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TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS
STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
MK2018GAS (HDD2168)
2.5-INCH HARD DISK DRIVE
USER MANUAL
Rev 02
11/2006
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CONTENTS Introduction..............................................................................1 Setup ........................................................................................2 Using the HDD .........................................................................4 Troubleshooting.......................................................................5 Specifications ..........................................................................6 Drive Connectors......
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INTRODUCTION – MK2018GAS (HDD2168) General Features • 2.5" sized drive • Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) Motor • 1 Platter • 20 Gigabytes* • 9.5mm High • 12ms Average Seek Time • ATA-2,3,4,5 Interface • Supports high transfer rates of 100MB/sec • 2MB 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. 1
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SETUP – MK2018GAS (HDD2168) 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. Master/Slave Settings Your Toshiba Hard Disk Drive can be configured as either a "Master" or "Slave" unit. Master configuration is used for all single drive applications, and master or slave configuration (only one of each per port) i
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Installation Notes The drive should be mounted carefully on the surface of 0.1mm or less flatness to avoid excessive distortion. In order to prevent short-circuit under any circumstances, a space of 0.5mm or more should be kept under the PCB. Space should be kept around the drive to avoid any contact with other parts, which may occur due to shock or vibration. The temperature of the top cover and the base must always be kept under 60C to maintain the required reliability. Be
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USING THE HARD DISK DRIVE – MK2018GAS (HDD2168) Backing up Data Files To avoid data loss, regularly back up the data files on the hard disk drive. 4
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TROUBLESHOOTING – MK2018GAS (HDD2168) Problem Solution My system is not able to recognize all available capacity There are some systems that are unable to recognize the on my Hard Disk Drive. What do I need to do to utilize new larger Hard Drives on the market. 3rd party software the complete hard drive? is available that breaks the "capacity barrier". Some suggestions are EZ Drive by Micro House and Disk Manager DiskGo by Ontrack. Check with your local computer/software supplie
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SPECIFICATIONS – MK2018GAS (HDD2168) General Model MK2018GAS (HDD2168) Interface ATA-2/3/4/5 Functionality Formatted Capacity 20.0039GB* Rotational Speed 4200rpm Avg. Rotational Latency 7.14/ms Spin-up Time 4sec (typical) Buffer 2MB Seek Time (Average) 12 Internal Transfer Rate 156.9 ~ 290.4Mbits/sec (max) Host Transfer Rate 100Mbytes/sec *Toshiba defines a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes and a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes. Internal Drive Characteristics Numb
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Physical Height 0.37" (9.5mm) Width 2.75" (69.85mm) Depth 3.94" (100mm) Weight 3.316oz (94g) typ Regulatory The drive satisfies the following standards: Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1950 Canadian Standard Association (CSA) C22.2 No.220 No. 950 TUV Rheinland EN 60 950 EMC - EN50081-1 EN55022: 1988 Class B EN60555-2: 1987+ A1 EN60555-3: 77A (Co) 38 EMC - EN50082-1 IEC 801-2: 1991 EIC 801-3: 1994 IEC 801-4: 1988 7
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DRIVE CONNECTORS – MK2018GAS (HDD2168) Figure 1.MK2018GAS HDD Rear View - Connectors Interface Connector Drive Side Connector Yamaichi GAP050K11617 or equivalent Recommended Host Side Connector Board Straight type: Berg 86455-044 86456-044 or equivalent Cable Berg 89361-044 or equivalent Recommended Cable Characteristics Standard diameter 0.32mm (28AWG) Characteristics impedance 100 - 132ohm Max Length 0.46mm (max) Capacitance 35pF (max) * cable is not included with d
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Interface Pin Assignment 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 KEY 21 DMARQ 22 GROUND 23 DIOW/STOP 24 GROUND 25 DIOR/ 26 GROUND -DMARDY HSTROBE 27 IORDY/ 28 CSEL -DMARDY/- DSTROBE 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 +5V (LOGIC) 42 +5V (
