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SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 2. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate SV35 Series SATA model drives:• ST3500641SV• ST3250824SV• ST3160812SV These drives provide the following key features:• Specifically desi...

2 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 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 necess...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 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 models: 2.1...

4 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C Table 1: Drive specifications for 500 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3500641SV Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 500 Guaranteed sectors 976,773,168 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 Default cylinders 16,383 ...

6 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C Table 2: Drive specifications for 250 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3250824SV Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 250 Guaranteed sectors 488,397,168 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 Default cylinders 16,383 ...

8 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C Table 3: Drive specifications for 160 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3160812SV Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 160 Guaranteed sectors 312,581,808 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 Default cylinders 16,383 ...

10 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 2.2 Formatted capacity *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. 2.2.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) a...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 11 2.4 Recording and interface technology Interface ATA Recording method 16/17 EPRML Recording density KBPI (kbits/inch max) ST3500641SV and ST3250824SV 790.1 ST3160812SV 840.0 Track density KTPI (ktracks/inch max) ST3500641SV and ST3250824SV 124.5 ST3160812SV...

12 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 2.5 Physical characteristics 2.6 Seek time Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications in the table below are defined as follows:• Track-to-track seek time is...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 13 2.7 Start/stop times 2.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V and +12V) through a native SATA power connector. See Figure 5 on page 25. 2.8.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 9. Typical pow...

14 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 2.8.1.1 Typical current profiles Figure 1 Typical 5V startup and operation current profile Figure 2 Typical 12V startup and operation current profile Table 4: DC power requirements Power dissipation (typical) Example: ST3500641SV Average (watts, 25° C) 5V t...

16 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C Each time the drive performs an Active function (read, write or seek), the standby timer is reinitialized and begins counting down from its specified delay times to zero. If the standby timer reaches zero before any drive activity is required, the drive mak...

18 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 2.10 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 reflect...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 19 2.12 Reliability 2.13 Agency certification 2.13.1 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. 2.13.2 Electromagnetic co...

20 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C Australian C-Tick (N176) If these models have the C-Tick marking, they comply with the Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS3548 1995 and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Australian Communi-cation Authority (ACA). 2...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 21 2.14 Environmental protection Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) The European ...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 23 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 pote...

24 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 3.2 Breather filter hole precautions This section contains information regarding the precautions to take with the breather filter hole in Seagate hard disc drives. Take the proper precautions to ensure full functionality and to prevent possible damage to th...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 25 3.3 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects in a point-to-point configuration with the Serial ATA host adapter. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is considered a master in a point-to-point relationships. ...

26 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 3.5 Drive mounting 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 6 on page 26 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precautions when m...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 27 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–6. For detailed information...

28 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions Table 6 summarizes the signals on the Serial ATA interface and power connectors. . Notes: 1. All pins are in a single row, with a 1.27 mm (0.050”) pitch. 2. The comments on the mating sequence apply to th...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 29 case, the mating sequences are: • the ground pins P4 and P12.• the pre-charge power pins and the other ground pins.• the signal pins and the rest of the power pins. 3. There are three power pins for each voltage. One pin from each voltage is used for pre-ch...

30 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 4.3 Supported ATA commands The following table lists Serial 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 . See “S.M.A.R.T. commands”...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 33 4.3.1 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 30. Al...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 35 Note. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) features are not supported Note. See the bit descriptions below for words 63, 88, and 93 of the Identify Drive data. 83 Command sets supported 7C03 H 84 Command sets support exten...

38 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C Note. At power-on, or after a hardware or software reset, the default values of the features are as indi-cated above. 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disc drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive moni-tors...

42 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 4.3.4.2.2 Read Stream DMA (2Ah) Protocol: DMA In This command reads from 1 to 65536 sectors as specified in the Sector Count register. A value of 0000h in the Sector Count register requests 65536 sectors. The RC bit indicates that the drive operate in a con...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 45 4.3.4.3 Write Stream DMA (3Ah) Protocol: DMA Out The Write Stream DMA command allows the host to write data using the DMA data transfer protocol. This com-mand allows for the host to specify to the device that additional actions need to be performed prior t...

48 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C If write caching is allowed, the actuator could be busy servicing a cached write at virtually any time. The impli-cation is that a timeout on a read command could actually be due to a cached write. To address this case: • Streaming commands will not time ou...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 49 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] Technical Sup...

50 SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 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-rel...

SV35 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 51 Index Numerics 3D Defense System 1 A ACA 20 acceleration 17 acoustics 7 , 9 , 18 Active 15 Active mode 15 actuator arm 13 AFR 19 Agency certification 19 altitude 16 Altitude, nonoperating 5 , 7 , 9 Altitude, operating 4 , 6 , 8 Ambient temperature 4 , 6 , 8...