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Product Manual Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA ST31000528AS ST3750528AS ST3500418AS ST3500410AS 100529369 Rev. H August 2010 ST3320418AS ST3250318AS ST3160318AS...
In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other func- tions, and thus will not be available for data storage. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications.
Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate ® Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA model drives: ST31000528AS ST3500418AS ST3750528AS ST3500410AS These drives provide the following key features: • 7200 RPM spindle speed. • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300MB per second).
About the Serial ATA interface The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the traditional (parallel) ATA interface. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity. It is not necessary to set any jump- ers or other configuration options. •...
Drive 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 drive models: ST31000528AS ST3500418AS ST3750528AS ST3500410AS Specification summary tables The specifications listed in the following tables are for quick reference.
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Drive specifications summary Table 1: Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disks Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density (max) Track density (avg) Areal density (avg) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max) I/O data-transfer rate (max) ATA data-transfer modes supported...
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To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp 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.
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Drive specifications summary Table 2: Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disks Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density (max.) Track density (avg.) Areal density (avg.) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max) I/O data-transfer rate (max.) ATA data-transfer modes supported...
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To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp 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 sys- tem will display the warranty information for your drive.
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Drive specifications summary Table 3: Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disks Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density (max.) Track density (avg.) Areal density (avg.) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max.) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max.) I/O data-transfer rate ATA data-transfer modes supported...
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To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp 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.
Formatted capacity Formatted Model capacity* ST31000528AS 1000GB ST3750528AS 750GB ST3500418AS 500GB ST3500410AS ST3320418AS 320GB ST3250318AS 250GB ST3160318AS 160GB *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. 2.1.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,...
Recording and interface technology Interface Recording method Recording density (kbits/inch max) Track density (ktracks/inch avg) Areal density (Gbits/inch avg) Spindle speed (RPM) Internal data transfer rate (Mbits/sec max) Sustained data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) Physical characteristics Maximum height 1000 and 750GB models 500, 320, 250 and 160GB models...
Seek time Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications in the table below are defined as follows: • Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in both directions. •...
Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. See Figure 2 on page 22. 2.7.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 9. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient temperature.
2.7.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the +12 volt line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. • Using 12-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 120 mV peak-to-peak square-wave injected noise at up to 10MHz.
Environmental specifications 2.8.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions. Operating: 0° to 60°C (32° to 140°F) Non-operating: –40°...
2.8.5 Shock All shock specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.8.5.1 Operating shock These drives comply with the performance levels specified in this document when subjected to a maximum operating shock of 70 Gs based on half-sine shock pulses of 2 ms during read operations.
Seagate follows the ECMA-74 standards for measurement and identification of PDTs. An exception to this process is the use of the absolute threshold of hearing. Seagate uses this threshold curve (originated in ISO 389-7) to discern tone audibility and to compensate for the inaudible components of sound prior to computation of tone ratios according to Annex D of the ECMA-74 standards.
EN 55022, Class B and the immunity levels are defined by EN 55024. Drives are tested in representative end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives comply with the directives when used in the test systems, we cannot guarantee that all systems will comply with the directives.
Seagate has tested this device in enclosures as described above to ensure that the total assembly (enclosure, disk drive, motherboard, power supply, etc.) does comply with the limits for a Class B computing device, pursuant to Subpart J, Part 15 of the FCC rules.
The silver, copper, nickel and gold films used in Seagate products are especially sensitive to the presence of sulfide, chlo- ride, and nitrate contaminants. Sulfur is found to be the most damaging. In addition, electronic components should never be exposed to condensing water on the surface of the printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) or exposed to an ambient relative humidity greater than 95%.
Configuring and Mounting the Drive This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. Handling and static-discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostatic dis- charge (ESD) hazards. Observe the following standard handling and static-discharge precautions: Caution: •...
Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to-point with the Serial ATA host adapter. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is considered a master in a point-to-point relationship. If two drives are attached on one Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating system views the two devices as if they were both “masters”...
Drive mounting You can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. See Figure 3 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precau- tions when mounting the drive: •...
Figure 4. Mounting dimensions (500, 320, 250 and 160GB models) Recommended case temperature measurement location Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. H...
Serial ATA (SATA) Interface These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA pro- grammed input/output (PIO) modes 0 to 4; multiword DMA modes 0 to 2, and Ultra DMA modes 0 to 6. For detailed information about the Serial ATA interface, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attach- ment”...
Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions Table 8 summarizes the signals on the Serial ATA interface and power connectors. Table 8: Serial ATA connector pin definitions Segment Function Ground Ground Signal Ground Key and spacing separate signal and power segments Ground Ground Ground...
Supported ATA commands The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (http://www.sata-io.org). See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 34 for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation. Table 9: Supported ATA commands Command name...
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Command name Security Erase Prepare Security Erase Unit Security Freeze Security Set Password Security Unlock Seek Set Features Set Max Address Note: Individual Set Max Address commands are identified by the value placed in the Set Max Features regis- ter as defined to the right. Set Max Address Extended Set Multiple Mode Sleep...
4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code EC power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in Table 9 on page 27. All reserved bits or words should be set to zero. Parameters listed with an “x” are drive-specific or vary with the state of the drive.
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Word Description Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section 2.1 for related information) *Note: The maximum value allowed in this field is: 0FFFFFFFh 60–61 (268,435,455 sectors, 137GB). Drives with capacities over 137GB will have 0FFFFFFFh in this field and the actual number of user-address- able LBAs specified in words 100-103.
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NOTE: This field is valid if word 84, bit 8 is set to 1 indicating 64-bit WWN support. 112–127 ATA-reserved Security status 129–159 Seagate-reserved 160–254 ATA-reserved Integrity word Note. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) features are not supported Note.
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Word 88 Ultra DMA mode 0 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 1 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 2 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 3 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 4 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 5 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 6 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 0 is currently active.
4.3.2 Set Features command This command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY, checks the contents of the Features register, clears BSY and generates an inter- rupt. If the value in the register does not represent a feature that the drive supports, the command is aborted. Power-on default has the read look-ahead and write caching features enabled.
SeaTools diagnostic software activates a built-in drive self-test (DST S.M.A.R.T. command for D4 nates unnecessary drive returns. The diagnostic software ships with all new drives and is also available at: http://seatools.seagate.com. This drive is shipped with S.M.A.R.T. features disabled. You must have a recent BIOS or software package that supports S.M.A.R.T.
• Authorized Service Centers For information regarding Warranty Support, visit http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/warranty_&_returns_assistance • For information regarding data recovery services, visit • For Seagate OEM and Distribution partner portal, visit • For Seagate reseller portal, visit Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. H http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/about/ http://www.i365.com...
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Index ACA 19 acceleration 16 acoustics 17 Active 14 Active mode 14 Agency certification 18 altitude 15 Ambient temperature 15 ambient temperature 12 Annualized Failure Rate 18 areal density 11 ATA commands 27 Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZ CISPR22 19 Australian Communication Authority (ACA) 19 Australian C-Tick 19 Average latency 12 Average seek time 12...
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Initialize Device Parameters 27 Input noise ripple 14 input voltage 13 interface 11 interference 19 internal data-transfer rate OD 11 is 12 ISO document 7779 17 ITE 18 KCC 19 Korean Communications Commission 19 Korean RRL 19 latency 12 LBA mode 10 length 11 logical geometry 10 master/slave 2...
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Security Erase Prepare 28 Security Erase Unit 28 Security Freeze 28 Security Set Password 28 Security Unlock 28 See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 34 27 Seek 28 Seek time 12 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 25 serial ATA ports 2 servo electronics 13 Set Features 28 Set Max Address 28 Set Max Address Extended 28...
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