Maxtor SCSI Installation Manual

Handling Precautions

Allow the drive to reac h
room temperature before
installing it in the computer.

Do not open the E SD bag until
youÕ re ready to install the
drive . H andle the drive by its
side s. Do not t ouch the circuit
board (e le ctronics).

Do not c onnect/disconne ct
any drive c ables while your
compute r is turned on.

Do not drop, jar, or bump
the drive .

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Pre
In stallatio n

T hank you for selecting a Maxtor
hard drive storage product.

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the most up-to-date product possible,
and we are constantly enhancing our
software anddocumentation to better
meet your needs. Please visit our web­site at

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System/OS Requirements

¥ A full ve rsion of your ope rating

sy stem (O S) is require d for a
new hard drive installation

(se e kit pac kage for details)

Tools for Installation

The follow ing tools are neede d to
install your new M axtor hard drive:

¥ S mall Phillips head s crew driver

¥ S mall pair of pliers or twe ezers

¥ Your com puter us er ma nual

¥ Ope rating sy stem softw are

Bac kup Your Data

M axtor highly recomm ends that you
make a bac kup copy of you r files

before

installing the new M axtor har d drive.

Ple ase refer to your c omputer us er
manual for more information.

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D r ive Jum p e r
S e t u p

Configure the Drive Jumpers

If spec ific jumpe r options are ne eded
for your s ystem configuration, ref er to
the illus trations and definitions provided
in this se ction.

SCSI ID Jumper Settings

M axtor S CS I drives typically ship from
the factory w ith jumpers set to S CSI
ID 6, a nd termination power jum ped.

S CSI ID 7 is usually rese rved for the
S CSI host adapter.

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D rive
Install

Installing Drive Inside
of Y our Computer System

M ak e s ure y ou r co m pu ter
is pow ere d do w n befo re
ins tall ing th e dr iv e.

The follow ing illustrations are
of typical computer sys tems and
hard drive mounting s tyles .

Your com puter ma y have a different
mounting style. Pleas e re fer to your
compute r use r manual for more
informa tion.

B e s ure to s ecure the drive to the
device bay w ith all f our sc rews .
The drive should be oriented
with its printe d circuit board
facing down.

Installing 5.25-inch Mounting Brackets

If the hard drive will be installe d in a 5 .25­inch de vice bay, attach mounting brack ets
(available separate ly) to the hard drive as
show n in the figure below.

Mounting Screws

Mounting Screws

Mounting Bracket

SC SI Hard Drive I nstallation Guide

N ote: M axtor LVD SC SI drives do not
support on-board termination. M axtor
recomme nds the use of Active LVD
terminators and 68-pin twis ted pair
cabling.

SCS I hos t adapter manufa cture rs
usua lly s upply proper c abling and
termination w ith the purc hase of an
LVD SCS I hos t adapter.

At ten tion : T he R ear J umper O ption
Conne ctor is an OEM spec ific con­nector. M ost ins tallations w ill never
use the jum per options on this
connector. Alw ays configure the
drive using the jumpers at the Fr ont
J umper O ption Co nnect or.

Other Jumper Settings

TP - T ermi natio n P owe r (1 2 P in O ption Co nnect or)
Pins 11-12 T erm ination powe r ens ures that the re is a s ufficient
power level a long the e ntire S CSI bus. It is recom mended
that the final devic e on the SC SI bus hav e the Termination
Pow er jumper installed. All de vices in betw een the host and
final dev ice typica lly have no jumper on Termination P ower.
Note that Termination Powe r is not the s ame as o n-board
termination, whic h this drive does not s upport.

S S - S tag ger S pin
Pins 13-14 For m ost c onfigurations this option is not utilized.
Mos t cur rent S CSI host adapters offer a S tart Unit command
enable or disable, w hich supe rsede s the functionality of the
SS jumpe r se tting. W hen the Delay Spin (D S) jum per is
enabled on the drive , the Start Unit c ommand f rom the SC SI
host adapter w ill sen d Start Unit co mmands to all de vices on
the bus at pre -determined intervals. This can help preve nt
power supply overload w hen running s evera l device s on the
SC SI bus.

W P - W rite Pr otect ion
Pins 11-12 B y factory default, the drive is shipped w ith no
jumper on these pins, and the drive ca n be w ritten to u nless
protecte d by application softw are. With the pins jumped, the
drive c an be us ed a s a read-only devic e. T his f eature prevents
accide ntal overw rites and is u seful for fre quently acc ess ed
archives and re ferenc e files .

For ce S E Ð F orce S ingle En ded Op erat ion
Pins 17 -18 B y fac tory default, the drive is shipped with no
jumper on thes e pins. W ith mos t sy stem configurations , it is
not nec ess ary to use this jum per. LVD drives are mu lti-mode
capable. They will auto matically de tect the pres ence of a s in­gle-ended bus and revert to single-e nded mode .

DS - De lay S pin
Dis able D elay S pin: No jumper a cross pins 15-16 (f actory

default). Disa bling Delay Spin allow s the drive to spin up
whe n the s yste m is powere d up.

En able D elay S pin: J umper across pins 15-16 This setting
will pre vent the drive f rom s pinning up until it receive s a Start
Unit c ommand f rom a SCS I hos t adapter. Mos t SC SI host
adapters have the S tart Unit command enabled by default in
the hos t adapte r BI OS . E nabling Delay Spin is only nece ssa ry
whe n you are starting multiple dev ices at powe r on.

S CS I ID
Pin num bers 1-8 are typically re ferred to in pairs as A0 (pins 1
and 2), A1 (3,4), A2 (5,6), A3 (7,8). The jumper pairs will allow
configuration of S CS I ID' s 0 to 1 5. A ll SC SI devices mus t have
an individual I D on the SC SI bus (there is no M aste r/Slave set­ting). S CS I ID 7 is us ually res erved for the SC SI ho st adapte r.

Fau lt LE D a nd Bu sy O ut J umpe rs
Typical ins tallations do not require the use of the Fault L ED
and B usy Out jum pers. The Bus y O ut signal is us ually s upplied
through the PCI bus to the PC motherboard' s B usy indicator
LE D. If co nnecting the Bus y O ut jumper for a drive ins talled in
an ex ternal ca se, pleas e ref er to the wiring documentat ion sup­plied by the manuf acturer of the case . C onnection o f the Fault
LE D is not re comme nded in inte rnal or ex ternal ins tallations.

Computer with available

3.5-inch device bay

Computer with available

5.25-inch devic e bay

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Pin 2

Pin 1

Pin 17

Pin 18

SCSI ID 3

SCSI ID 2

SCSI ID 1

SCSI ID 0

BUSY LED

-/+

WRT PROTECT

STAGGER SPIN

DELAY SPIN

SINGLE ENDED

FAULT LED

GROUND

GROUND

BUSY LED

GROUND

TERM POWER

SCSI ID 3

SCSI ID 2

SCSI ID 1

SCSI ID 0

NOT USED

+5 V

Pin 1

Pin 2

Pin 11

Pin 12

4 Pin Power
Connector

12 Pin Option
Connector

68 Pin SCSI
Connector

Pin 1

68-pin Connector

68-pin Drive
Connector

DC Power
Connector

Ultra LVD/SE Cable

Power Supply Cable

(3-Pin or 4-Pin)

Bevel

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Cable
Hook-up

Attach the SCSI and Power Cables

If the M axtor S CS I drive is the only de vice attached to
the SCS I adapter c ard, atta ch the drive at the end of the
Ultra LV D /S E c able, f arthest from the S CSI adapter
card. This connec tor has a beve led edge and will only
fit one way. Then attach an externa l active LVD /S E SC SI
term inator.

Ple ase refer to the S CS I adapte r card us er guide
for additional recomm endations on data c able place­ment and S CSI te rmination requireme nts.

Attac h a pow er cable to the power connector on the
hard drive . This conne ctor is keye d and w ill
only f it one w ay. C heck all other c able conne ctions
before you turn on the computer.

Ca uti on: D o not for ce or rock the c onnectors into their
soc kets on the hard drive. Pus h them in straight until
they are s eated firmly.

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P a r t it io n in g

F o r m a t t i n g

M axtor hard drives can ac cept ne arly all
operating sys tems . S ome operating s ys­tems have volume size limitations that
may require you to partition your drive
into m ultiple volumes . Pleas e re fer to
your s ys tem or SC SI adapter card us er
guide f or informa tion about for matting
and partitioning the drive.

General Guideli nes

¥ D OS /W ind ow s 9 X/ ME :

Us e F DIS K.E XE to partition and
FO RM AT.CO M to form at the drive.

¥ W in dow s N T/ 2000:

B oot your s ys tem f rom the installa­tion floppy disks provided with the
OS to partition and form at the drive.
If you do not have the original ins talla­tion floppie s, you can create them
using your W indows ins tallation CD .

¥ W in dow s X P:

B oot your s ys tem f rom the Window s
XP installation CD to partition and for­mat the drive. If your s yste m is not
capable of booting from a CD, you
can download bootable W indows XP
installation floppies from Micros oft' s
we bsite at ww w.m icrosof t.com

¥ M ac int os h: M ost non-Apple branded

hard drive s c an be formatted using
the Drive S etup utility included in Mac
OS 8. 6 and above. Mac OS ve rsions
before 8. 6 will require a third-party
hard drive utility s uch as F WB H ard
Dis k Toolkit (w ww. fwb. com) or Intec h
Hard Disk Spe edTools
(ww w.inte chusa. com) to partition and
initialize the drive. Ple ase visit the
FW B or Inte ch w ebsite for details on
thes e non-M axtor softw are produc ts.

www.maxtor.com

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R e g ist r a t io n

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Active LVD
Terminator

Connect to
SCSI Host
Adapter
Card

Ultra
LVD/SE
Cable

Standard Cabling for S ingle SCSI Drive in System

(Ultra LVD/ SE cable connections)

Cable Connections for SCSI Drive