Seagate DIAMONDMAX 10 User Manual
Maxtor® DiamondMax 10 80/100/120/160/200/250/
300GB PATA
Product Manual
June 9, 2005
Revision B
Part Number: 000001920
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Before You Begin
Thank you for your interest in Maxtor hard disk drives. This manual provides technical information for
OEM engineers and systems integrators regarding the installation and use of Maxtor hard drives. Drive
repair should be performed only at an authorized repair center. For repair information, contact the Maxtor
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information, contact the Maxtor Customer Service Center at 800-2MAXTOR or 1-303-678-2015.
: Maxtor hard drives are precision products. Failure to follow these precautions and guidelines
outlined here may lead to product failure, damage and invalidation of all warranties.
1
BEFORE unpacking or handling a drive, take all proper electro-static discharge (ESD) precau-
tions, including personnel and equipment grounding. Stand-alone drives are sensitive to ESD
damage.
2 BEFORE removing drives from their packing material, allow them to reach room tempera-
ture.
3 During handling, NEVER drop, jar, or bump a drive.
4 Once a drive is removed from the Maxtor shipping container, IMMEDIATELY secure the
drive through its mounting holes within a chassis. Otherwise, store the drive on a padded,
grounded, antistatic surface.
5 NEVER switch DC power onto the drive by plugging an electrically live DC source cable into
the drive's connector. NEVER connect a live bus to the drive's interface connector.
6 ELECTRICAL GROUNDING - For proper operation, the drive must be securely fastened to a
device bay that provides a suitable electrical ground to the drive base plate.
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Table of Content
Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1 MAXTOR CORPORATION ................................................................................ 1-1
1.2 AUDIENCE ............................................................................................................. 1-1
1.3 MANUAL ORGANIZATION................................................................................ 1-2
1.4 TERMINOLOGY AND CONVENTIONS ........................................................... 1-3
1.5 REFERENCES........................................................................................................1-4
Chapter 2
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
2.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ....................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 KEY FEATURES..................................................................................................... 2-2
2.3 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE STANDARDS .................................................. 2-3
2.4 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................... 2-4
Chapter 3
INSTALLATION
3.1 SPACE REQUIREMENTS..................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 UNPACKING INSTRUCTIONS........................................................................... 3-2
3.3 HARDWARE OPTIONS ....................................................................................... 3-5
3.3.1 ATA Interface Connector ................................................................................. 3-5
3.3.2 ATA BUS ADAPTER ..................................................................................... 3-9
3.4 COMBINATION CONNECTOR (J1)................................................................... 3-9
3.4.1 DC Power (J1, Section A) .............................................................................. 3-11
3.4.2 External Drive Activity LED .......................................................................... 3-11
3.4.3 ATA Bus Interface Connector (J1, Section C) ................................................ 3-11
3.5 MOUNTING......................................................................................................... 3-17
3.5.1 Orientation ..................................................................................................... 3-17
3.5.2 Clearance ....................................................................................................... 3-19
3.5.3 Ventilation ..................................................................................................... 3-19
3.6 FOR SYSTEMS WITH A MOTHERBOARD ATA/SATA ADAPTER ............. 3-20
3.7 FOR SYSTEMS WITH AN ATA ADAPTER BOARD ....................................... 3-20
3.7.1 Adapter Board Installation ............................................................................... 3-20
3.8 TECHNIQUES IN DRIVE CONFIGURATION................................................ 3-23
3.8.1 The 528-Megabytes Barrier ............................................................................ 3-23
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3.8.2 The 8.4-Gigabytes Barrier ...............................................................................3-23
3.8.3 Operating system limitations ...........................................................................3-24
3.10 SYSTEM STARTUP AND OPERATION ........................................................... 3-24
Chapter 4
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
4.1 Models and Capacities ............................................................................................... 4-1
4.2 Drive Configuration .................................................................................................. 4-1
4.3 Performance Specifications......................................................................................... 4-2
4.4 Physical Dimensions .................................................................................................. 4-3
4.5 Power Requirements (160/200GB) ........................................................................... 4-3
4.5.1Power Requirement (250/300GB)..............................................................................4-3
4.6 Power Mode Definitions ........................................................................................... 4-4
4.7 EPA Energy Star Compliance .................................................................................... 4-4
4.8 Environmental Limits ................................................................................................ 4-5
4.9 Shock and Vibration .................................................................................................. 4-6
4.10 Reliability Specifications ............................................................................................ 4-7
4.11 EMC/EMI ................................................................................................................ 4-8
4.11.1 Radiated Electromagnetic Field Emissions - EMC Compliance .........................4-8
4.11.2 Canadian Emissions Statement ..........................................................................4-8
4.12 Safety Regulatory Compliance................................................................................... 4-8
Chapter 5
ATA BUS INTERFACE AND ATA COMMANDS
5.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 5-1
5.2 MECHANICAL INTERFACE ................................................................................ 5-1
5.2.1 Signal Cable and Connector ..............................................................................5-1
5.3 ELECTRICAL INTERFACE................................................................................... 5-1
5.3.1 ATA Bus Interface ............................................................................................5-1
5.4 REGISTER ADDRESS DECODING ..................................................................... 5-2
5.5 COMMAND INTERFACE..................................................................................... 5-2
5.5.1 General Feature Set ...........................................................................................5-2
5.5.2 Supported Commands ......................................................................................5-2
Chapter 6
SERVICE AND SUPPORT
6.1 Product Support/Technical Assistance/Customer Service .......................................... 6-1
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Appendix A
BREAKING THE 137 GIGABYTE STORAGE BARRIER 1
A.1 Breaking the 137 Gigabyte Storage Barrier ............................................................... A-1
A.1.1 History ............................................................................................................ A-1
A.1.2 Solving the 137 Gigabyte Capacity Barrier ....................................................... A-3
A.1.3 How is the Extension Implemented? ................................................................ A-3
A.1.4 What Do the Drives Need to Meet the Spec? .................................................. A-3
A.1.5 What Else is Involved? ..................................................................................... A-3
A.1.6 What is the Next Barrier? ................................................................................ A-4
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List of Figures
Figure 3-1 Mechanical Dimensions of DiamondMax10 Hard Drive ............................... 3-1
Figure 3-2 Single-Pack Shipping Container ................................................................... 3-3
Figure 3-3 20-Pack Shipping Container ......................................................................... 3-4
Figure 3-4 Jumper Locations on the ATA Interface Connector ...................................... 3-5
Figure 3-5 AT Connector and Jumper Location ............................................................ 3-8
Figure 3-6 J1 DC Power and ATA Bus Combination Connector ................................ 3-10
Figure 3-7 Mounting Dimensions for the DiamondMax10 Hard Drives ....................... 3-17
Figure 3-8 Mounting Screw Clearance for the DiamondMax10 Hard Drives ............... 3-18
Figure 3-9 Drive Power Supply and ATA Bus Interface Cables .................................... 3-21
Figure 3-10 Completing the Drive Installation ............................................................... 3-22
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List of Tables
Table 3-1 AT Jumper Options .............................................................................................. 3-6
Table 3-2 J1 Power Connector, Section A .......................................................................... 3-11
Table 3-4 Device plug connector pin definition .................................................................. 3-15
Table 3-5 Logical Addressing Format .................................................................................. 3-25
Table 5-1 Supported Commands........................................................................................... 5-2
Table 5-2 Identify Drive Command Parameters .................................................................... 5-5
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BREAKING THE 137 GIGABYTE STORAGE
This appendix provides information about the 137GB storage barrier. It
discusses the history, cause and the solution to overcome this barrier.
A.1 Breaking the 137 Gigabyte Storage Barrier
Capacity barriers have been a fact of the personal computer world since
its beginnings in the early 1980’s. At least 10 different capacity barriers
have occurred in the storage industry over the last 15 years. The most
notable barriers seen previously have been at 528 megabytes and then at
8.4 gigabytes.
The ANSI NCITS T13 Technical Committee (also known as the ANSI ATA
committee) has broken this barrier by incorporating a proposal from
Maxtor into the ATA/ATAPI-6 draft standard that defines a method for
48-bit addressing on a single drive, giving more than 144 petabytes
(144,000 gigabytes) of storage.
Appendix A
BARRIER
In addition, the proposal from Maxtor that was incorporated into ATA/
ATAPI-6 defines a method for extending the maximum amount of data
that can be transferred per command for ATA devices from 256 sectors
(about 131 kilobytes) to 65,536 sectors (about 33 megabytes). This new
method is particularly useful for applications that use extremely large
files, such as those for A/V or multimedia.
The following sections will describe issues surrounding the 137-gigabyte
barrier and the solution for breaking it.
A.1.1 History
Many of the “barriers” in the past resulted from BIOS and operating
system issues caused by failure to anticipate the remarkable increases in
device storage capacity by the people who designed hard disk structures,
access routines, and operating systems many years ago. They thought,
“Who will ever have xxx much storage?” In some cases, the barriers were
caused by hardware or software bugs not found until hard disks had
grown in size beyond a certain point where the bugs would occur.
Past barriers often frustrated people trying to add a new hard disk to an
older system when they discovered that not all of the designed capacity
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t
of the hard disk was accessible. This inability to access the entire drive is
referred to as a “capacity barrier” and it has been seen and overcome
many times in the computer and disk drive industry.
The 137-gigabyte barrier is the result of the original design specification
for the ATA interface that provided only 28 bits of address for data. This
specification means a hard disk can have a maximum of 268,435,456
sectors of 512 bytes of data which puts the ATA interface maximum at
137.4 gigabytes.
10,000, 000
1,000, 000
100,000
10,000
1,000
100
10
DOS
5.x
4.x
3.x
10MB
16MB
Win95A
Win 3.x
32MB
128MB
Win98
Win95(osr2)
4GB
2GB
528MB
Win2000
WinME
33GB
8GB
137GB
WinXP
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
10 megabytes:early PC/XT limi
16 megabytes: FAT 12 limit
32 megabytes: DOS 3.x limit
128 megabytes: DOS 4.x limit
528 megabytes: Early ATA BIOSs without BIOS extensions
2.1 gigabytes: DOS file system partition limit
4.2 gigabytes: CMOS extended CHS addressing limit (not widely experienced)
8.4 gigabytes: BIOS/Int13 24-bit addressing limit
32 gigabytes: BIOS limit
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A.1.2 Solving the 137 Gigabyte Capacity Barrier
As described earlier, the issue causing the 137-gigabyte barrier is the 28bit addressing method of the original ATA specification. A change to
expand this method was required to provide more address bits for the
interface, allowing significant growth for many years to come. A critical
issue in expanding the addressing capability was maintaining
compatibility with the existing installed base of products.
The new ATA standard, ATA/ATAPI-6, resolves this issue by increasing
the maximum number of bits used for addressing from 28 to 48. This
solution increases the maximum capacity of an ATA device to 144
petabytes while maintaining compatibility with current ATA products.
A.1.3 How is the Extension Implemented?
The 48-bit Address feature set provides a method to address devices with
capacities up to approximately 144 petabytes by increasing the number
of bits used to specify logical block addresses (LBAs) from 28 to 48. The
feature set also provides a method to increase the number of sectors that
can be transferred by a single command from 256 to 65,536 by
increasing the number of bits specifying sector count to 16 bits.
Breaking the 137GB Storage Barrier
New commands specific to this feature set have been defined so that
devices can implement the new feature set in addition to previously
defined commands. Devices implementing the 48-bit Address feature set
commands will also implement commands that use 28-bit addressing in
order to maintain interoperability with older system components. In
addition, 8-bit and 48-bit commands may be intermixed.
The 48-bit Address feature set operates in LBA addressing only. Support
of the 48-bit Address feature set is indicated in the IDENTIFY DEVICE
response data. In a device implementing the 48-bit Address feature set,
the registers used for addressing are, in fact, a two-byte deep FIFO. Each
time one of these registers is written, the new content written is placed
into the “most recently written” location and the previous content of the
register is moved to “previous content” location. A host may read the
“previous content” of the registers by first setting a bit in the Device
Control register to 1 and then reading the desired register.
A.1.4 What Do the Drives Need to Meet the Spec?
The challenge to drive manufacturers is to develop and implement new
interface chips on drives that can accept and decode the new 48-bit
addressing scheme. Many functions of decoding the commands sent to
and from the drive are automated in the silicon of the drive interface
ASIC, and this is where drive manufacturers must update their designs.
Maxtor is the leader in development efforts and is the first to deliver a
product with the capacity and drive technology to deliver greater than
137 gigabytes of capacity.
A.1.5 What Else is Involved?
Effort is required from OS vendors to increase storage device addressing
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up to 48 bits or more. This increase will be a significant challenge for
many OS vendors that have 32-bit code models. Adapting to 48-bit
commands will be easy, but most vendors will stop filling data at the 32bit boundary and pad the upper 16 bits with zeros, leaving that space
empty.
The BIOS companies will also have to perform some work to recognize
the increased capacity of the devices attached to the bus and allow the
extended 48-bit commands to pass on to the devices. Boot partitions will
also be an issue for the capacity of the drive if the BIOS does not
recognize the 48-bit addressing scheme at or before the system boots the
OS from the hard drive.
Independent software driver efforts for legacy operating systems
(Windows NT 4, Windows 98, and so on) will need to be implemented to
allow higher-capacity devices to work on installed systems and recognize
the maximum available capacity of the drive over the 137-gigabyte limit.
A.1.6 What is the Next Barrier?
While it is true that the ATA/ATAPI-6 standard defines a method to
provide a total capacity for a device of 144 petabytes, the next limit will
be imposed not by the ATA devices but by many of the popular operating
systems in use today. This limit will be at 2.2 terabytes (2,200
gigabytes). This barrier exists because many of today’s operating
systems are based on 32-bit addressing. These operating systems include
many flavors of Linux, Mac OS 9.x, and Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4,
2000, and XP (Windows XP/64-bit also has the limit because of leveraged
32-bit code).
This barrier could be real as early as 2004 if current hard drive capacity
rate increases continue along the same growth trends.
Appendix A: Terminology
• BIOS: (an acronym for Basic Input/Output System design):
The BIOS processes and redirects all data as it is being
accessed and stored.
• FAT: (an acronym for File Allocation Table): The FAT tells the
computer where data has been stored on the hard drive.
• CHS: (an acronym for Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors): The
basic layout components of a hard drive. INT 13h & INT 13h
extensions: protocols used for accessing data on hard drives.
Appendix B: Big Numbers
• 131 kilobytes = 131,000 bytes
a little more than 30 pages of text
• 33 megabytes = 33,000,000 bytes
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more than 8,000 pages of text or 25 300-page books
• 137 gigabytes = 137,000,000,000 bytes
more than 100,000 books, or the contents of a good library
• 2.2 terabytes = 2,200,000,000,000 bytes
almost 2,000,000 books, or the about content of the Library of
Congress
• 144 petabytes = 144,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
120 billion books – (more than all that man has written)
• 9.4 zettabytes = 9,400,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
Appendix C: Resources
• Maxtor “Big Drive” web site for resource information:
http://www.maxtor.com/bigdrive
• ATA/ATAPI-6: http://www.T13.org
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1.1 Maxtor Corporation
Maxtor corporation is one of the world’s largest suppliers of hard disk
drive products-products that help store the digital world for millions of
users. Maxtor products serve a range of markets, including personal and
entertainment, small office/home office, mid-sized business and
enterprise
Products
Maxtor storage products include drives and accessories for PC’s,
workstations, RAID products, enterprise applications, enterprise servers,
high-end systems, consumer electronics and personal storage.
Support
Maxtor provides a variety of consumer support options, all designed to
make sure the user gets fast, helpful, accurate information to help resolve
any difficulties. These options include a broad, searchable knowledge
base of FAQ’s, product manuals, installation guides, information on
previously resolved problems, software downloads, and contact by
phone or E-mail with a support person. For more information, visit
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www.maxtor.com/en/support.
1.2 Audience
The DiamondMax10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB AT product manual is
intended for several audiences. These audiences include: the end user,
installer, developer, consumer electronics and personal computer original
equipment manufacturer (CE/PC,OEM),and distributor. The manual
provides information about installation, principles of operation, interface
command implementation, and maintenance.
The DiamondMax10 family of drives provide a high-quality, low cost,
market leading 100 GB per disk products to serve the consumer and
mainstream commercial markets, as well as the consumer electronics
market.
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1.3 MANUAL ORGANIZATION
This manual is organized into the following chapters:
• Chapter 1 – Introduction
• Chapter 2 – General Description
• Chapter 3 – Installation
• Chapter 4 – Product Specifications
• Chapter 5 – ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands
• Chapter 6 – Service and Support
• Appendix A – Breaking the 137-Gigabyte Storage Barrier
1.4 TERMINOLOGY AND CONVENTIONS
In the Glossary at the back of this manual, you can find definitions for
many of the terms used in this manual. In addition, the following
abbreviations are used in this manual:
• ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
• ATA advanced technology attachment
• bpi bits per inch
• DA Double Amplitude(represents pk-pk shaker
displacement)
• dB decibels
• dBA decibels, A weighted
• DPS Data Protection System
• ECC error correcting code
• Kfci thousands of flux changes per inch
•Hz hertz
• KB kilobytes
• LSB least significant bit
• mA milliamperes
• MB megabytes (1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes when referring
to disk transfer rates or storage capacities and
1,048,576 bytes in all other cases)
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• Mb/s megabits per second
• MB/s megabytes per second
• MHz megahertz
• ms milliseconds
• MSB most significant bit
• mV millivolts
• ns nanoseconds
• PC Personal Computer
• SPS Shock Protection System
• tpi tracks per inch
• µs microseconds
•V volts
The typographical and naming conventions used in this manual are listed below.
Conventions that are unique to a specific table appear in the notes that follow that
table.
Typographical Conventions:
• Names of Bits: Bit names are presented in initial capitals. An
example is the Host Software Reset bit.
• Commands: Interface commands are listed in all capitals. An
example is WRITE LONG.
• Register Names: Registers are given in this manual with initial
capitals. An example is the Alternate Status Register.
• Parameters: Parameters are given as initial capitals when
spelled out, and are given as all capitals when abbreviated.
Examples are Prefetch Enable (PE), and Cache Enable (CE).
• Hexadecimal Notation: The hexadecimal notation is given in
9-point subscript form. An example is 30
.
H
• Signal Negation: A signal name that is defined as active low
is listed with a minus sign following the signal. An example is
RD–.
• Messages: A message that is sent from the drive to the host
is listed in all capitals. An example is ILLEGAL COMMAND.
Naming Conventions:
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• Host: In general, the system in which the drive resides is
referred to as the host.
• Computer Voice: This refers to items you type at the
computer keyboard. These items are listed in 10-point, all
capitals, Courier font. An example is FORMAT C:/S.
1.5 REFERENCES
For additional information about the ATA interface, refer to the latest
revision of the draft standard on the internet at http://www.t13.org/
using the link under “1410D AT Attachment - 6 with Packet Interface
(ATA/ATAPI - 6).”
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This chapter summarizes the general functions and key features of the
DiamondMax10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB AT hard disk drives,
as well as the applicable standards and regulations.
2.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Maxtor’s DiamondMax10 hard disk drives are part of a family of high
performance, 1-inch-high hard disk drives manufactured to meet the
highest product quality standards.
These hard disk drives use nonremovable, 3 1/2-inch hard disks and
are available with the ATA interface.
The DiamondMax10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB AT hard disk
drives feature an embedded hard disk drive controller, and use ATA
commands to optimize system performance. Because the drive manages
media defects and error recovery internally, these operations are fully
transparent to the user.
Chapter 2
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The innovative design of the Maxtor DiamondMax10 hard disk drives
incorporate leading edge technologies such as Ultra ATA/133, Advanced
Cache Management, Shock Protection System™ (SPS), Data Protection
System (DPS) and Quiet Drive Technology (QDT). These enhanced
technologies enable Maxtor to produce a family of high-performance,
high-reliability drives.
2.2 KEY FEATURES
The DiamondMax10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB AT hard disk
drives include the following key features:
General
• Low profile, 1-inch height
• Industry standard 3 1/2-inch form factor
•Emulation of IBM
commands
• Windows
®
PC AT
®
NT2000, XP, Server and Media Center Certifications.
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®
task file register, and all AT fixed disk
General Description
Performance
• Average seek time of <9.0 ms
• Average rotational latency of 4.17 ms
• New Ultra ATA interface with Maxtor-patented Ultra ATA/133
protocol supporting burst data transfer rates of 133MB/s
• 8MB and 16MB Cache buffer
• Look-ahead Disk Cache feature with continuous prefetch and
WriteCache write-buffering capabilities
• AutoTask Register update, Multi-block AutoRead, and Multi-block
AutoWrite features in a custom ASIC
• Read-on-arrival firmware
• Quadruple-burst ECC, and double burst ECC on-the-fly
• 1:1 interleave on read/write operations
• Support of all standard ATA data transfer modes with PIO mode 4
and multiword DMA mode 2, and Ultra DMA modes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,
5 and 6
• Adaptive cache segmentation
• 100% FDB (Fluid Dynamic Bearing Motors)
Reliability
• Automatic retry on read errors
• 320-bit, non-interleaved Reed-Solomon Error Correcting Code
(ECC), with cross checking correction up to fifteen separate bursts
of 10 bits each totalling up to 150 bits in length
• S.M.A.R.T. 4 (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology)
• Transparent media defect mapping
• High performance, in-line defective sector skipping
• Reassignment of defective sectors discovered in the field, without
reformatting
• Shock Protection System to reduce handling induced failures
• Data Protection System to verify drive integrity
• Quiet Drive Technology (QDT)
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Versatility
• Power saving modes
• Downloadable firmware
• Cable select feature
• Ability to daisy-chain two drives on the interface
2.3 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE STANDARDS
Maxtor Corporation’s disk drive products meet all domestic and
international product safety regulatory compliance requirements.
Maxtor’s disk drive products conform to the following specifically marked
Product Safety Standards:
• Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Standard 1950. This
certificate is a category certification pertaining to all 3.5-inch
series drives models.
• Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Standard C.22.2 No.
1950. This certificate is a category certification pertaining to
all 3.5-inch series drives models.
General Description
• TUV Rheinland Standard EN60 950. This certificate is a
category certification pertaining to all 3.5-inch series drives
models.
Product EMI/EMS Qualifications:
• CE Mark authorization is granted by TUV Rheinland in
compliance with our qualifying under EN 55022:1994 and EN
50082-1:1997.
• C-Tick Mark is an Australian authorization marked noted on
Maxtor’s disk drive products. The mark proves conformity to
the regulatory compliance document AS/NZS 3548: 1995
and BS EN 55022: 1995.
• Maxtor’s disk drives are designed as a separate subassembly that
conforms to the FCC Rules for Radiated and Conducted emissions,
Part 15 Subpart J; Class B when installed in a given computer
system.
• Approval from Taiwan BSMI. Number: 3892A638
2.4 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
The Maxtor DiamondMax10 hard disk drives are compatible with the IBM
PC AT, and other computers that are compatible with the IBM PC AT. It
connects to the PC either by means of a third-party IDE-compatible
adapter board, or by plugging a cable from the drive directly into a PC
motherboard that supplies an ATA interface.
DiamondMax10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB AT 2-3
This chapter explains how to unpack, configure, mount, and connect the
DiamondMax10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB AT hard disk drive
prior to operation. It also explains how to start up and operate the drive.
3.1 SPACE REQUIREMENTS
The Maxtor DiamondMax 10 hard disk drives are shipped without a
faceplate. Figure 3-1 shows the external dimensions of the
DiamondMax10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB AT drives.
Chapter 3
INSTALLATION
Figure 3-1 Mechanical Dimensions of Maxtor DiamondMax 10 Hard Disk Drive
DiamondMax10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB AT 3-1
Installation
3.2 UNPACKING INSTRUCTIONS
CAUTION: The maximum limits for physical shock can be exceeded if the
drive is not handled properly. Special care should be
taken not to bump or drop the drive. It is highly recommended
that Maxtor DiamondMax10 drives are not stacked or placed on
any hard surface after they are unpacked. Such handling could
cause media damage.
1. Open the shipping container and remove the packing assembly
that contains the drive.
2. Remove the drive from the packing assembly.
CAUTION: During shipment and handling, the antistatic electrostatic dis-
charge (ESD) bag prevents electronic component
damage due to electrostatic discharge. To avoid accidental damage to the drive, do not use a sharp instrument to open the ESD
bag and do not touch PCB components. Save the packing materials for possible future use.
3. When you are ready to install the drive, remove it from the ESD
bag.
3-2 DiamondMax10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB AT
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