in the United States and/or other countries. DB35 Series, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trademarks or
registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States
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owners.
One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity
may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Quantitative usage examples for various
applications are for illustrative purposes. Actual quantities will vary based on various factors, including file
size, file format, features and application software. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice,
product offerings or specifications.
This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate® DB35
Series 7200.2 model drives:
• ST3500841ACE
• ST3400833ACE
• ST3300822ACE
• ST3250824ACE
• ST3200827ACE
• ST3160212ACE
• ST3120213ACE
• ST3802110ACE
These drives provide the following key features:
• Minimal acoustics for consumer storage usage profile.
• Bedroom quiet performance.
• Optimized power for consumer storage devices.
• Spinup current limited to a maximum of 2 amps.
• 7,200-RPM spindle speed
• 8-Mbyte buffer: ST3500841ACE, ST3400833ACE, ST3300822ACE, ST3250824ACE, and ST3200827ACE.
• 2-Mbyte buffer: ST3160212ACE, ST3120213ACE, and ST3802110ACE.
• High instantaneous (burst) data transfer rates (up to 100 Mbytes per second) using Ultra DMA mode 5.
• Tunneling Giant magnetoresistive (TGMR) recording heads and EPRML technology, which provide the
drives with increased areal density.
• State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms.
• Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor intervention.
• 350 Gs nonoperating shock.
• Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting.
• Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands.
• Support for autodetection of master/slave drives that use cable select (CSEL).
• SeaTools diagnostic software performs a drive self-test that eliminates unnecessary drive returns.
• The 3D Defense System™, which includes Drive Defense, Data Defense, and Diagnostic Defense, offers
the industry’s most comprehensive protection for disc drives.
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2.0Drive specifications
Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal
power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the
following models:
The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual.
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Table 1: Drive specifications for 500 and 400 Gbyte models
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access
the following web page:
www.seagate.com/support/service/
From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to
provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country
of purchase. The system will display the warranty information for your drive.
2.59 (typical)
2.75 (max)
2.75 (typical)
2.90 (max)
2.61 (typical)
2.75 (max)
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment
and formatting.
**During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may incr ease acoustic and
power to operational levels.
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Table 2: Drive specifications for 300, 250, and 200 Gbyte models
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access
the following web page:
www.seagate.com/support/service/
From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to
provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country
of purchase. The system will display the warranty information for your drive.
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment
and formatting.
**During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may incr ease acoustic and
power to operational levels.
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Table 3: Drive specifications for 160, 120, and 80 Gbyte models
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to
access the following web page:
www.seagate.com/support/service/
From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked
to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and
country of purchase. The system will display the warranty information for
your drive.
2.46 (typical
2.65 (max)
2.57 (typical
2.64 (max)
2.50 (typical
2.57 (max)
2.43 (typical
2.51 (max)
2.61 (typical)
2.63 (max)
2.45 (typical)
2.51 (max)
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment
and formatting.
**During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may incr ease acoustic and
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment
and formatting.
capacity*
Guaranteed
sectors Bytes per sector
2.2.1LBA mode
When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,
where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.
See Section 4.1.2, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes.
2.3Default logical geometry
CylindersRead/write headsS ectors per track
16,3831663
LBA mode
When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,
where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.
2.4Recording and interface technology
InterfaceATA
Recording method16/17 EPRML
Recording density KBPI (kbits/inch max)