Seagate MEDIALIST 1721, MEDIALIST 1010 INSTALLATION GUIDE

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Medalist 1721 (ST31721A)
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Medalist 1010 (ST31010A)
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for ATA (IDE)-Compatible PCs
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Installation Guide
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© 1997–1999 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Publication Number: 21200092-001, Rev. B, March 1999
Seagate, Seagate Technology, and the Seagate logo are regis­tered trademarks of S eagate Technology, Inc. Med ali st, DiscWiz­ard, SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaBOARD, and SeaTDD are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. or one of its subsidiaries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Contents
What you need........................................................................ 1
Before you begin.................................................................... 1
Handling precautions.............................................................2
Master/slave jumpers............................................................. 3
Attaching cables and mounting the drive............................ 5
Configuring your computer................................................... 8
Addressing drive capacity limitations................................ 10
Partitioning and formatting your drive............................... 12
Installation using Disk Manager........................................ 13
Windows 95 or Windows 98 installation ........................... 14
Standard DOS installation................................................ 15
Additional installation options............................................ 17
Non-ATA compatible slave jumper...................................... 17
Cable select jumper ............................................................. 18
Advanced Disk Manager options........................................ 19
Troubleshooting................................................................... 22
Seagate Technology support services............................... 28
Storing and shipping your drive......................................... 34
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What you need
Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers
Four 6-32 UNC drive mounting screws
An ATA host adapter and interface cable (max length: 18 inches) with enough connectors for all your drives
An unused drive power cable for your new drive
A bootable DOS system diskette (Seagate recommends using DOS Version 5.0 or later.)
If you are mounting this 3.5-inch drive in a 5.25-inch drive bay, you need a mounting adapter or frame kit. Also, you may need drive mounti ng rail s if your dr ive bay is not de signe d for direct mounting.
Before you begin
Make sure your computer is turned off before you open the case.
Read the handling precautions following and inspect the drive to make sure that it is not damaged.
Save your foam-lined Seagate disc drive box. Seagate has approve d thi s box for shipping a Seagate disc drive. Using any other container or packing material voids your drive warranty.
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Handling precautions
Disc drives are extremely fragile. Do not drop or jar your drive.
Keep the drive in its antistatic bag until you are ready to install it.
Protect your dr ive from static dischar ge 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 a n y jumper settings. In thi s c as e , s ki p
ahead to “Attaching Cables and Mounting the Drive,” on page 5.
If you already have one hard drive in your computer and you are
ter and the other as a slave.
To configure the drive as a master or one drive only:
Place a jumper on pins 5 and 6 (see Figure 1 on page 4). 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 the jumpers.
If you need to ch ang e t h e ju mp er s on your exist ing ha r d drive, see the Disk Manager online manual, look on the drive label, or contact the drive manufacturer.
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ATA interface
connector
pin 1
24
4-pin power
connector
Slave Master or single drive
6
135
Figure 1. Master and slave jumper settings
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Attaching cables and mounting the drive
1. 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 motherboard. Motherboard connec­tors can be identified by the IDE or HDD 40-pin connector. The ATA cable must be no more than 18 inches (457 mm) long.
2. 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 ha ve two driv es, attach the second drive to the sec-
ond connector.
Pin 1
Host adapter
Figure 2. Attaching the cables
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Caution. To avoid possible damage to your system, make sure to a lig n pi n 1 on the host ada pter or m oth er­board with pin 1 on your drive or drives. Pin 1 on the interface c ab le is usua lly in dicat ed b y a s tripe a long th e edge of the cable.
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Figure 3. Mounting screws
3. You can mount the drive in any orientation. Usually it is
mounted with the circuit board down.
4. Slide the dr ive carefully in to the drive bay. Secure the dri ve 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 than 0.20 inch (5.0 mm) into the side-mounting holes.
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Caution. To avoid possible da mage to the drive , do not overtighten the screws or use metric screws.
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Power connector
Interface connector
Pin 1
Figure 4. Cable connectors Note. If you are mounting the drive in a 5.25-inch drive bay, you
need a mounting adapter or frame kit. Contact your com­puter dealer. Some computers also require drive mount­ing rails, which can be obtained from your distributor or computer manufacturer.
6. Check all cable connections and then replace your computer cover. Continue to “Configuring your computer.”
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Configuring your computer
Before yo u f ormat or partition y our ne w driv e , y ou m ust conf igure your computer’s BIOS so that the computer can recognize your new drive.
1. Turn your comp ute r on . As your computer starts up, watch the screen for a message that describes how to run the system setup program (also called BIOS or CMOS setup). This is usually don e by press ing a s pecia l key, such as or
, during startup. See your computer manual for details.
F
1
Press the appropriate key to run the System Setup program.
2. Enable LBA mode if it is available. Many BIOS us e the lo gi c al block ad dres si ng (LBA) mode to access drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes.
3. If your BIOS provides automatic drive detection (an “Auto” drive type) , select this opt ion. This allows your co mputer to configure itself automatically for your new drive.
If your BIOS does not provide automatic drive detection, select “User-defined” drive settings. If your computer supports LBA addressing, ent er th e L BA cy linder, head, and sector v al­ues for your drive from th e table at the top of the next column. If your computer does not support LBA addressing, enter the CHS values from the table.
4. Save the settings and exit the System Setup program (your computer will automatically reboot).
DELETE, ESC
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Drive Cylinders Heads Sectors
ST31721A
LBA addressing CHS addressing
ST31010A
LBA addressing CHS addressing
Note. This drive does not use the
parameters. Set these parameters to zero.
zone
826 3,303
524 2,098
64 16
64 16
write precomp
63 63
63 63
or
landing
Recommendation
After your configure your computer, we recommend that you use Disk Manager to partition and format your drive.
was built before mid-1994, you probably will not be able to access the full capacity of your new drive unless you use Disk Manager Manager
If you do not want to use Disk Manager, you can use the stan­dard DOS commands to partition and format your drive, as described on page 15.
. See page 13 for information on .
If your computer
Installat ion us ing Disk
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