Product manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter - Table of Contents
- Chapter - List of Figures
- Chapter - Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
- Chapter - Chapter 2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
- Figure Caption - Figure 2-1 PCBA Jumper Location and Configuration
- Chapter - Chapter 3 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
- Figure Caption - Figure 3-1 Outline and Mounting Dimensions
- Chapter - Chapter 4 HANDLING AND INSTALLATION
- Figure Caption - Figure 4-1 Single Pack Shipping Container
- Figure Caption - Figure 4-2 20-Pack Shipping Container
- Chapter - Chapter 5 ATA BUS INTERFACE AND ATA COMMANDS
- Chapter - Chapter 6 SERVICE AND SUPPORT
- Chapter - Appendix A BREAKING THE 137 GIGABYTE STORAGE BARRIER
Product Description
2-2 Maxtor DiamondMax16 60/80/120/160GB
• Auto park and lock actuator mechanism
• Low power consumption
• Maxtor Quiet Drive Technology
• SMART Capability
Note: Maxtor defines 1 Gigabyte (GB) as 10
9
or 1,000,000,000 bytes of data.
Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.
2.3 Product Features
Functional/Interface
Maxtor hard drives contain all necessary mechanical and electronic parts to interpret
control signals and commands from an AT-compatible host computer. See Chapter 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. All
tracks within a given zone contain a constant number of data sectors. The number
of data sectors per track varies in different zones; the outermost zone contains the
largest number of data sectors and the innermost contains the fewest.
Read/Write Multiple Mode
This mode is implemented per ANSI ATA/ATAPI-6 specification. Read/Write
Multiple allows the host to transfer a set number of sectors without an interrupt
request between them, reducing transfer process overhead and improving host
performance.
UltraDMA-Mode 5
Maxtor hard drives fully comply with the new ANSI Ultra DMA protocol, which
greatly improves overall AT interface performance by significantly improving burst
and sustained data throughput.
Multi-word DMA-Mode 2
Supports multi-word Direct Memory Access (DMA) mode transfers.
Quiet Drive Technology
Maxtor Quiet Drive technology provides users with the lowest possible noise levels
and best overall sound quality from their drives.
Sector Address Translation
All Maxtor hard drives feature a universal translate mode. In an AT/EISA-class
system, the drive may be configured to any specified combination of cylinders,
heads and sectors (within the range of the drive's formatted capacity). Maxtor hard
drives power-up in a translate mode.