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ST9100A
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AT Interface Drive
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Installation Guide
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Contents Read before you begin... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Setting master/slave jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Connecting cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Configuring system BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Formatting and partit
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ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A 1 Read before you begin... Note. ST9100A and ST9100AG are usually installed in note- book or laptop systems. Special training or tools may be needed to service these computers. In some instances, opening the case may void your warranty. Be sure to review the terms and conditions of your system warranty before opening the system enclosure. Warning. To avoid personal injury and damage to the electronic devices, always power off and unplug your compu
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2 ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A handle the drive carefully. In addition, do not attach any labels to the drive top cover, as they may prevent proper ventilation. Warranty. Contact your authorized Seagate distributor or dealer for warranty information. Maintenance and repair. Seagate drives do not require any preventive maintenance. The head/disc assembly is sealed and does not contain any user-serviceable components. Tampering with the factory seal voids the warranty. Seagate
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ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A 3 Setting master/slave jumpers Two drives may be controlled through a single drive controller cable with two connectors. In this case, one drive is designated as the master and the other is designated as the slave. As shown in Figure 1 on page 4, the jumpers on each drive must be set to identify which drive is master and which is slave. Connecting cables ST9100A and ST9100AG drives use a 44-pin AT interface con- nector cable with two rows of 22 fe
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4 ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A Master/slave Pin 1 configuration jumpers Pin 20 removed Circuit board for keying A C B D Drive is master, no slave drive present Drive is master; Seagate slave drive present Drive is slave; Seagate master drive present Reserved position (Do not use) Figure 1. AT interface cable connector and master/slave configuration jumpers
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ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A 5 Mounting the drive You may mount (and operate) the ST9100A and ST9100AG in any orientation. However, you must securely attach the drive to a rigid frame using four side-mounting screws or four bottom- mounting screws. Caution. To avoid damaging the drive: • Use M3X0.5 metric mounting screws only. • Do not insert mounting screws more than 0.150 inches (3.81 mm) into the mounting holes. • Do not overtighten the screws (maximum torque: 3 inch-lb
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6 ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A cal Support services (on the SeaBOARD BBS) as described in Appendix C. The methods used to configure system BIOS vary from system to system. In many cases, you can run a setup program from the DOS prompt. In other cases, you must initiate BIOS setup by pressing certain keys while the system is booting up. Within the setup program, there are three possible ways that you can specify your drive type: • Match your drive specifications (from the tab
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ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A 7 In a few situations, none of the drive types specified in your BIOS setup program will match your drive, and the setup program will not provide an opportunity to specify a custom drive type. In this case, consider the third option described on page 6 — allowing your ST9100A or ST9100AG drive to mimic one of the BIOS-sup- ported drive types. During the BIOS setup process, simply select a drive type with a capacity that is less than or equal to th
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8 ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A some drive diagnostic programs may fail, typically resulting in time-out errors. Consult your system documentation or call your system dealer or manufacturer for information on configuring your system to receive 4 bytes of ECC. Formatting and partitioning the drive Caution. Reformatting or repartitioning a drive that contains data may result in a partial or complete loss of that data. Make sure all data has been safely backed up before repartiti
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ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A 9 drive partitions. This process verifies the information written by the low-level format and creates file allocation tables (used to catalog and access files). Consult your DOS manual for FORMAT command options. During formatting, DOS system files should be transferred to one disc partition (generally the “C” drive), so that the system can boot off of that drive. After high-level format- ting a drive, you can verify the usable drive capacity usin
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10 ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A • Check all cards. Make sure all cards are secured in the expansion slots on the motherboard. Full size (16-bit) cards cannot be plugged into half-size (8-bit) slots. Make sure all cards are plugged into appropriately sized expansion slots. After the cards are permanently installed and the system is running properly, use mounting screws to secure the cards in place. • Check the power supply specifications. The output of your power supply may no
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ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A 11 Appendix A. AT interface connector pin assignments Drive pin # Signal name Host pin # and signal description 1 Reset– 1 Host Reset 2 Ground 2 Ground 3 DD7 3 Host Data Bus Bit 7 4 DD8 4 Host Data Bus Bit 8 5 DD6 5 Host Data Bus Bit 6 6 DD9 6 Host Data Bus Bit 9 7 DD5 7 Host Data Bus Bit 5 8 DD10 8 Host Data Bus Bit 10 9 DD4 9 Host Data Bus Bit 4 10 DD11 10 Host Data Bus Bit 11 11 DD3 11 Host Data Bus Bit 3 12 DD12 12 Host Data Bus Bit 12 13 DD2
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12 ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A Appendix B. Mounting dimensions Dimensions are in inches (mm) 0.489 ± 0.015 (12.42 ± 0.38) 0.039 ± 0.020 (0.99 ± 0.51) 0.000 in (mm) 0.118 ± 0.010 4X 3 mm × 0.5 mm, (3.00 ± 0.25) 0.15 in (3.81mm) 0.146 +0.011, –0.008 min. full thread (3.71 +0.28, –0.20) 1.227 ± 0.025 (31.17 ± 0.61) 3.986 ± 0.015 (101.24 ± 0.38) 1.500 ± 0.010 1.375 ± 0.015 0.000 (38.10 ± 0.25) (34.93 ± 0.38) 0.155 ± 0.020 (3.94 ± 0.51) 0.000 0.239 ± 0.035 (6.07 ± 0.89) 2.740 ± 0
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ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A 13 Appendix C. Technical support services Product technical support is available for all Seagate products by calling the SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaTDD and SeaBOARD serv- ices described below. These services are free but long-distance charges (if any) are paid by the user. SeaFAX. 408/438-2620 You can use a Touch-Tone telephone to access Seagate’s automated FAX system and select technical support informa- tion by return FAX. This service is available 24
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14 ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A • Reprints of Seagate documentation. • A directory of information and helpful utility programs that you can download to your own computer. • The FINDTYPE.EXE utility program, which can be very useful in drive installation. It compares the drive’s geometry with all geometries supported by your system BIOS. This program either signals that an exact match exists between the drive geometry and the system BIOS, or recommends the closest drive type s
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Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA Publication Number: 36217-001, Rev. A, Printed in USA
