S T 3 6 6 0 A M E D A L I . 5 4 5 X E SEAGATE NO MORE PRODUCED Native| Translation ------+-----+-----+----- Form 3.5"/SLIMLINE Cylinders | 528| 1024| 1057 Capacity form/unform 544/ MB Heads 4| 32| 16| 16 Seek time / track 14.0/ 5.0 ms Sector/track | 63| 63| 63 Controller IDE / ATA2 FAST/ENHA Precompensation Cache/Buffer 128 KB SEGMENTED Landing Zone Data transfer rate 3.000 MB/S int Bytes/Sector 512 11.100 MB/S ext Recording method RLL 1/7 operating | non-operating -------------+-------------- Supply voltage 5/12 V Temperature *C 5 55 | -40 70 Power: sleep 0.7 W Humidity % 8 80 | 5 95 standby 0.7 W Altitude km -0.305 3.048| -0.305 12.192 idle 1.9 W Shock g 10 | 75 seek 5.2 W Rotation RPM 3811 read/write 3.3 W Acoustic dBA 29 spin-up 8.5 W ECC Bit ON THE FLY MTBF h 300000 Warranty Month Lift/Lock/Park YES Certificates CSA,FCC,TUV,UL1950 ********************************************************************** L A Y O U T ********************************************************************** SEAGATE ST3295A/3660A PRODUCT NANUAL 36283-001, REV. B, 10/94 +---------------------------------------------------------+ |+ (optional)XX 3 pin |* LED |xx Power |- |XX | |XX I | |XX N | |XX T | |XX E | |XX R | |XX F | Master/Slave |XX A | +++++ |XX C | 1++++ |XX E | |XX | | 1 | |XX 4 pin | |XX Power +---------------------------------------------------------+ ********************************************************************** J U M P E R S ********************************************************************** SEAGATE ST3295A/3660A PRODUCT MANUAL 36283-001, REV. B, 10/94 Jumper Setting ============== Master/Slave jumper block -------------------------- The jumper block accepts 2-mm (0.079-inch) jumpers. A spare jumper is attached to the jumper block. If you need additional jumpers, use Seagate part number 10562-001 or an equivalent. CAUTION If you use a jumper that is not the correct size, you may damage the jumper block and the jumper. Use the jumpers supplied with the drive. 7 5 3 1 +---------+ | o o o o | | o o o o | -------> FRONT +---------+ 8 6 4 2 +---------+ | o o o o | The drive is a master; the slave is either a | o o o o | Medialist family or another ATA-compatible drive, +---------+ there is no slave. +---------+ | o X o o | The drive is master; a slave is present, but it is | o X o o | not ATA-compatible +---------+ +---------+ | o o o X | The drive is master; a slave is present that uses | o o o X | only the PDIAG- signal +---------+ +---------+ | X o o o | The drive is a slave to an ATA-compatible master | X o o o | +---------+ +---------+ | o o X o | Cable select | o o X o | +---------+ Single-Drive configuration -------------------------- Use the factory-default jumpersetting when the Medalist drive is installed as the single drive in the computer. Two-Drive configuration ----------------------- When two drives are installed in the computer, you must configure one drive as the master and the other as the slave. Medalist drive as Master ------------------------ The Medalist drives provide for three ways the slave can identify itself. You can configure the Medalist drive for a slave that is: - An ATA-compatible drive - A non-ATA-compatible drive that does not conform to the DASP- timing parameter of the ATA specification - A non-ATA-compatible drive that does not conform to the DASP- timing parameter of the ATA specfication but negates PDIAG- when the drive is ready Medalist drive as Slave ----------------------- The Medalist drive conforms to the ATA standard for slave identifi- cation. If the master drive is a non-ATA-compatible drive, it may not recognize the Medalist drive in the slave position. We recommend that you configure your Medalist drive as the master when used with a non-ATA-compatible drive. Cable-select configuration -------------------------- If your computer and both of your drives support cable select (CSEL), you can use the cable select option to determine the master and slave. To configure your drives to use cable select, you need to install jumpers and to use a special cable-select cable as follows: - Install a jumper on pins 3 and 4 of the master/slave jumper block. When a jumper is installed in this position, the drive ignores the jumper installed on pins 7 and 8. - You must use an interface cable built for cable-select. To make a drive the master, attach it to the connector that has the CSEL signal line connected to pin 28. To make a drive the slave, attach it to the connector that has pin 28 unconnected (CSEL is not carried to pin 28 of that cable connector.) Note that CSEL is grounded at the host. Factory-test configuration -------------------------- Do not install jumpers on pins 5 and 6 and pins 7 and 8 at the same time. This configuration is used to test the drive at the factory. When jumpers are installed in both of these positions, the heads continuously seek back and forth across the media and the drive ignores all control signals sent by the interface. Optional drive activity LED --------------------------- The drives are available with or without the external activity LED. This option is available for users for whom the activity display through the bus is inaccessible or inconvenient. There are two LED options: - The LED is mounted directly on the printed circuit board, or - A two-pin header is mounted on the printed circuit board for a remote LED. The anode pin of the header is nearest the edge of the PCB. ********************************************************************** I N S T A L L ********************************************************************** SEAGATE ST3295A/3660A PRODUCT MANUAL 36283-001, REV. B, 10/94 Notes On Installation ===================== Mounting the drive ------------------ You can mount the drive in any orientation using either the bottom or the side mounting holes, as described below. NOTE The location of the mounting holes are different for the SAE and metric drives. Overall, the drive dimensions are the same. - SAE drives have an "S" stamped on the frame runner and accept 6-32 UNC screws. - Metric drives have an "M" stamped on the frame runner and accept M3 screws. Bottom mounting holes Insert four mounting screws not more than 0.20 inches (6 full turns) into the drive frame. Side mounting holes Insert four mounting screws not more than 0.13 inches (4 full turns) into the drive frame. CAUTION To prevent damage to the drive: - Use only mounting screws of the correct size and length. - Lightly tighten the mounting screws - do not apply more than 6 inch-pounds of torque. ATA interface connector ----------------------- The drive uses a standard 40-pin interface connector with 2 rows of 20 male pins. Pin 20 is removed. For the mating connector, use a 40-pin, nonshielded connector with 2 rows of 20 female contacts. We recommend the following part numbers: AMP 499496 Berg Electronics 66900-040 Power connector --------------- The drive comes with a standard 4-pin power connector. It is also available with a standard 3-pin power connector. +------------+ pin 1 +12 VDC -+ 1 2 3 4 +-- pin 2 +12 Volts Return \------------/ pin 3 + 5 Volts Return pin 4 + 5 VDC +-------+ | 1 2 3 | --+-------+----Circuit Board OPTIONAL!! pin 1 +5V pin 2 +12V pin 3 Ground ********************************************************************** F E A T U R E S ********************************************************************** SEAGATE ST3295/3660A (MEDIALIST 275/545XE) PRODUCT MANUAL 36283-001 Specification Summary --------------------- The Medalist 275xe and 545xe drives use an ATA interface. The interface conforms to ATA (AT Attachment) Interface X3.221, Rev. 4; SFF 8011: ATA Timing Extension for Local Bus Attachments, Rev. 2.0; SFF 8019: Identify Drive Data for Drives Under 8 GB and Draft Proposal American National Standards AT Attachment Interface X3.310-948D, Rev. 2E. NOTE The Medalist drives are referred to by their model numbers throughout this manual. The Medalist 275xe is referred to as the ST3295A. The Medalist 545xe is referred to as the ST3660A. Format Configuration -------------------- Seagate Medalist drives are low-level formatted at the factory. You do not need to low-level format the drive. The drives support LBA addressing and are configured in translation mode at the factory. (You can verify the number of cylinders, sectors per track and heads and the total number of sectors using the Identify Drive (ECH) command.) The table below shows the factory configurations. +------------------------------------------+-------------+ | ST3295A | ST3660A | +------------------------------------------+-------------+ |Cylinders 761 | 1,057 | |Heads 14 | 16 | |Sectors per track 50 | 63 | |Formatted capacity (Mbytes*) 272.7 | 545.5 | |Total sectors 532,700 | 1,065,456 | +------------------------------------------+-------------+ * One Mbyte equals one million bytes. You can use other values to configure the drive provided the following conditions are met: - The number of sectors per track does not exceed 256. - The number of sectors per track and the number of heads satisfy the following relationship: 16 (sectors per track) x (heads) 4,096. - The total sectors do not exceed the physical capacity of the drive. You can calculate the total sectors with the following formula: total sectors = (logical heads) x (logical sectors per track) x (logical cylinders) NOTE Some DOS and BIOS pairings can limit the accessible hard disc capacity to 528 Mbytes. These systems do not acknowledge more than 1,024 cylinders in the translation geometry. If more than 1,024 cylinders are specified in the System Setup, the system may ignore the additional cylinders or overwrap the initial 1,024 with the additional cylinders. In an overwrap condition, only the overwrapping cylinders are used to determine the drive capacity. The overwrap condition for the ST3660A is: 1,057 - 1,024 = 33 cylinders for 17.3 Mbytes. There are several solutions for this limitation: - Use a BIOS that supports logical block addressing (LBA) or extended cylinder-head-sector (CHS) addressing. - Use a host adapter that supports more than 528 Mbytes. - Use installation software or a software device driver that allows access to the drive's full capacity to install the drive. Physical Organization --------------------- +------+---------+---------+ | | ST3295A | ST3660A | +------+---------+---------+ |Heads | 2 | 4 | |Discs | 1 | 2 | +------+---------+---------+ Supported BIOS -------------- The drive uses 16 bytes of ECC with Read Long and Write Long commands. If the computer BIOS expects less than 16 bytes, some drive diagnostics may return false failures (typically time-out errors). If so, you must reconfigure the computer to receive 4 bytes of ECC. The BIOS revisions listed in the following table are fully compatible with the ATA interface implemented on the ST3295A and ST3660A drives. Earlier BIOS revisions than those listed may not fully support the ATA interface as implemented on these drives. +-------------------------+----------------------------------------+ |BIOS manufacturer | Version supported | +-------------------------+----------------------------------------+ |American Megatrends | Dated 4/9/90 or later | +-------------------------+----------------------------------------+ |Award | 3.04 or higher | +-------------------------+----------------------------------------+ |Quadtel | Single drive, any version Dual drive,| | | 3.04 or higher | +-------------------------+----------------------------------------+ |Phoenix | ROM BIOS Plus 286, 3.10 or higher ROM| | | BIOS Plus 386, 1.10 or higher | +-------------------------+----------------------------------------+ |PhoenixBIOS | 1.00 or higher | +-------------------------+----------------------------------------+ Seek time --------- All performance measurements are taken using a 25-MHz 486 AT computer (or faster) with an 8.3-MHz I/O bus. The measurements are taken using nominal power at sea level and at 25*C ambient temperature. The specifications in the table on page 4 are defined as follows: - Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in both directions. - Average seek time is a true statistical random average of at least 5,000 measurements of seeks between random tracks, less overhead. - Full-stroke seek time is one-half the time needed to seek from the first data cylinder to the maximum data cylinder and back to the first data cylinder. The full-stroke average is determined by measuring 100 full-stroke seeks in both directions. +---------------+------------+-------------+---------+ |Track-to-track | Average | Full-stroke | Latency | |typ (msec) | typ (msec) | typ (msec) | (msec) | +---------------+------------+-------------+---------+ | 5 | 14 | 34 | 7.87 | +---------------+------------+-------------+---------+ Power-management modes ---------------------- The drive supports the following power-management modes: - Active mode. The drive is seeking, reading or writing. - Idle mode. When the drive receives an Idle Immediate command, or the idle timer counts down to zero, the drive enters the Idle mode. In Idle mode, the spindle remains up to speed. The SeaCache buffer remains enabled, and the drive accepts all commands and returns to the Active mode whenever a seek, read or write operation is needed. - Standby mode. When the drive receives a Standby Immediate command, or the standby timer has counted down to zero, the drive enters the Standby mode. In the Standby mode, the SeaCache buffer remains enabled, the heads are parked in the shipping zone and the spindle is stopped. The drive accepts all commands and returns to the Active mode whenever a seek, read or write operation is needed. - Sleep mode. When the drive receives a Sleep Immediate command, it enters the Sleep mode. The heads are parked in the shipping zone and the spindle is at rest. A hard reset or a soft reset returns the drive to Active mode. A soft reset preserves the current emulation and translation parameters. ATA Interface ------------- For a general discussion of the Seagate ATA interface, refer to the Seagate ATA Interface Reference Manual, publication number 36111- xxx. Bus signal levels ----------------- Signals that the drive sends have the following output charac- teristics measured at the drive connector. Logic low 0 to 0.4V Logic high 2.5 to 5.25V Signals that the drive receives must have the following input characteristics measured at the drive connector. Logic low 0 to 0.8V Logic high 2.0 to 5.25V ECC performance tests --------------------- The drive does not report ECC errors when it performs on-the-fly error correction. This allows the drive to correct the data without sacrificing performance. Some older drive diagnostic utilities test the drive's ability to apply ECC by creating small data errors and then checking to see if these errors are reported. If you run one of these tests on a drive that is functioning properly, the test may report that the drive is failing to detect ECC errors. However, this does not mean that the drive is malfunctioning.