Seagate MEDIALIST 2531, MEDIALIST 3240 INSTALLATION GUIDE

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Medalist 3240 (ST33240A)

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Medalist 2531 (ST32531A)

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for ATA (IDE)-Compatible PCs

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Installation Guide

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Seagate, Seagate Technology, and the Seagate logo are registered trademarks of S eagate Technology, Inc. Medalist, 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

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

What you need........................................................................ 2

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

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

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

Attaching cables and mounting the drive............................ 6

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

Addressing drive capacity limitations................................ 11

Partitioning and formatting your drive............................... 13

Installation using Disk Manager........................................ 14

Windows 95 or Windows 98 installation ........................... 15

Standard DOS installation................................................ 16

Additional installation options............................................ 18

Non-ATA compatible slave jumper...................................... 18

Cable select jumper ............................................................. 19

Advanced Disk Manager options........................................ 20

Troubleshooting................................................................... 23

Alternate capacity jumper.................................................25

Seagate Technology support services...............................31

Storing and shipping your drive......................................... 37

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The easiest way to install your drive

DiscWizard is Seagate’s exclusive Win-

dows program, provided on a diskette, that

makes it easy to install your Medalist

DiscWizard helps you configure your new

drive and your computer. It analyzes your

system, lets you select various installation

options and creates customized step-by-step instructions. It also

allows older computers to access the full capacity of large hard

drives.

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

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You already have an existing, bootable hard drive in your computer with at least 3 Mbytes of available disc space,

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You are running Windows 95 or Windows 98.

If you can run DiscWizard, follow the instructions on the

DiscWizard diskette to install your drive. If you need additional

information, refer to this installation guide.

If you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions in this

installation guide to install and configure your new drive.

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What you need

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Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers

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Four 6-32 UNC drive mounting screws

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An ATA host adapter and interface cable (max length: 18 inches) with enough connectors for all your drives

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An unused drive power cable for your new drive

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A bootable DOS system diskette (Seagate recommends using DOS Version 5.0 or later).

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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

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Make sure your computer is turned off before you open the case.

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Read the handling precautions following and inspect the drive to make sure that it is not damaged.

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Save your foam-lined Seagate disc drive box. This box has 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 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 6.

If you already have one hard drive in your computer and you are

installing a seco nd driv e , y ou m ust c onf igure on e driv e as a ma s-

ter and the other as a slave.

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

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Place a jumper on pins 5 and 6 (see Figure 1 on page 5). 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:

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Remove all the jumpers.

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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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40-pin ATA

interface

pin 1

connector

4-pin power

connector Drive is slave Drive is master in single- or dual-drive system

Master/slave jumper settings

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

Figure 2. Attaching the cables

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.

Caution. To avoid possible dama ge to the driv e , 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.

5. Attach a power cable to each drive. If your computer does not have an unused power connector, you can purchase a Yshaped power cable from your computer dealer.

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 co mp 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.

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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T a b le 1. BIOS Settings

Drive Cylinders Heads Sectors

ST33240A

LBA addressing CHS addressing

ST32531A

LBA addressing CHS addressing

Note. This drive does not use the

parameters. Set these parameters to zero.

zone

781 6,253

619 4,956

128 16

write precomp

63 63

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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 16.

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