Page 3 - Contents
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Page 5 - iii; List of Figures
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Figure 2. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Page 7 - Introduction; Barracuda
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate ® Barracuda ® 7200.8 PATA model drives: Barracuda 7200.8 PATA • ST3400832A • ST3400632A • ST3300831A • ST3300631A • ST3250823A • ST3...
Page 9 - Drive specifications; Specification summary table
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 3 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominalpower. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicateST3400832A, ST3400632A...
Page 10 - Drive specifications for 400 Gbyte models
4 Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F Table 1: Drive specifications for 400 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3400832A ST3400632A Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 400 400 Guaranteed sectors 781,422,768 781,422,768 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write hea...
Page 12 - for 300 Gbyte models
6 Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F Table 2: Drive specifications for 300 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3300831A ST3300631A Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 300 300 Guaranteed sectors 586,072,368 586,072,368 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write hea...
Page 16 - Formatted capacity; LBA mode; Default logical geometry; Model; Interface
10 Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.2 Formatted capacity 2.2.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above. See Section 4.1.2, "Identify Device command&...
Page 17 - *Measured in quiet mode; Maximum height; Read; Average
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 11 2.5 Physical characteristics 2.6 Seek time Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured usingdrive diagnostics. The specifications in the table below are defined as follows: • Track-to-track seek ti...
Page 18 - Power specifications; Spinup
12 Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a four-pin standard drive power connector. 2.8.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 12. Typical power measurements are basedon a...
Page 19 - Typical current profile; Figure 1; Conducted noise; injected noise at up to 10 MHz.; Voltage tolerance
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 13 2.8.1.1 Typical current profile Figure 1 Typical 5V startup and operation current profile Figure 2 Typical 12V startup and operation current profile 2.8.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivale...
Page 21 - Environmental specifications; 9°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions for
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 15 2.9 Environmental specifications 2.9.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive.Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) within the operating ambient ...
Page 23 - Acoustics; by the following equation:; Electromagnetic immunity; Radio frequency environments; Acoustic mode
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 17 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 essentiallyfree-field conditions over a ref...
Page 24 - Safety certification
18 Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 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 sectionsof IEC950 and EN 60950 as tested by TUV North America. 2.13.2 Electromagneti...
Page 25 - FCC verification
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 19 These drives have been tested and comply with the Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Susceptibil-ity (EMI/EMS) for Class B products. Drives are tested in a representative, end-user system by a Korean-recog-nized lab. • EUT name (model numbers...
Page 26 - Environmental protection; European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS); Corrosive environment
20 Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.14 Environmental protection Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulationsrestricting certain chemical substances. European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) The European Uni...
Page 27 - Configuring and mounting the drive; Handling and static discharge precautions; • Handle the drive by its edges or frame only.
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 21 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...
Page 28 - Breather filter hole precautions; Figure 3; This hole has two purposes:
22 Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 3.2 Breather filter hole precautions This section contains information regarding the precautions which should be taken regarding the breather filterhole in Seagate hard disc drives. Proper precautions should be taken to ensure full functionality and pr...
Page 29 - Jumper settings; Master/slave configuration; Figure 4; Alternate capacity jumper; • Update the BIOS
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 23 3.3 Jumper settings 3.3.1 Master/slave configuration The options jumper block shown in Figure 4 is used to configure the drive for operation. It is the 8-pin dualheader between the interface connector and the power connector. Use the following settings...
Page 30 - Drive mounting; • Do not use a drive interface cable that is more than 18 inches long.
24 Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 3.3.4 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 useseven-numbered conductors connected to the ground pins to improve signal integrity. Figure 5 Ultra ATA cable connectors Note. ...
Page 33 - ATA interface; ATA interface signals and connector pins; Figure 7
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 27 4.0 ATA interface These drives use the industry-standard ATA task file interface that supports 16-bit data transfers. It supportsATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–5. Thedrive also supports the u...
Page 34 - Command name
28 Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 4.1.1 Supported ATA commands The following table lists ATA-standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATAcommands, refer to the Draft ATA-7 Standard. See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 33 for details and sub-commands us...
Page 36 - Identify Device command; The Identify Device command (command code EC; Word; xxxx
30 Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 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 the Table 7on pag...
Page 39 - Set Features command
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 33 4.1.3 Set Features command This command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When the drive receivesthis command, it sets BSY, checks the contents of the Features register, clears BSY and generates an inter-rupt. If ...
Page 41 - 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
Barracuda 7200.8 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] Technica...
Page 42 - Customer Service Operations; Warranty Service; USA/Canada/Latin America support services; Direct dial; and Mexico; Europe, the Middle East and Africa Support Services
36 Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F Customer Service Operations Warranty Service Seagate offers worldwide customer support for Seagate products. Seagate distributors, OEMs and other directcustomers should contact their Seagate Customer Service Operations (CSO) representative for warranty...
Page 43 - Index
Barracuda 7200.8 PATA Product Manual, Rev. F 41 Index A acoustics 17 Active mode 14 agency certification (regulatory) 18 alternate capacity jumper 23 altitude 15 ambient conditions 3 ambient temperature 11 , 15 areal density 1 , 10 ATA interface 27 ATA-standard commands 28 Australian C-Tick 19 autod...
