ): 1-800-828 -9264 www .megatrends. com A wa rd Softw are Internationa l, Inc .
12 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A Preparing y our drive for use Installing a single drive F or a q uic k i ns tall ati on, we re co mmend y ou use Disk Ma nag er to automat ically p ar tition a nd f ormat y our driv e. Disk Manager also ens ures that y our computer ca n access the full cap acity of y our hard driv e .
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 13 4. Select ei ther (E)asy Disk Ins tallation or (A)dv anced Disk Inst allation. Disk Manager l ists all th e hard driv es t hat it detec ts. Y o u shoul d see your new Seag at e dr ive and your existin g hard dri ve, if any .
14 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A Standard DOS installation Caution. P artitioning or f or mattin g a drive e rases al l data on it.
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 15 7. When partitioning i s complete , FDISK reboots y our com- puter . Proceed to “Drive F ormatting.” Note. If you are a dding a second drive to y our sys tem, y ou can run FDISK from Wi ndows .
16 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A Additional installation options Figure 4. Non -A T A compatib le and ca ble select ju mper s Non-A T A compatible slave jumper If y our co mputer do es not recogniz e y our ne w driv e as a master in a tw o-driv e sys tem, the sla ve driv e ma y not be A T A-compa ti- ble.
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 17 Adv anced Disk Manager options The Disk Mange r online manual Disk Ma nag er co ntain s an extens ive onl ine m anual . This manual includ es detaile d inst allation i nstructions , troub leshooting an d a list o f mas ter/ slave jump er set ting s for many dif ferent h ard dri ves.
18 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A Supported operating systems The Di sk Mana ger dynamic driv e ov er la y prov ides su pport for dri ves with cap acit ies great er th an 52 8 Mbytes unde r MS-D OS, Window s 3. x, Windo w s 95, Wi ndo ws NT 3.
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 19 T o remo ve a DDO fr om a drive: 1. Boot the c omputer t o drive C . 2. Insert your Dis cWizard dis ket te or CD . 3. Ty p e dm to star t Disk Ma na ger. 4. Select th e Sele ct In sta lla tio n Opt i ons Menu .
20 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A T roub leshooting If y ou ha v e install ed yo ur drive and it do es not func tion prope rly , perfor m th e followin g b asic checks: W a rning. Alwa ys tur n off the computer bef ore changing jumpers or unplug ging cab les and c ards.
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 21 • V erify the drive-type settings in the sy stem setup pro- gram. The drive-type settings in the s ystem BIOS must n ot e xceed the ph ysical s pecific ations of y our dri ve . Also , the set- tings m ust not e xceed th e limita tions set b y the ope rating s ys- tem and BIOS.
22 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A Figure 5. Alternate Capa city J umper 2. Mov e the jumper on the alternate-cap acity jum per , as show n in Figu re 5. This causes th e drive to appea r to y our BIOS a s hav ing a 2. 1-Gb yte c apacity (4,092 cy linders , 16 he ads, 6 3 sectors per trac k).
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 23 3. Remou nt y our driv e in the com puter and replace t he com - put e r c over . 4. Insert a boo tabl e syste m disk ette into d rive A and turn on the comput er . It should boo t from driv e A an d automat ically detect t he ne w driv e as a 2.
24 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A • Reboo t the compute r and list en to mak e sure the driv e motor starts up. If the driv e is ve r y quiet, it ma y be difficult to hea r its discs reach oper ating sp eed. If t he drive motor does not st ar t up , re check al l dr i ve cables.
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 25 • If Di sk Man ager has instal led the DDO o n y our h ard driv e and yo u hav e booted directly from a dis ket te, the i nf ormation in the boot rec ord f or the driv e m a y no t ha v e b een lo aded.
26 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A tem. Y ou must disab le this f eature in the system s etup pr o- gr am bef ore y ou can u se FDISK. See y ou r comp uter ref er ence guide for ass ist ance. Be s ure t o re -ena ble th is im por tant fea- ture when FDISK is done .
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 27 Caution. If y ou cha nge the driv e-type va lues in the s ys- tem setup progr am, y ou mus t par tition and format the dri ve agai n.
28 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A Seagate T echnolog y suppor t services Online ser vices Internet F or onlin e inf ormation abou t Seagate produ cts, v isit www .seagate .com or e-mail y our disc questio ns to: Presales support: DiscPreSales @Seagate .
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 29 Presales Suppor t Presales Su pport Our Presal es support staff can help y ou determine w hich Seagate products are best su ited f or your s pecific applic ation or comput er system.
30 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A A uthorized service cente rs If y ou liv e outside the US , y ou can contact a n A uthoriz ed service center f or ser vice or repair .
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 31 Eur opean suppor t services F or Eur opean c ustomer s upport, dial the toll-fre e num ber f or p re- sales s uppor t, technical supp or t, SeaF AX and warr anty repair . If your coun tr y is not listed her e, dial ou r Eur opea n cal l cente r at +31-20-31 6-7222 from 8:30 A.
32 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A Africa/Middle East suppor t servic es F or pres ales, tec hnical support, warr anty repai r and F AX ser- vices in Africa and the Mi ddle East, dial our Eur opean cal l c en ter at +31 -20 -316 -7 222 fr om 8: 30 A.
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 33 Storing and shipping y our drive K eep your original bo x and pa c king ma terials f or storing or ship- ping y our d rive . The bo x has a Seagate App ro v ed P ackage label. Shipping a driv e in an unap prov ed con tainer v oids th e warr anty .
34 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A W a rranty See y our authoriz ed Seagate dis tributor or de aler . Preinstalled or b undled softw are is provid ed “as is .” There are no w arrantie s of merc hantabil ity or f itness for a particular pu r pose.
Barra cuda A T A F amily I nstallati on Guide , Re v . A 35 3. Als V ersorgungs spann ugen werd en benöti gt: +5V ± 5 % 0,6A; +12V ±% 0,8A (1,9A fur ca . 30 Sek. fu r ± 10%) 4. Die V ersorgungss pannu ng mus s SEL V entspre chen. 5. Alle Arbei ten auf dem Fes tplatte dü rfen nur v on A usgebilde- tem Servicepers onal durchg eführ t werden.
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38 Barracud a A T A F amily Installa tion Guide , Rev . A Seagate T echnolog y , Inc. 920 Di sc Drive, Scott s V alley , CA 95066-4 544, USA Publication Num ber: 21200 135-0 01, R ev .
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