Seagate ST3250412CS Manual

Product ManualPipeline HD.2 Series SATA100529372Rev. F January 2010ST31000424CSST3500414CSST3320413CSST3250412CSST31000322CSST3500312CSST3320311CSST3

2 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 1.1 About the Serial ATA interfaceThe Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the tra

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 32.0 Drive specificationsUnless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient condi

4 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F Table 1: Drive specifications summary for 1000GB modelsDrive specification ST31000424CS ST31000322

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 5*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may

6 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F Table 2: Drive specifications summary for 500 and 320GB modelsDrive specification ST3500414CS ST35

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 7*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may

8 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F Table 3: Drive specifications summary for 250 and 160GB modelsDrive specification ST3250412CS ST32

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 9*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may

10 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.2 Formatted capacity ModelFormatted capacity*Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sectorST31000424CS S

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 112.5 Physical characteristics 1000GB model 500, 320, 250 and 160GB modelsMaximum height 26.1mm / 1.

Revision historyCopyright © 2010 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.Publication number: 100529372, Rev. F January 2010Seag

12 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.8 Power specificationsThe drive receives DC power (5V or 12V) through a native SATA power connec

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 132.8.1.1 Typical current profiles Figure 1. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile2.8.2

14 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.8.4 Power management modesThe drive provides programmable power management to provide greater en

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 152.9 Environmental specifications2.9.1 Drive case temperatureAbove 1,000 feet (305 meters), the max

16 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.9.5 ShockAll shock specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input shock

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 172.10 Acoustics emissionsDrive emission of sound is measured consistent with the ECMA-74 and its re

18 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.12 Reliability2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)The product will achieve an Annualized Failure

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 19Korean RRLIf these drives have the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) logo, they comply with p

20 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 2.14 Environmental protectionSeagate designs its products to meet environmental protection require

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 213.0 Configuring and mounting the driveThis section contains the specifications and instructions fo

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22 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 3.2 Configuring the driveEach drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to-point with the S

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 233.4 Drive mountingYou can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mountin

Recommendedcase temperaturemeasurement location24 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F Figure 4. Mounting dimensions (for 500, 320, 250 a

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 254.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interfaceThese drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that su

26 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitionsTable 7 summarizes the signals on the Serial A

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 274.3 Supported ATA commandsThe following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive su

28 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F Security Erase Prepare F3HSecurity Erase Unit F4HSecurity Freeze F5HSecurity Set Password F1HSecur

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 294.3.1 Identify Device commandThe Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information

30 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 60–61Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available(Refer to Section 2.2 for related infor

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 31Note. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) features are not sup

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32 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 13 IDLE IMMEDIATE command with IUNLOAD faeture is supported.14 Shall be set to 1.15 Shall be clear

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 334.3.2 Set Features commandThis command controls the implementation of various features that the dr

34 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commandsS.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disk drives. When S.

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 355.0 Seagate Technology support servicesOnline servicesInternetFor information regarding Seagate pr

36 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F Customer Service OperationsWarranty ServiceSeagate offers worldwide customer support for Seagate p

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 37IndexAACA 19acceleration 16acoustics 17Active mode 14AFR 18agency certification 18alti

38 Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F Idle Immediate 27Idle mode 12, 14Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 18Initialize Devic

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 39Sectors per track 10Security Disable Password 27Security Erase Prepare 28Security Erase Unit

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Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F iiiContents1.0 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Seagate Technology LLC920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066-4544, USAPublication Number: 100529372, Rev. F, Printed in U.S.A.

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Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F vList of FiguresFigure 1. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. F 11.0 IntroductionThis manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for t