SEAGATE ST3160215ACE - Manuals

DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate ® DB35.3 ® Series SATA/PATA model drives: The drives provide the following key features: • 7,200-RPM spindle speed. • Tunneling Ma...

2 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the traditional Parallel ATA interface. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity. It is not ...

DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 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 the following driv...

4 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F Table 1: Drive specifications summary for 160 and 80 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3160215SCE, ST3160215ACE ST380215SCE, ST380215ACE Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 160 80 Guaranteed sectors 312,581,808 156,301,488 Bytes per sector 512 Defau...

6 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.1.1 Formatted capacity *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environ-ment and formatting. 2.1.1.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks ...

8 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.1.7 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a four-pin standard drive power connector. 2.1.7.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 8. Typical power measurements are based...

DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 9 2.1.7.1.1 Representative current profile Figure 1 Representative 5V startup and operation current profile Figure 2 Representative 12V startup and operation current profile 2.1.7.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power...

12 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.1.8.6.1 Operating vibration The following table lists the maximum vibration levels that the drive may experience while meeting the perfor-mance standards specified in this document. 2.1.8.6.2 Nonoperating vibration The following table lists the max...

DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 13 2.2 Electromagnetic immunity When properly installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in performance when subjected to the radio frequency (RF) environments defined in the following table: Table 4: Rad...

14 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.4 Agency certification 2.4.1 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. 2.4.2 Electromagnetic compatibility H...

16 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.5 Environmental protection Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.5.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directiv...

DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 17 3.0 Handling, mounting and configuring 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 b...

18 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 3.2 Mounting the drive You can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. See Figure 3 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precau-tions when ...

DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 19 3.3 Breather filter hole precautions This section contains information regarding the precautions which should be taken regarding the breather filter hole in Seagate hard disc drives. Proper precautions should be taken to ensure full functionality and...

20 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 3.4 How to configure and attach Serial ATA (SATA) drives 3.4.1 How to configure the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to-point with the Serial ATA host adapter. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is con...

DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 21 3.5 How to configure and attach the Parrallel ATA (PATA) drives 3.5.1 How to set the jumper settings The options jumper block shown in Figure 7 is used to configure the drive for operation. It is the 8-pin dual header between the interface connector ...

22 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 3.5.1.3 Ultra ATA/100 cable An 80-conductor 40-pin cable is required to run Ultra DMA mode 3, mode 4, and mode 5. This cable uses even-numbered conductors connected to the ground pins to improve signal integrity. Figure 8 Ultra ATA cable connectors N...

DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 23 4.0 Interface The following sections apply to both SATA and PATA drives. • Supported commands (see section 4.3 on page 27) • Identify Device command (see section 4.4 on page 29) • Set Features command (see section 4.5 on page 32) • S.M.A.R.T. command...

26 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 4.2 Parallel ATA (PATA) 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...

DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 27 4.3 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 Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification for SATA models or the Draf...

DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 29 4.4 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 the Table 6on pag...

32 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 4.5 Set Features command This command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY, checks the contents of the Features register, clears BSY and generates an inter-rupt. If...

DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 35 5.0 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] Techni...

36 DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 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 warra...

DB35.3 Series SATA/PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 37 Index A acoustics 12 Active mode 10 agency certification (regulatory) 14 altitude 11 ambient conditions 3 areal density 6 ATA-standard commands 27 Australian C-Tick 14 autodetection 1 average seek time 7 B BPI 6 breather filter hole precautions 19 bu...