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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U4 Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST32112A, ST34311A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST36421A, ST38421A . . . . . . ...
Page 4 - 999 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved
1999 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved Publication Number: SG35116-001, Rev. D, June 1999 Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Seagate logo and U4 are eithertrademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. Otherproduct names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their ow...
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U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D iii Contents Specification summary table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1 Formatted capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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iv U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 2.0 Configuring and mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.2 Jumper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.2.1 Master/sla...
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U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D v Seagate Connfidential Review Draft - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION Figures Figure 1. Typical startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2. Master/slave jumper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Figure 3. Mounting dimensions...
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vi U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D. Seagate Confidential Review Draft - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION
Page 9 - Introduction; ST32112A. These drives provide the following key features:
U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 1 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifi-cations for the U4 ST38421A, ST36421A, ST34311A and the ST32112A. These drives provide the following key features: • Low power consumption • Quiet operation • 10-5 msec seek time,...
Page 10 - Specification summary table; Drive Specification
2 U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D Specification summary table The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For detailson specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate sectionof this manual. Drive Specification ST32112A ST34311A ST36421A ST38421A Guaranteed Mbytes ...
Page 13 - Drive specifications; the drive; Formatted capacity; CHS Mode
U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 5 1.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambientconditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the U4 ST38421A, ST36421A, ST3431...
Page 15 - Power specifications; Spinup power; Average
U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 7 • Average seek time is a true statistical random average of at least 5,000measurements of seeks between random tracks, less overhead. • Full-stroke seek time is one-half the time needed to seek from the firstdata cylinder to the maximum data cylinder and back to th...
Page 17 - Power Mode; Spinup
U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 9 1.7.1.1 Typical current profile Figure 1 shows a typical current profile. Figure 1. Typical startup and operation current profile Power Mode Typical Watts RMS Typical Amps RMS 5V 12V Spinup — — 1.5 (peak) Seek (Random, no read/write) 7.0 0.39 0.42 Operating 5.7 0.3...
Page 19 - Environmental tolerances; Operating
U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 11 drive buffer is enabled, the heads are parked and the spindle is at rest.The drive accepts all commands and returns to Active mode any timedisc access is necessary. • Sleep mode The drive enters Sleep mode after receiving a Sleep command fromthe host. In Sleep mod...
Page 24 - . This booklet is available from the Superintendent of Documents,
16 U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D If necessary, you should consult your dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions. You may find helpful thefollowing booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commis-sion: How to Identify and Resolve Radio-Television Interf...
Page 25 - Configuring and mounting the drive; Handling and static-discharge precautions; Handle the drive by its edges or frame; only; Do not touch the connector pins or the printed circuit board.
U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 17 2.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuringand mounting the drive. 2.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed topotential han...
Page 26 - if the drive does not work as a master with a jumper set on pins 7 and 8.; Drive is slave
18 U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 2.2 Jumper settings 2.2.1 Master/slave configuration The options jumper block (J8) shown in Figure 2 is used to configure thedrive for operation. It is the 6-pin dual header between the I/O connectorand the power connector. Use the following settings to configure ...
Page 27 - Important mounting precautions:; Do not use a drive interface cable that is more than 18 inches long.
U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 19 2.2.2 Cable-select option Computers that use cable-select determine the master and slave drivesby selecting or deselecting pin 28, CSEL, on the interface bus. Masterand slave drives are determined by their physical position on the cable.To enable cable select, set...
Page 28 - Figure 3. Mounting dimensions—top, side and end view
20 U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 1.00 ± 0.028 ( 25.4 ± 0.7) 3.72 ± 0.03(94.5 ± 0.8 ) 4.00 ± 0.02 (101.6 ± 0 . 5) 3.750 ± 0.010 (95.25 ± 0 . 25) 5.75 ± 0.03 ( 146.1 ± 0.8 ) 4.000 ± 0.010 ( 101.60 ± 0.25 ) 3X.250 ± . 015 (6.35 ± 0.38) (both sides) 2.23 ± 0.03(56.6 ± 0.8 ) 0.230 ± 0.015 (5.84 ± 0.38...
Page 29 - subsequently referred to as the; dard; ATA interface signals and connector pins
U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 21 3.0 ATA interface These drives use the industry-standard ATA task file interface thatsupports 16-bit data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output(PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes0–4. The drive also supports the use of the IOR...
Page 30 - Figure 4. I/O pins and supported ATA signals
22 U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D Figure 4. I/O pins and supported ATA signals Reset– Ground DD7DD8DD6DD9DD5 DD10 DD4 DD11 DD3 DD12 DD2 DD13 DD1 DD14 DD0 DD15 Ground (removed) DMARQ Ground DIOW– STOP Ground DIOR– HDMARDY– HSTROBE Ground IORDY DDMARDY– DSTROBE CSEL DMACK– Ground INTRQ IOCS16– DA1 P...
Page 31 - ATA Interface commands; Draft
U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 23 3.2 ATA Interface commands 3.2.1 Supported ATA commands The following table lists ATA-standard commands that the drive sup-ports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Draft ATA-4 Standard. See Section 3.2.4 on page 30 for details and subcom...
Page 33 - ASCII
U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 25 Word Description Value 0 Configuration information: • Bit 15: 0 = ATA; 1 = ATAPI • Bit 7: removable media • Bit 6: removable controller • Bit 0: reserved 0C5A H 1 Number of logical cylinders: ST32112A = 4,192ST34311A = 8,944ST36421A = 13,330ST38421A = 16,368 1060 ...
Page 34 - Word
26 U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 27–46 Drive model number: (40 ASCII char-acters, padded with blanks to end of string) ST32112AST34311AST36421AST38421A 47 (Bits 7–0) Maximum sectors per inter-rupt on Read multiple and Write mul-tiple (16) 8010 H 48 Reserved 0000 H 49 Standard Standby timer, IORDY...
Page 36 - xxxx; Bit
28 U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D 91–92 ATA-reserved 0000 H 93 Hardware Reset Value (see description following this table) 4000 H 94–127 ATA-reserved 0000 H 128 Security Status 0001 H 129–159 Seagate-reserved xxxx H 160–255 ATA-reserved 0000 H Note. See the bit descriptions below for words, 63, 88...
Page 38 - values of the features are as indicated above.; AA
30 U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D Note. At power-on, or after a hardware or software reset, the default values of the features are as indicated above. 3.2.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disc drives. WhenS.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive monitors predeterm...