Seagate ST34520A, ST36530A, ST39140A User Manual

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NSTALLATION GUIDE

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Medalist Pro 9140 (ST39140A) Medalist Pro 6530 (ST36530A) Medalist Pro 4520 (ST34520A) for A TA (IDE)-Compatible PCs

THE E

ASIEST WAY TO INSTALLYOUR DRIVE

DiscWizard is a revolutionary new Windows program that makes it easy to install your Seagate Medalist Pro 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 large hard drives.

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

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

• You are running Windows 3.x or Windows 95.

If you can run DiscWizard, follow the instructions on the DiscWizard diskette to install your drive. Refer to this installation guide if you need additional information.

If you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions in this installation guide to install and configure your new drive. This symbol: appears on the back of this sheet.

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1. ONE D

RIVE OR TWO

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.”

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. The drive is configured at the factory for one drive only or master drive, with a jumper installed on pins G and H (see below). To configur e the drive as a slave, remove all the jumpers. The horizontal jumper on pins A and C 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.

One drive only or master

Drive is slave Spare jumper

4-pin power

connector

pin 1

BDF

40-pin ATA

interface

connector

Master/slave jumper block

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.

HAT YOU WILL NEED

• Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers

• Drive mounting screws

• An AT A interface cable (max length:18 inches), and available 40-pin connector .

• An unused drive power cable for your new drive

• A bootable system diskette

• 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.

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.

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.

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 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

Note. Set the parameters to zero.

, or

, during startup. See your computer

from the table.

write precomp

landing zone

BIOS Settings Cylinders Heads Sectors

ST39140A

CHS addressing Addressable sectors

ST36530A

LBA addressing CHS addressing Addressable sectors

ST34520A

LBA addressing CHS addressing Addressable sectors

4 Save the settings and exit the System Setup program

(your computer will automatically reboot). We recommend that you use Disk Manager to partition and

format your drive,

before mid-1994.

Manager,” below . If you do not want to use Disk Manager , you can use the standard DOS commands to partition and format your drive, as described in Section 3B.

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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

4 Follow the onscreen instructions until you see the

an Installation Option

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,

and a second partition using the remainder of your hard disc. However , if most of your files are smaller than 50 Kbytes, you may want to create several smaller partitions to make more efficient use of your hard disc space. create smaller partitions, select from the Disk Manager main menu.

ENTER

Select

menu.

(E)asy Disk Installation

Disk Manager creates a 2.1-Gbyte partition

(A)dvanced Disk

(E)asy Disk

(A)dvanced Disk Installation

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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