Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MK1233GAS Toshiba
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TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMA TION SYSTEMS STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION IRVINE, CALIFORNIA MK1233GAS (HDD2A05) 2.5-INCH HARD DISK DRIVE USER MANU AL Rev 02 11/2006.
CONTENTS Introductio n .............................................................................. 1 Setup ........................................................................................ 2 Using t he HDD ...................................
1 INTR ODUCTION - MK1233GAS (HDD2A05) General Features • 2.5" sized drive • 120 Gigabytes * • 9.5mm High • 12ms Average Seek Time • ATA-2,3,4,5,6 Interface • Supports high transfer ra.
2 SETUP – MK1233GAS (HDD2A05) Caution : Your Hard Di sk Drive is a precision devi ce and even a small drop onto any surface can cause damage. Electron static discharge can also d amage the drive. You should ground yourself prior to handling the drive.
3 Placing Hard Drive inside your Computer • Determine mounting confi guration (the drive can be mounted in either a horizon tal or vertical orientation) • Configure drive for sy stem application. • Configure the adapter board for the specif ic system application (if required).
4 USING THE HARD DISK DRIVE – MK1233GAS (HDD2A05) Backing up Data Files To avoid data loss, regularly back u p the data files on the hard disk drive.
5 TR OUBLESHOO TING – MK1233GAS (HDD2A05) Problem Solution My system is not able to reco gnize all available capacity on my Hard Disk Drive. What do I need to do to utilize the complete hard drive? There are some systems that are unable to recognize the new larger Hard Drives on the market.
6 SPECIFICA TIONS –MK1233GAS (HDD2A05) General Model MK1233GAS (HDD2A05) Interface ATA-2/3/4/5/6 Functionality Formatted Capacity 120.034GB* Rotational Speed 4200rpm Avg. Rotational Latency 7.14/ms Spin-up Time 4sec (typical) Buffer 8MB Seek Time (Averag e) 12 Internal Transfer Rate 183.
7 Physical Height 0.37" (9.5mm) Width 2.75" (69.85mm) Depth 3.94" (100mm) Weight 3.46oz (98g) typ Regulatory The drive satisfies the following standards: Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1950 Canadian Standard Associ ation (CSA) C22.2 No.
8 DRIVE CONNECT ORS –MK1233GAS (HDD2A05) Figure 1.MK1233GAS HDD Rear View - Connec tors Interface Connector Drive Side Connector Yamaichi GAP050K11617 or eq uivalent Recommended Ho st Side Connector.
9 Interface Pin Assignment DRIVE INTERFACE SIGNALS PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 RESET 2 GROUND 3 DD 7 4 DD 8 5 DD 6 6 DD 9 7 DD 5 8 DD 10 9 DD 4 10 DD 11 11 DD 3 12 DD 12 13 DD 2 14 DD 13 15 DD 1 16 DD 14 .
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