Seagate ST32112A, ST34311A, ST36421A, ST38421A User Manual

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Medalist 8421 (ST38421A)

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Medalist 6421 (ST36421A)

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Medalist 4311 (ST34311A)

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Medalist 2112 (ST32112A)

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Installation Guide

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Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Seagate logo, Medalist and the Medalist logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. DiscWizard, SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaTDD and SeaBOARD 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

Preparing your drive for use ............................................... 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..........................................................18

Advanced Disk Manager options........................................19

Troubleshooting................................................................... 22

Seagate Technology support services............................... 28

Storing and shipping your drive......................................... 35

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The easiest way to install your drive

DiscWizard is Seagate’s exclusive Windows 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-bystep instructions. It also allows older computers to access the full capacity of large-capacity 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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A standard 40-pin ATA interface cable, an 80-conductor cable if your system runs Ultra DMA mode 3 or 4 (max length: 18 inches)

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An unused drive power cable for your new drive

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 at the right 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 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 ster and the other as a slave.

Note. If you need to change the jumpers on your existing hard

drive, see the Disk Manager online manual, look on the drive label, or contact the drive manufacturer.

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

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The drive is configured at the factory for a master or singledrive operation with a jumper set on pins 7 and 8.

Note. The master drive us ually de f au lts to bei ng the “b oot” driv e

(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 the jumper to configure the drive as a slave.

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40-pin ATA

interface

connector

pin 1

4-pin power

connector

Master or single drive

Drive is slave

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Figure 1. Master and slave jumper settings

Master/slave jumper block

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Attaching cables and mounting the drive

1. If you are attaching an ATA (IDE) interface cable to a single

drive, attach one end of the cable to the interface connector on your motherboard. Most computers provide two IDE con-

IDE

nectors, primary and secondary, usually labeled as

HDD

on your motherboard. See your computer manual for

connector locations .

Note. If you are running Ultra DMA mod e 3 or 4 , y ou mu st use a

special 40-pin 80-co ndu ctor c ab le or th ese m odes wil l not be enabled. For information on how to obtain this cable, contact your dealer.

Pin 1

Computer

Motherboard

Figure 2. Attaching the cables

2. Thread the interface cable through the drive bay and attach

the connector at the end of the interface cable to your new drive (the maxi mum ATA cable l ength is 18 in ches (457 m m) long).

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connector (with the longest section of the cable) to the motherboard, attach the black connector to the master or single drive, and attach the grey connector to the slave.

Figure 3. Mounting screws

3. You can mount the drive in any orientation. Usually it is

4. Slide the drive carefully into the drive bay. Secure the drive

Caution. To avoid possible damage to your system,

make sure to align pin 1 on the motherboard with pin 1 on your drive. Pin 1 on the inte rface cable is usually indicated by a stripe along the edge of the cable.

mounted with the circuit board down.

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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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

5. Attach a power cable to the drive. If your computer does not have

6. Check all cable co nnections a nd then rep lace your compute r

Caution. To avoid possib le dama ge to the driv e ,

overtighten the screws or use metric screws.

need a mounting adapter or frame kit. Contact your computer dealer. Some computers also require drive mounting rails, which can usually be obtained from your dealer.

an unused power connector, you can purchase a Y-shaped power cable from your computer dealer.

cover. Continue to “Configuring Your Computer.”

do not

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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.

To configure your computer’s BIOS:

1. Turn your computer 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 done by pressing a special key, such as

, during st artup. See your co mputer manual for detai ls.

Press the appropriate key to run the system setup program.

2. Select the BIOS hard drive settings menu. To set the drive parameters, choose Primary Master or Slave, Master or Slave.

3. Select automatic driv e dete ction if a v ail ab le . Th is op tion al lo ws your computer to configure itself automatically for your new drive. If your BI OS does not provide au tomatic drive detec tion, sele ct “User-defined ” drive settings an d enter the CHS values from the table on page 10. These CHS values support capacities up to 8.4 Gbytes.

4. Verify th at LBA mod e is enabled. Many BIOS u se the logi cal block ad dres si ng (LBA) mode to access d rives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. Most BIOS automatically set this mode during the auto-detection process.

5. Enable UDMA mode if it is available. To run in Ultra DMA mode 3 or 4, the system requires a speci al 40-p in 80 -con du ctor cable to en sure signal integrity. These modes wi ll not be enabled unless the 80-conductor cable is present.

6. Save the settings and exit the System Setup program (your computer will automatically reboot).

DELETE, ESC

Secondary

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BIOS Settings

Drive Model Cylinders Heads Sectors

ST32112A

CHS addressing Addressable sectors

4,192 4,225,536

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63 —

ST34311A

CHS addressing Addressable sectors

8,944 8,452,080

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63 —

ST36421A

CHS addressing Addressable sectors

13,330 12,596,850

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63 —

ST38421A

CHS addressing Addressable sectors

Note. Set the

write precomp

16,368 16,498,944

landing zone

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parameters

63 —

to zero.

ecommendation

We recommend you use Disk Manager to evaluate your BIOS and determine whether your system needs additional BIOS support. If your BIOS needs support for drives with capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes, instructions will be provided. For more information, see “Installation using Disk Manager” on page 14.

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