Seagate MEDALIST 6531, MEDALIST 3221, MEDALIST 4321, MEDALIST 8641 INSTALLATION GUIDE

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Medalist 8641 (ST38641A)

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Medalist 6531 (ST36531A)

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Medalist 4321 (ST34321A)

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Medalist 3221 (ST33221A)

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Installation Guide

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Contents

The easiest way to install your drive.................................... 1

What you nee d ... .. ... ......... .......... .......... .......... ......... .......... ...... 2

Before you begin .................................................................... 2

Handling precautions............................................................. 3

Master/slave jumpers ............................................................. 4

Attaching cabl es and m ounting the drive......... .. .......... .. ..... 6

Configuring your computer ................................................... 9

Addressing drive capacity lim it ations........................ ........11

Partitioning and formatting your drive............................... 14

Installa ti on using Disk Manager.................... .................... 15

Standard DOS installation............. .................... .. .......... ... 17

Windows 95 or Windows 98 installation ........................... 16

Additional installation options............................................ 19

Non-ATA compatible slave jumper...................................... 19

Cable select jumper ............................................................. 20

Advanced Disk Manager options........................................ 21

Troubleshoot ing ................................................................... 24

Alternate capacity jumper................................................. 26

Seagate Technology support services............................... 32

Storing and shipping your drive ......................................... 38

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The easiest way to install your drive

DiscWizard is Seagate’s exclusive Windows program, provided on a diskette, that makes it easy to install your M edalist

DiscWizard helps you configure your new drive and your computer. It analyzes your system, lets you select various installation options and creates customized st ep-by-step instructions. It also allows older computers to access the ful l capacity of larg e hard drives.

You can run DiscWizard to install your new hard drive if:

You already have an existing, bootable hard dr ive in your com-

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puter with at least 3 Mbytes of available disc space, You are running Windows 95 or Windows 98.

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If you can run DiscWizard,

DiscWizard diskette to install your drive. If you need additional informati on, refer to thi s installation guide.

If you cannot run DiscWizard,

installation guide to install and configure your new drive.

follow the ins tructions on the

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drive.

and

follow the instructions in this

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What you need

Straight -edge and Phillips scr ewdrivers

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Four 6-32 UNC drive mounting screws

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An AT A interface cable (max length: 18 inches) with

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available 40-pin connector An unused drive power cabl e for your ne w drive

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Before you begin

Make sure your computer is turned off before you open the

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case. Read the handling precautions at the right and inspect the

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drive to make sure that it is not damaged. Save your foam-lined Seagat e disc drive box. This box has

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been approved by Seagate for shipping a Seagate disc drive. Using any other container or packing material voids your drive warranty.

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Handling pr ecau tio ns

Disc drives are extremely fragile. Do not drop or jar your drive.

Keep the drive in its antistatic bag until you are ready to i nstall it.

Protect your drive from static discharge by making sure you are well grounded before touching the drive. We recommend wearing a grounded wrist strap throughout the installation process. Do not touch the connectors or any part of the printed circuit board.

Always handle the drive by its edges or frame.

Do not apply pressure or attach labels to the circuit board or the top of the drive.

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Master/slave jumpers

If your new Seagate drive will be the only drive in your computer, you do not have to change any jumper settings. In this case, skip ahead to “Attaching Cables and Mounting the Drive,” on page 6.

If you already have one hard drive in your computer and you are installing a second dri ve, you must co nfi gure one drive as a mas ter and the other as a slave.

To configure the drive as a master or one drive only:

Place a jumper on pins 7 and 8 (see Figure 1 on page 5).

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The master drive usually defaults to being the “boot” drive (drive C), from which the computer loads system software when it first starts up.

To configure the drive as a slave:

Remove all t he jumpers.

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If you need to change the jumpers on your existing hard drive,

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see the Disk Manager online manual, look on the drive l abel, or contact the drive manufacturer.

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ATA interface

connector

pin 1

135

4-pin power

connector

Slave Master or single drive

Figure 1. Master and sla ve jumper settings

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Attaching cables and mounting the drive

If you are attaching a new ATA interface cable to a single drive,

attach one end of the cable to the interface connector on your host adapter or mot herboar d. Motherb oard connector s can be identified by the IDE or HDD 40-pin connector. The ATA cable must be no more than 18 inches (457 mm) long.

Thread the interface cable through the drive bay and attach the connector at the end of the interface cable to your new drive.

Note.

If you have two drives, you can use either connector for the master or slave driv e.

Pin 1

Host adapter

Figure 2. Attaching the cables

Caution.

make sur e to align pin 1 on the h ost adapter or motherboard with pin 1 on your drive or drives. Pin 1 on the interf ace cable is usuall y indicated by a stripe along t he edge of the cabl e.

To avoid possible damage to your system,

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Figure 3. Mounting screws

You can mount the drive in any orientation. Usually it is

mounted with the circuit board down.

Slide the drive carefully into the dr ive bay. Secure the drive with four 6-32 UNC mounting screws in either the sidemounting holes or the bottom-mounting holes. Insert the screws no more than 0.22 inch (5.58 mm) into the bottommounting holes and no more t han 0.20 inch (5.0 mm) into the side-mounti ng holes.

Caution.

overtight en the screws or use metri c screws.

To avoid possi ble damage to the drive, do not

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Power connector

Interface connector

Pin 1

Figure 4. Cable connec tors Note.

If you are mounting the drive in a 5.25-inch drive bay, you need a mounting adapt er or frame kit. Contact your computer dealer. Some computers also require drive mounting rails, which can be obtained from your distributor or computer manufacturer.

Attach a power cable to each dr ive. If your computer does not

have an unused power connector, you can purchase a Yshaped power cable from your com puter dealer.

Check all cable connections and then replace your computer

cover. Continue to “Conf iguring Your Computer.”

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Configuring your computer

Before you format or partition y our new drive, you must configure your computer’s BIOS so that the computer can recognize your new drive.

Turn your computer on. As your computer st arts up, watch the

screen for a message that describes how to run the syst em setup program (also called BIOS or CMOS setup). This is usually done by pressing a special key, such as

, during startup. See your computer manual for details.

Press the appropriate key to run the System Setup program.

Enable LBA mode if it is available. Many BIOS use the logical

block addr essing (LBA) mode to access drive s with capacit ies great er than 5 28 Mbyte s.

If your BIOS provides automatic drive detection (an “Auto” drive type), select this option. This allows your computer to configure itself automatically for your new drive.

If your BIOS does not provide automatic drive detection, select “User-defined” drive settings and enter the CHS values from the tabl e on page 10. These CHS values support capac ities up to 8.4 Gbytes.

Save the settings and exit the System Setup program (your

computer will automatically reboot).

DELETE, ESC

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BIOS Settings

Drive Cylinders Heads Sectors

ST38641A

CHS addressing Addressable sectors

16,383 16,809,660

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ST36531A

CHS addressing Addressable sectors

13,446 12,706,470

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ST34321A

CHS addressing Addressable sectors

8,894 8,404,830

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ST33221A

CHS addressing Addressable sectors

Note.

Set the

write precomp

6,253 6,303,024

landing zone

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parameters

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to zero.

The CHS addressing supports capacities up to 8.4 Gbytes. To see

the full capacity of these drives, use the LBA addressing mode or Disk Manager, which is found on the DiscWizard diskette.

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Recommendation

We recommend you use Disk Manager to diagnose your BIOS and determine whether additional BIOS support is needed. Disk Manager indicates when the installation is complete. If Disk Manager determines that your BIOS needs support for drives with capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes, detailed instructions will be provided regarding booting from a floppy. See page 15 for informati on on

In addition, Disk Manager provides a quicker, easier installation. Disk Manager partitions and formats your drive. If you want to use Disk Manager, you can use the standard DOS commands to partition and format your drive, as described on page

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Installation using Disk Manager

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Addressi ng dr ive-capacit y li mita tions

Some DOS-based computers and operating systems are not designed to accommodate large-capacity hard disc drives. The three most common system limitations are listed below, along with suggestions for overcoming these limitations. See your system manual to determine which (if any) of these limitations applies to y our computer.

528-Mbyte limit

The BIOS in som e older computers cannot accommodate drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. Seagate provides free Disk Manager software with your drive to overcome this limitation. Alternatively, you can purchase a hard drive controller or a BIOS upgrade that supports drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes.

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