Page 3 - Contents
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Page 5 - iii; List of Figures
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 2. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Page 7 - Introduction
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate ® DB35 Series 7200.2 model drives: • ST3500841ACE • ST3400833ACE • ST3300822ACE • ST3250824ACE • ST3200827ACE • ST3160212ACE • ST312021...
Page 9 - Drive specifications; Specification summary table
DB35 Series 7200.2 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 the following models: 2...
Page 10 - Drive specifications for 500 and 400 Gbyte models
4 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D Table 1: Drive specifications for 500 and 400 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3500841ACE ST3400833ACE Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 500 400 Guaranteed sectors 976,773,168 781,422,768 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/...
Page 14 - Drive specifications for 160, 120, and 80 Gbyte models
8 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D Table 3: Drive specifications for 160, 120, and 80 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3160212ACE ST3120213ACE ST3802110ACE Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 160 120 80 Guaranteed sectors 312,581,808 234,441,648 156,301,488 Bytes per sector 512 Default s...
Page 16 - Formatted capacity; Default logical geometry; LBA mode; Recording and interface technology
10 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 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)...
Page 18 - Read
12 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 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...
Page 19 - Power specifications; Operating power is measured using a standard; Models
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 13 2.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V and +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 13. Typical power measurements are based on an...
Page 20 - Typical current profile; Figure 1; Conducted noise; injected noise at up to 10 MHz.; Voltage tolerance
14 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 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 equivalent ...
Page 22 - Environmental specifications; 9°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions for
16 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 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 co...
Page 23 - Acoustics; by the following equation:; Drive acoustics, sound power
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 17 2.9.5.2 Nonoperating shock The nonoperating shock level that the drive can experience without incurring physical damage or degradation in performance when subsequently put into operation is 300 Gs for 500, 400, and 300 GB drives and 350 Gs for 250, 200, 1...
Page 24 - Electromagnetic immunity; Radio frequency environments; Reliability
18 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 2.11 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 5: Radio f...
Page 25 - Agency certification; Safety certification; • Certificate numbers:; Model
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 19 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 compatibility Har...
Page 26 - FCC verification; • Reorient the receiving antenna.; Environmental protection; European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
20 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 2.13.3 FCC verification These drives are intended to be contained solely within a personal computer or similar enclosure (not attached as an external device). As such, each drive is considered to be a subassembly even when it is individually mar-keted to ...
Page 27 - Corrosive environment
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 21 2.15 Corrosive environment Seagate electronic drive components pass accelerated corrosion testing equivalent to 10 years exposure to light industrial environments containing sulfurous gases, chlorine and nitric oxide, classes G and H per ASTM B845. Howeve...
Page 29 - Configuring and mounting the drive; Handling and static discharge precautions; • Handle the drive by its edges or frame only.
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 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 po...
Page 30 - Breather filter hole precautions; Figure 3; This hole has two purposes:
24 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 3.2 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 prev...
Page 31 - Jumper settings; Master/slave configuration; Figure 4; Alternate capacity jumper; • Update the BIOS
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 25 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 dual header between the interface connector and the power connector. Use the following settings t...
Page 32 - Drive mounting; • Do not use a drive interface cable that is more than 18 inches long.
26 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 98 or newer versions are needed to support drives with capacities greater than 32 Gbytes. 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 uses even-n...
Page 35 - ATA interface; ATA interface signals and connector pins; Figure 7
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 29 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 us...
Page 36 - Command name
30 DB35 Series 7200.2 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-7 Standard. See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 37 for details and sub-commands used...
Page 39 - Identify Device command; The Identify Device command (command code EC; Word
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 33 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 6on page 3...
Page 42 - Set Features command
36 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 4.1.3 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 th...
Page 45 - 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
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 39 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 S...
Page 46 - Customer Service Operations; Warranty Service; USA/Canada/Latin America support services; Direct dial; and Mexico; Europe, the Middle East and Africa Support Services
40 DB35 Series 7200.2 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-r...
Page 47 - Index; Numerics
DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual, Rev. D 41 Index Numerics 3D Defense System 1 A acoustics 17 Active mode 15 agency certification (regulatory) 19 alternate capacity jumper 25 altitude 16 ambient conditions 3 ambient temperature 12 , 16 areal density 10 ATA interface 29 ATA-standard commands 30 Aust...
