Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MK3021GAS (HDD2181) Toshiba
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TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMA TION SYSTEMS STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION IRVINE, CALIFORNIA MK3021GAS (HDD2181) 2.5-INCH HARD DISK DRIVE USER MANU AL.
CONTENTS Introductio n .............................................................................. 1 Setup ........................................................................................ 2 Using t he HDD ...................................
1 INTR ODUCTION – MK3021GAS (HDD2181) General Features • 2.5" sized drive • 30 Gigabytes • 9.5mm High • Fluid Dynamic Bearing (F DB) Motor • 12ms Average Seek Time • ATA-2,3,4,5 Int.
2 SETUP – MK3021GAS (HDD2181) Caution : Your Hard Disk Drive is a precision device a nd ev en a small drop onto any surface can cause damage. Electronstatic discharge can a lso damage the dr ive. You should ground yours elf prior to handling the drive.
3 Installation Notes The drive should be mount ed carefully on the su rface of 0.1mm or l ess flatness to avoid excessive distortion. In order to prevent short-circuit unde r any circum stances, a space of 0.5mm or more should be kept under the PCB.
4 USING THE HARD DISK DRI VE – MK3021GAS (HDD2181) Backing up Data Files To avoid data loss, regularly back u p the data files on the hard disk drive.
5 TR OUBLESHOO TING – MK3021GAS (HDD2181) 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 –MK3021GAS (HDD2181) General Model MK3021GAS (HDD2181) Interface ATA-2/3/4/5 Functionality Internal Drive Characteristics Number of Disks 1 Number of Read/Write Heads 2 Track Density (TPI) 78.
7 Physical Height 0.37" (9.5mm) Width 2.75" (69.85mm) Depth 3.94" (100mm) Weight 3.31oz (94g) typ Regulatory The drive satisfies the following standards: Underwriters Laboratorie s (UL) 1950 Canadian Standard Associ ation (CSA) C22.2 No.
8 DRIVE CONNECT ORS –MK3021GAS (HDD2181) Figure 1.MK3021GAS 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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