M
EDALIST
I
NSTALLATION GUIDE
P
RO
H
ARD DRIVE
Medalist Pro 6450 (ST36450A)
Medalist Pro 6451 (ST36451A)
for A TA (IDE)-Compatible PCs
U
SING DISCWIZARD
DiscWizard is a revolutionary new Windows program that
makes it easy to install your new Seagate drive. 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 your drive.
You can run DiscWizard to install your new hard drive if:
• Y ou already have an existing, bootable hard drive in your
computer with at least 3 Mbytes of available disc space
• Y ou are running Windows 3.x or Windows 95.
If you can run DiscWizard, you do not have to read this installation guide. Instead,
the instructions on the DiscWizard diskette to install your
drive. DiscWizard provides all the information you need to
install your new drive.
If you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions in
this installation guide to install and configure your new
drive. For additional information and troubleshooting
tips, see the back of this sheet. This symbol:
cates that additional information on a topic appears on
the back of this sheet.
before you install your new drive
and
, follow
indi-
1. ONE D
1
RIVE OR TWO
If your new Seagate
your computer , you do not have to change any jumper settings.
In this case, skip ahead to “Attaching Cables and Mounting the
Drive.”
If you already have one hard drive in your computer and you
are installing a second drive, you must configure one drive as a
master and the other as a slave. The master drive will be the
“boot” drive (drive C), from which the computer loads system
software when it first starts up. To configure your new Seagate
drive as the master, slide a jumper onto pins 7 and 8 (see below). T o configure the drive as a slave, slide a jumper onto pins
5 and 6 only. The jumper on pins 6 and 8 is a spare and does
not affect drive operation. If you need to change the jumpers on
your existing hard drive, see the Disk Manager online manual,
or contact the drive manufacturer .
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Medalist ®Pro
4-pin power
connector
One drive only
Drive is Master with an ATA-
compatible slave
Drive is slave
Spare jumper
drive will be the only drive in
40-pin ATA
interface
connector
pin 1
Master/slave
8
24
6
jumper block
135
7
A
TTACHING CABLES AND MOUNTING THE DRIVE
1 If you are installing a new AT A interface cable, attach one
end of the cable to the interface connector on your computer or host adapter . The A TA cable must be no mor e than
18 inches 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. If you have two drives, attach the second drive to
the second connector .
Pin 1
Caution. Make sure to align pin 1 on the com-
!
puter or host adapter interface connector with
pin 1 on your drive or drives. Pin 1 on the
interface cable is usually indicated by a stripe
along the edge of the cable.
W
HAT YOU WILL NEED
• Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers
• 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 mounting rails if your drive
bay is not designed for direct mounting.
B
EFORE YOU BEGIN
• Make sure your computer is turned off before you open
the case.
• Read the handling precautions at the right and inspect the
drive to make sure that it is not damaged.
• 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.
H
ANDLE WITH CARE
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 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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3 Slide the drive carefully into the drive bay. Secure the drive
with four 6-32 UNC-2A mounting screws in either the sidemounting holes or the bottom-mounting holes. Do not overtighten the screws. The screws should be inserted no more
than 0.22 inch into the bottom mounting holes and no more
than 0.14 inch into the side mounting holes. Do not use
metric screws.
Note. If you are mounting the drive in a 5.25inch drive bay , you need a mounting adapter or
frame kit. Contact your computer dealer . Some
Power
connector
Interface
connector
Pin 1
computers also require drive mounting rails,
which can be obtained from your distributor or
computer manufacturer.
4 Attach a power cable to each drive. If your computer does
not have an unused power connector , you can purchase a
Y -shaped power cable from your computer dealer .
5 Check all cable connections and then replace your com-
puter cover . Continue to step 2 below.
2. C
ONFIGURING YOUR COMPUTER
Before you format or partition your new drive, you must configure your computer’s BIOS so that the computer can recognize your new drive.
1 T urn your computer on. As your computer starts up, watch
the screen for a message describing how to run the system setup program (sometimes called BIOS or CMOS
setup). This is usually done by pressing a special key, such
as
DELETE, ESC
manual for details. Press the appropriate key to run the
system setup program.
2
2 Enable LBA mode if it is available. Many BIOS use the logi-
cal block addressing (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 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. If your computer
supports LBA addressing, enter the LBA cylinder , head
and sector values for your drive from the table at the
top of the next column. If your computer does not support LBA addressing, enter the CHS values
, or
F
1
, during startup. See your computer
from the table.
BIOS Settings for the ST36450A and ST36451A
Drive Cylinders Heads Sectors
ST36450A
LBA addressing 8 33 2 40 6 3
CHS addressing 13,328 1 5 6 3
ST36451A
LBA addressing 8 33 2 40 6 3
CHS addressing 13,328 1 5 6 3
Note. This drive does not use the
precomp
or
landing zone
these parameters to zero.
4 Save the settings and exit the System Setup program
(your computer will automatically reboot).
After you configure your computer , we recommend that you
use Disk Manager to partition and format your drive.
If your computer 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.
“Installation Using Disk Manager ,” below.
If you do not want to use Disk Manager, you can use the stan-
dard DOS commands to partition and format your drive, as
described in Section 3B.
For instructions, see Section 3A,
write
parameters. Set
3A. I
NST ALLA TION USING DISK MANAGER
1 Boot your computer from a bootable DOS diskette (use MS
DOS Version 5.0 or later). Booting from a diskette ensures
that the Disk Manager installation does not conflict with
any terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs.
2 Insert your DiscWizard diskette. The Disk Manager soft-
ware is stored on this diskette.
3 At the DOS prompt, type DM and press
a
4 Follow the onscreen instructions until you see the
an Installation Option
3
5 Select either
Installation
Because DOS computers cannot access partitions larger
than 2.1 Gbytes, Disk Manager may have to divide your
hard drive into multiple partitions. If you select
Installation,
Gbytes and creates multiple partitions using the remainder
of your hard disc. However, if most of your files ar e
smaller than 50 Kbytes, you may want to create several
smaller partitions to make more efficient use of your hard
disc space.
Disk Installation
ENTER
.
menu.
(E)asy Disk Installation
.
Disk Manager creates one partition of 2.1
T o create smaller partitions, select
from the Disk Manager main menu.
or
(A)dvanced Disk
(E)asy Disk
(A)dvanced
Select
6 At this point, Disk Manager lists all the hard drives that it
can recognize. You should see your new Seagate drive and
your existing hard drive, if any.
If any hard drive is not recognized, exit Disk Manager and
turn off your computer . Check all cables, jumpers and BIOS
settings. Then start at step 1 to run Disk Manager again.
7 If Disk Manager recognizes all your drives, select the drive
you want to install and press
tions and formats the drive. If your new drive is the master
drive (Drive C), Disk Manager also configures the drive so
that you can boot from it.
Note. If your computer cannot accommodate
hard drives with capacities greater than 528
Mbytes, Disk Manager installs a
Drive Overlay
driver has been installed, you should see a
blue Disk Manager banner each time you boot
your computer . See the Disk Manager online
manual for details.
8 Follow the instructions in the post-installation screens.
(DDO) on your hard disc. If this
ENTER
. Disk Manager parti-
Dynamic
YOU’RE
DONE
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