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TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS
STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
MK1504GAL (HDD1285)
Rev 02
1.8-INCH HARD DISK DRIVE
USER MANUAL
11/2006
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CONTENTS
Introduction..............................................................................1
Setup ........................................................................................2
Using the HDD .........................................................................3
Specifications ..........................................................................4
Drive Connectors..................................................................... 6
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INTRODUCTION – MK1504GAL (HDD1285)
General Features
• 1.8" sized drive
• 1 Platter
• 15 Gigabytes*
• 5mm High
• 15ms Average Seek Time
• ATA (2 - 5) Interface
• Ultra DMA 100
• 512KB Buffer
• Rotational speed of 4,200rpm
• MTTF 300,000 Hours
*Toshiba defines a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes and a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes.
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SETUP – MK1504GAL (HDD1285)
Caution: Your Hard Disk Drive is a precision device and even a small drop onto any surface can cause
damage. Electronstatic discharge can also damage the drive. You should ground yourself prior to handling the
drive.
Figure 1. MK1504GAL Side View
Installation Notes
• Do not apply any force to the top cover, except the screw areas on top cover. Maximum force to the
specified area is 2N.
important Note: Disconnect power from your computer system before beginning
installation
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USING THE HARD DISK DRIVE – MK1504GAL (HDD1285)
Backing up Data Files
To avoid data loss, regularly back up the data files on the hard disk drive.
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SPECIFICATIONS – MK1504GAL (HDD1285)
General
Model MK1504GAL (HDD1285)
Interface ATA-2/3/4/5
Functionality
Formatted Capacity 15.0GB*
Rotational Speed 4200rpm
Avg. Rotational Latency 7.14/ms
Spin-up Time 3.5sec (typical)
Buffer 512KB
Seek Time
Average
Maximum
Internal Transfer Rate 125.5 ~ 253.1 Mbits/sec (max)
Host Transfer Rate
Ultra DMA mode
PIO Mode
Interleave Factor 1:1
*Toshiba defines a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes and a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes.
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100Mbytes/sec
16.6Mbytes/sec
Internal Drive Characteristics
Number of Disks 1
Number of Data Heads 2
Track Density (TPI) 3,039 (77.2k)
Logical Cylinders 16,383
Logical Heads 16
Logical Sectors/track 63
Bytes per Sector 512
Logical Blocks (LBA) 29,297,520
Reliability
Preventative maintenance None
Non-recoverable read errors 1 error per 10
13
bits read
Electrical
Voltage 3.3V 5%
Power Consumption
Start 1.2W typ
Seek 1.4W typ
Read/Write 1.4W typ
Sleep 0.08W typ
Energy Consumption Efficiency 0.027W/GB avg
Shock
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Operating 1,960m/s
Non-Operating 9,800m/s
(200G)(2msec)
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(1000G)(1msec)
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Physical
Height 0.2" (5.0mm)
Width 2.13" (54.0mm)
Depth 3.09" (78.5mm)
Weight 1.8oz (51g) typ
Regulatory
The drive satisfies the following standards:
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1950
Canadian Standard Association (CSA) C22.2 No. 950
TUV Rheinland EN 60 950
EMC - EN50081-1 EN50081-1: 1992
EN55022: 1994 Class B
EN61000-3-2: 1995
EN61000-3-3: 1995
EMC - EN50082-1 EN61000-4-2: 1995
EN61000-4-3: 1998
ENV50204: 1995
EN61000-4-4: 1995
EN61000-4-5: 1995
EN61000-4-6: 1996
EN61000-4-11: 1994
BSMI
3902C799
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DRIVE CONNECTORS – MK1504GAL (HDD1285)
Figure 1. MK1003GAL HDD - INTERFACE CONNECTOR
Interface Connector
Drive Side Connector MCD-D50 Series by
Recommended Host Side Connector MCD-D50 Series by DDK Connectors
DDK Connectors
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Interface Signals
DRIVE INTERFACE SIGNALS
PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL
1 RESET 2 GROUND
3 DD 7 4 DD 8
5 DD 6 6 DD 9
7 DD 5 8 DD 10
9 DD 4 10 DD 11
11 DD 3 12 DD 12
13 DD 2 14 DD 13
15 DD 1 16 DD 14
17 DD 0 18 DD 15
19 GROUND 20 OPEN
21 DMARQ 22 GROUND
23 DIOW/STOP 24 GROUND
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27
29 DMACK 30 GROUND
31 INTRQ 32 IOCS16
33 DA1 34 PDIAG
35 DA0 36 DA 2
37 CS0 38 CS1
39 DASP 40 GROUND
41 3.3V (LOGIC) 42 3.3V (MOTOR)
43 GROUND 44 RESERVED
DIOR/
-DMARDY
HSTROBE
IORDY/
-DMARDY/DSTROBE
26 GROUND
28 CSEL
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Note: Symbol () in front of signal indicates negative logic.
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