Seagate ST32122A - Medalist 2.1 GB Hard Drive Manual

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Specifications summary tableThe following table serves as a quick reference for the ST32132Aperformance specifications. These and other specifications

Drive specification ST32132ASeek power (typical) 5.98WRead/Write power (typical) 4.97WIdle total power (typical) 3.24WStandby power (typical) 0.84WVol

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1.0 Drive Specifications1.1 Formatted CapacityThe drive is low-level formatted at the factory. You do not need tolow-level format the drive. This driv

1.2 Physical organizationHeads 6Discs 31.3 Functional specificationsInterface ATA-3Internal data-transfer rate (Mbits/sec) 35.0 to 68.0 External data

1.5 Seek time Seek value is the interval between the time the actuator begins to moveand the time the head has settled over the target track. Seek ti

1.7 Power specificationsExcept during a write operation, you can apply power to the drive orremove power from the drive in any sequence without losing

1.7.1.1 Idle and Standby timersThe drive can enter the Idle mode or the Standby mode by two differentmethods:• The computer sends an Idle Immediate co

ModeCurrent (amps) Power (watts)+12V +5V Spinup (peak) 1.31 0.35 10.23ActiveSeeking (typ) 0.39 0.26 5.98Read/write (typ)0.26 0.37 4.97Idle2 (typ)0.22

1.7.4 EnvironmentThe acceptable environmental conditions for the drive are specifiedbelow. The specifications in this section are defined as follows:•

1.7.9 Shock and vibrationAll shock and vibration specifications apply when the drive is mountedas recommended in Section 2.5. on page 20, with the inp

1.9 ReliabilityThe MTBF and contact start-stop specifications assume nominal powerat sea level with an ambient temperature of 25°C.Nonrecoverable erro

1.13 FCC verificationThe ST32123A drive is intended to be contained solely within a personalcomputer or similar enclosure (not attached to an external

2.0 Configuring and mounting the driveThis section contains specifications for configuring and mounting thedrive. Figure 2 on page 16 shows the locati

4-pinpower connectorPin 1InterfaceconnectorPin 1Circuit board+5V+5V return+12V return+12V2341Figure 2. Connectors 16 Medalist 2132 Product Manual,

2.2 The ATA interface connectorThe drive uses a standard 40-pin interface connector with 2 rows of 20male pins. Pin 20 is removed. The connector is sh

2.4.1 Master/slave configurationUse the following settings to configure the drive as master or slave.One drive only. The drive is configured at the fa

2.4.3 Diagnostics JumperThe diagnostics jumper activates a drive feature called EZConfig.EZConfig allows the advanced user to enable, disable or chang

2.5 Mounting the driveYou can mount the drive in any orientation using either the bottom or theside mounting holes as described below. Figure 6 shows

5.77 max (146.56)2.375 ± 0.030(60.325 ± 0.762)1.750 ± 0.010(44.450 ± 0.254)Four 6-32 UNC-2B mounting holesSix 6-32 UNC-2B mounting holes3.750 ±

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3.0 ATA interfaceThe drive uses an ATA interface. The interface is in compliance with ANSIATA (AT Attachment) Interface X3.221, Rev. 4; SFF 8011: ATA

Reset–GroundDD7DD8DD6DD9DD5DD10DD4DD11DD3DD12DD2DD13DD1DD14DD0DD15Ground(removed)DMARQGroundDIOW–GroundDIOR–GroundIORDYCSEL

3.3 Supported ATA commandsThe table on page 25 lists all ATA commands the drive uses. Commandsthat have a unique application or that may be of special

Command nameCommandcode (in hex)Parameters usedFR SC SN CY DHCheck Power Mode 98, E5 n y n n DExecute Drive Diagnostics 90 nnnnDFormat Track 50 n y n

3.3.1 Identify Drive command (ECH)The Identify Drive command transfers information about the drive to thehost after power up. The data is organized as

Word Description Value47 Maximum sectors perinterrupt on read/writemultiple 0010H48 Double word I/O 0000H Not supported49 Capabilities 0B00H DMA, I

Word Description Value67 Minimum PIO withoutIORDY 240 nsec68 Minimum PIO withIORDY5120 nsec (PIO mode 4)69–79Reserved 0000H 80 Supports ATA-1, ATA-2

3.3.3 Set Features command (EFH)The host uses the Set Features command (EFH) to establish parametersthat affect the execution of certain drive feature

3.3.3.1 PIO and DMA Data-Transfer ModesYou can set the multiword DMA mode and identify the PIO data-transfermechanism and transfer mode with the Set

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If the drive does not support a commanded mode, the drive returns anAborted Command error.If the drive receives a Set Features command with a Mechanis

When the Read Multiple command is issued, the Sector Count registercontains the number of sectors (not the number of blocks or the blockcount) request

Disc errors encountered during Write Multiple commands are postedafter the attempted disc write of the block or partial block. The Writecommand ends w

3.5 Drive Security CommandsThe drive security commands provide a password-based security sys-tem to prevent unauthorized access to a disc drive. Durin

3.7 ECC performance testsThe drive does not report ECC errors when it performs on-the-fly errorcorrection. This allows the drive to correct the data w

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ContentsIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Specifications summary table . . . .

2.4.1 Master/slave configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.4.2 Cable-select option . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FiguresFigure 1. Typical startup current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Figure 2. Connectors . . . . . . . . . .

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IntroductionThis manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifi-cations for the Medalist® 2132 hard disc drive. The drive is referr