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Revisions Manual No. 1402 REV EC NO. SECTION DESCRIPTION DATE A 79006C All Initial release.
Before You Begin Thank you for your interest in the Maxtor DiamondMax™ Plus 2500 AT hard disk drives. This manual provides technical information for OEM engineers and systems integrators regarding the installation and use of DiamondMax hard drives Drive repair should be performed only at an authorized repair center. For repair information, contact the Maxtor Customer Service Center at 800-2MAXTOR or 408-432-1700. Before unpacking the hard drive, please review Sections 1 through 4.
DIAMONDMAX PLUS 2500 – INTRODUCTION SECTION 1 Introduction Maxtor Corporation Maxtor Corporation has been providing high-quality computer storage products since 1982. Along the way, we’ve seen many changes in data storage needs. Not long ago, only a handful of specific users needed more than a couple hundred megabytes of storage. Today, downloading from the Internet and CD-ROMs, multimedia, networking and advanced office applications are driving storage needs even higher.
DIAMONDMAX PLUS 2500 – INTRODUCTION Conventions If there is a conflict between text and tables, the table shall be accepted as being correct. Key Words The names of abbreviations, commands, fields and acronyms used as signal names are in all uppercase type (e.g., IDENTIFY DRIVE). Fields containing only one bit are usually referred to as the “name” bit instead of the “name” field. Names of drive registers begin with a capital letter (e.g., Cylinder High register).
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION SECTION 2 Product Description Maxtor DiamondMax™ Plus 2500 AT disk drives are 1-inch high, 3.5-inch diameter random access storage devices which incorporate an on-board ATA/Ultra DMA controller. High capacity is achieved by a balanced combination of high areal recording density and the latest data encoding and servo techniques. Maxtor's latest advancements in electronic packaging and integration methods have lowered the drive's power consumption and increased its reliability.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Product Features Functional / Interface Maxtor DiamondMax™ Plus 2500 hard drives contain all necessary mechanical and electronic parts to interpret control signals and commands from an AT-compatible host computer. See Section 3 Product Specifications, for complete drive specifications. Zone Density Recording The disk capacity is increased with bit density management – common with Zone Density Recording. Each disk surface is divided into 16 circumferential zones.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Logical Block Addressing The Logical Block Address (LBA) mode can only be utilized in systems that support this form of translation. The cylinder, head and sector geometry of the drive, as presented to the host, differs from the actual physical geometry. The host AT computer may access a drive of set parameters: number of cylinders, heads and sectors per track, plus cylinder, head and sector addresses.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Cache Management Buffer Segmentation The data buffer is organized into two segments: the data buffer and the micro controller scratch pad. The data buffer is dynamically allocated for read and write data depending on the commands received. A variable number of read and write buffers may exist at the same time. Read-Ahead Mode Normally, this mode is active. Following a read request, disk read-ahead begins on the first sector and continues sequentially until the allocated buffer is full.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Major HDA Components Drive Mechanism A brush-less DC direct drive motor rotates the spindle at 7,200 RPM (±0.1%). The dynamically balanced motor/spindle assembly ensures minimal mechanical run-out to the disks. A dynamic brake provides a fast stop to the spindle motor upon power removal. The speed tolerance includes motor performance and motor circuit tolerances.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Subsystem Configuration Dual Drive Support Two drives may be accessed via a common interface cable, using the same range of I/O addresses. The drives are jumpered as device 0 or 1 (Master/Slave), and are selected by the drive select bit in the Device/Head register of the task file. All Task File registers are written in parallel to both drives.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS SECTION 3 Product Specifications Models and Capacities M O DEL Formatted Capacity (MB LBA Mode) 91000D8 90910D8 90875D7 90840D7 90750D6 90625D5 90500D4 10,000 9,100 8,750 8,400 7,500 6,250 5,000 Maxtor defines one megabyte as 106 or one million bytes and one gigabyte as 109 or one billion bytes.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Physical Dimensions PARAMETER H e ig h t Length W id t h Weight STANDARD 1.02 inch 5.77 inches 4.02 inches 1.3 pounds M E T R IC 2 5 .9 m illim e t e r s 146.6 millimeters 102.1 millimeters 0 .
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Power Requirements (Average) M ODE 12V ± 5% 5V ± 5% S p in -u p (p e a k ) 240 0 mA 20 0 mA P OW E R Seek 710 mA 330 mA 10.2 W Read/Write 345 mA 350 mA 5 .9 W Id le 5 .8 W 390 mA 225 mA Standby 7 mA 245 mA 1.3 W S le e p 7 mA 140 mA 0 .8 W Power Mode Definitions Spin-up The drive is spinning up following initial application of power and has not yet reached full speed. Seek A random access operation by the disk drive.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Shock and Vibration PARAMETER OPERATING NON-OPERATING Mechanical Shock Random Vibration 20 Gs, 2.0 ms, no errors 10 - 300 Hz at 0.004 G2/Hz 301 - 500 Hz at 0.0006 G2/Hz 2 0 0 G s , 2 .0 m s , n o d a m a g e 10 Hz at 0.015 G2/Hz 40 Hz at 0.015 G2/Hz 500 Hz at 0.00015 G2/Hz Swept Sine Vibration 5 - 20 Hz 21 - 30 0 Hz 0.049 inches double amplitude 1.0 G peak amplitude (0 - peak) Reliability Specifications AFR < 1.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS EMC/EMI Radiated Electromagnetic Field Emissions - EMC Compliance The hard disk drive mechanism is designed as a subassembly for installation into a suitable enclosure and is therefore not subject to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules (47CFR15) or the Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations.
INSTALLATION SECTION 4 Handling and Installation Pre-formatted Drive This Maxtor hard drive has been formatted at the factory. Do not use a low-level formatting program. Important Notice There are a number of system BIOS’s currently in use which do not support hard drives with more than 4095 cylinders (2.1 gigabytes). This section contains information describing the conditions which may identify this limitation.
INSTALLATION Unpacking and Inspection Retain any packing material for reuse. Inspect the shipping container for evidence of damage in transit. Notify the carrier immediately in case of damage to the shipping container. As they are removed, inspect drives for evidence of shipping damage or loose hardware. If a drive is damaged (and no container damage is evident), notify Maxtor immediately for drive disposition.
INSTALLATION Figure 4 - 2 Single Pack Shipping Container (Option A) Figure 4 - 3 Single Pack Shipping Container (Option B) Repacking If a Maxtor drive requires return, repack it using Maxtor packing materials, including the antistatic bag. Physical Installation Recommended Mounting Configuration The DiamondMax™ Plus 10,000 drive design allows greater shock tolerance than that afforded by larger, heavier drives.
INSTALLATION 1 Before You Begin IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ! Please read this Installation Sheet completely before installing the Maxtor hard drive. It gives general information for installing a Maxtor hard drive in a typical computer system. STOP If you don’t understand the installation steps, have a qualified computer technician install the hard drive. Handling Precautions 쇵 Allow the hard drive to reach room temperature BEFORE installing it in your computer system.
INSTALLATION 2 General Requirements System Hardware Requirements The minimum system Maxtor recommends for drives 8.4 GB or less is a 486 DX 66 MHz system. For drives larger than 8.4 GB, we recommend a Pentium-class system. BIOS Requirements System BIOS dated prior to September 1997 do not support drives greater than 8.4 GB. To obtain the full capacity of a drive larger than 8.4 GB, upgrade the BIOS, install a BIOS enhancer card or use the MaxBlast installation software (version 9.06 or newer).
INSTALLATION Before installing the drive in the computer, you must determine how the jumpers on the Maxtor hard drive are to be set for your system based upon the use of the Maxtor hard drive as either a Master or Slave device. Maxtor hard drives are shipped with the Master jumper setting enabled.
INSTALLATION 5 Attaching Interface and Power Cables In order for the computer to recognize that the Maxtor hard drive is in the system, the power cable and IDE interface cable must be properly connected. 1 Attach an available IDE interface connector to J1 on the Maxtor hard drive. The striped or colored edge of the IDE interface cable indicates pin 1. Pin 1 on the IDE interface cable connector must match pin 1 on the Maxtor hard drive IDE interface connector – closest to the drive power connector.
INSTALLATION 7 System Setup The following procedures are designed for systems using the DOS 5.0 (or higher), Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems. For other operating systems (e.g., Windows NT, OS2, UNIX, LINUX and Novell NetWare), refer to the operating system user’s manual for the BIOS setting and other installation requirements. For drives with capacities larger than 8.4 GB, the full installation set for Windows 95A or 95B (OSR2), Windows 98 or equivalent, is required.
INSTALLATION 2 Enter the BIOS menu where the hard drive definitions are displayed and select the appropriate entry (Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master or Secondary Slave – or their equivalents) for the Maxtor hard drive. If the SETUP program does not provide an AUTO DETECT capability, the drive parameters must be set using the User Definable Type (UDT). Set the Cylinder, Head and Sector values with the values listed on the drive label. The drive label is located on the top cover of the drive.
INSTALLATION 9 System Hangs During Boot If the system hangs during the boot process after installing the Maxtor hard drive – either before or after setting the system BIOS – the system many have a BIOS with a cylinder limitation. This may occur for hard drives that exceed 2.1 GB. If this happens, do the following: 1 Turn the system OFF. 2 Install the cylinder limitation jumper (J46) on the drive.
