Page 2 - ©2007, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved.
©2007, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved. Publication number: 100342049, Rev. D August 2007 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Momentus, Seagate-SeaBOARD, SeaFONE, SeaTDD, and SeaTool...
Page 3 - Contents
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Page 5 - iii; List of Figures
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D iii List of Figures Figure 1. Momentus 4200.2 PATA disc drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 2. Typical 5V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Page 7 - Introduction; These drives provide the following key features:; Figure 1. Momentus 4200.2 PATA disc drive
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate ® Momentus 4200.2 drives: • ST9100822A • ST9808210A • ST960821A • ST950212A • ST9402113A • ST930219A These drives provide the following ke...
Page 9 - Drive specifications; Specification summary; Specifications; Drive specification
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 3 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate ST9100822A, ST9808210A, ST...
Page 11 - Formatted capacity; LBA mode; Physical organization
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 5 * During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur, according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. **Typical notebooks will pull power to the drive when entering S3 and S4; while in the S3 ...
Page 12 - Technology
6 Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 2.5 Recording and interface technology 2.6 Physical characteristics Technology Specification Interface Parallel ATA Recording method RLL 0,11 Recording density BPI (bits/inch typical) 703,000 Track density TPI (tracks/inch typical) 115,000 Areal density (Mbit...
Page 13 - Seek time; Read; Time to ready
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 7 2.7 Seek time Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications below are defined as follows: • Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track se...
Page 14 - Power specifications; Power consumption; DC power; Power dissipation
8 Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 2.9 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V) through the interface connector. 2.9.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 8. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under...
Page 15 - Typical current profile; Figure 2. Typical 5V startup and operation current profile; Conducted noise; S e c o n d s
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 9 2.9.1.1 Typical current profile Figure 2. Typical 5V startup and operation current profile 2.9.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. Using 5-volt power,...
Page 17 - Environmental specifications
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 11 2.10 Environmental specifications 2.10.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 65°C (149°F) within the operating ambient con...
Page 19 - Acoustics; Electromagnetic immunity; Drive level acoustics
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 13 2.11 Acoustics Drive acoustics are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels (no pure tones). All mea-surements are consistent with ISO document 7779. Sound power measurements are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecti...
Page 20 - Safety certification; Measurement type
14 Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 2.13 Reliability 2.14 Agency certification 2.14.1 Safety certification The drives are recognized in accordance with UL 1950 and CSA C22.2 (950) and meet all applicable sections of IEC950 and EN 60950 as tested by TUV North America. 2.14.2 Electromagnetic com...
Page 22 - Environmental protection; European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
16 Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 2.15 Environmental protection Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) The European Union Re...
Page 23 - Configuring and mounting the drive; Handling and static discharge precautions; • Handle the drive only by its edges or frame.; Jumper settings; Master/slave configuration; The “Master or single drive” option is the factory default setting.; Figure 3. Jumper settings
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 17 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. 3.1 Handling and static discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to poten...
Page 24 - Drive mounting; Figure 4. Mounting dimensions—top, side and end view
18 Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 3.2.2 Cable-select option Computers that use cable select determine the master and slave drives by selecting or deselecting pin 28, CSEL, on the interface bus. Master and slave drives are determined by their physical position on the cable. To enable cable se...
Page 25 - ATA interface; ATA interface signals and connector pins; Connector signals; Signal Name
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 19 4.0 ATA interface These drives use the industry-standard ATA task file interface that supports 16-bit data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–5. The drive also supports the use o...
Page 26 - Command name
20 Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 4.1.1 Supported ATA commands The following table lists ATA-standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Draft ATA-6 Standard. Table 7: Supported commands Command name Command code (in hex) ATA-standa...
Page 27 - ATA-standard security commands; Supported commands
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 21 Security Unlock F2 H Seek 70 H Set Drive Parameters 91 H Set Features EF H Set Max Address F9 H Note: Individual Set Max com-mands are identified by the value placed in the Set Max Features register as defined to the right. Address: Password: Lock: Unlock: F...
Page 29 - Identify Device command; The Identify Device command (command code EC; Word
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 23 4.1.2 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in Table 7 on page 20. All...
Page 33 - Compatibility summary; Installation considerations
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 27 5.0 Compatibility summary 5.1 Installation considerations Many of today’s mobile computers have been designed to make it possible for the end user to replace the hard drive. Refer to your system’s user manual for the location of the hard drive compartment an...
Page 34 - System Compatibility; Tested systems
28 Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 5.2 System Compatibility Seagate Product Assurance has tested Momentus drives in the systems listed in Table 9. Testing included mul-tiple BIOS versions and operating systems. This testing was done to demonstrate compatibility with various hardware and softw...
Page 35 - BIOS versions tested; Tested BIOS versions; Vendor
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 29 5.3 BIOS versions tested The following list indicates the types of BIOS Seagate tested during the compatibility testing process. The list highlights the major BIOS manufacturers. Individual systems contain variations of these BIOS versions and were tested wi...
Page 36 - Microsoft software compatibility.; Operating systems tested; Manufacturer
30 Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 5.4 Operating system versions tested This list indicates the types of Operating Systems Seagate tested during the compatibility testing process and highlights the major OS manufacturers. Several variations of the major operating systems have been tested. 5.5...
Page 37 - Seagate Technology support services; Internet; For information regarding Seagate products and services, visit; Seagate Service Centers; Presales Support; Seagate technical support is available to assist you online at
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 31 6.0 Seagate Technology support services Internet For information regarding Seagate products and services, visit www.seagate.com . Worldwide support is available 24 hours daily by email for your questions. Presales Support: [email protected] Technical Supp...
Page 38 - Customer Service Operations; Warranty Service; USA/Canada/Latin America support services; Direct dial; and Mexico; Europe, the Middle East and Africa Support Services
32 Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D Customer Service Operations Warranty Service Seagate offers worldwide customer support for Seagate products. Seagate distributors, OEMs and other direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Service Operations (CSO) representative for warranty-rela...
Page 39 - Index
Momentus 4200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 33 Index A acoustics 13 Active mode 10 agency certification (regulatory) 14 altitude 11 ambient conditions 3 ambient temperature 7 , 11 areal density 6 ATA interface 19 ATA-standard commands 20 Australian C-Tick 15 autodetection 1 average seek time 7 B BIOS man...