Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ST9144 Seagate
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Read before yo u begin... Ver ify that sys tem powe r i s off before at te mpt ing any installat ion. Obse rve s tatic disc har ge preca ut ions. Keep th e drive in its stat ic- shielded bag unt il you are re ady t o com plet e t he inst alla - tio n.
Shi pping . W hen tr ansp or ting o r ship ping a dr ive, you mus t use a Sea gate-app roved cont ainer . Keep your or iginal bo x. They ar e eas ily identified by the Sea gat e Ap proved Pack age label. Ship - ping a dr ive in a non -appr oved containe r void s the dr ive warr ant y.
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ge omet r y. CMOS conf igur at ion is system -dep ende nt and is us ually acco mplished t hroug h a ut ilit y such as SETUP. • Low- l eve l format ti ng. Seagat e AT inter face drives are low- leve l for mat ted a t the factor y and do not need low- leve l fo rma t- ting.
ST914 4 fam ily AT interfac e dr ive s This guid e provide s installat i o n infor mat ion for the ST90 51A, ST90 52A, ST90 77A, ST90 96A, and ST9144A drives . Al l drive s in this fam ily au tom at ically pa rk t heir heads at p ower -down. Ref er to Figur e 1.
Not e tha t the final drive capa city shown by the CMO S and tot al sec tors cann ot exce ed the values indicat ed in the last colum n of the follo wing ta ble as defined by the following e quation: (.
Supported system BI OS r evi sions The se drive s are AT inter face com p at ible dr ives . The ho st syst em BIO S m ust p ro vide f ull su pport f or t he AT inter face com mand set. Cons ult the system docum entat ion for implem ent atio n infor ma- tio n fo r yo ur syst em.
Drive confi gura tion • Mast er /Sla ve conf igur ati on. Ref er to the table below to c on- figur e up t o t wo driv es on a sing le AT bus. Sys te m Con figu rati on Pins A-B Pin s C-D Dr ive is M.
Caut ion. Im prope rly plugging the connect or may dam age the drive. To pr eve nt dam a ge, the mat ing ca ble connec tor should b e key ed by bloc king t he hole for Pin -20.
Drive Forma tting Seag ate AT Interfac e dr ives ar e low- leve l form atte d a t t he factor y and do no t need low-lev el for mat ting . Drive partition ing sh ould be don e u sing th e DO S FDISK utility . Use DOS 3 .3 or highe r. If yo u are par titioning th e bo ot drive, m ak e su re that the prim ary DO S part ition is mar ke d act ive.
44-P in AT i nterfa ce c onnector assignme nts Pin Sig nal I/ O Pin Sig nal I/O 01 /Host Rese t O 02 Gr ound 03 Hos t Dat a 7 I/ O 04 Hos t Dat a 8 I/O 05 Hos t Dat a 6 I/ O 06 Hos t Data 9 I/O 07 Hos.
Powe r ma nagem ent mode des cripti ons The ST9144 f am ily drives feat ur e four -phas e p ower manage ment with Act ive, Idle, St and by a nd Slee p mo des. Power ma nage m ent is required for low-power port able system s , and is enable d thr ough a syst em- depe ndent set-up pro cedu re.
Idl e and stan dby ti me rs. Default time delays for bo th the Idle time r and the Stand by tim er are set by the d rive at p ower -on. The se delays can also b e specif i e d by the user via the syst em Setup utility.
Standb y mod e. Th e d rive en ters St and by mode when a St andby Im mediat e comm a nd is been rec eived fr om the host. The drive can als o enter Sta ndby mo de aft er a specif iable length of tim e has elap sed wit h the driv e in Idle mod e.
Drive mounting The drive can be mo unt ed i n any of the approv ed orien tation s shown in Figure 2. A minimum clea rance of 0.0 30 inches (0. 762 mm) should b e allowed aroun d the entire perim eter of th e drive to allo w for cooling airflow. Not e.
Mounting specifications The ST 9144 fam ily drives are built wit h met ric mounting screw th rea ds. Sc re w i nse rti on dep th i s l imi te d to 0 .1 50 i nch es ( 3 . 8 1 m m ) ma x i m u m o n t h e s i d e m o u n t i n g h o l e s a n d 0.190 inches ( 4.
Not e. Most cables have a st ripe down one side to design ate the Pin 1 loc at ion. Ma ke sure Pin 1 on the inter face cable con nector is connec ted to Pin 1 on the dr ive inter face conn ec- tor an d Pin 1 on the h ost conn ector. Re fer to Figure 1 for the locat ion of Pin 1 on t he dr ive int er face con nect or.
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