Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT Manual

MaxLine Plus II 250GB ATProduct ManualOctober 30, 2003Part Number: 1905

Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 1-1Chapter 1 IntroductionThis chapter gives an overview of the contents of this manual, including the intended audienc

Introduction1-2 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT1.3 TERMINOLOGY AND CONVENTIONSIn the Glossary at the back of this manual, you can find definitions for

IntroductionMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 1-3The typographical and naming conventions used in this manual are listed below. Conventions that are uni

Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 2-1Chapter 2 GENERAL DESCRIPTIONThis chapter summarizes the general functions and key features of the MaxLine Plus II

General Description2-2 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATPerformance• Average seek time of <9.0 ms• Average rotational latency of 4.17 ms• New Ultra A

General DescriptionMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 2-3Versatility• Power saving modes• Downloadable firmware• Cable select feature• Ability to daisy-c

Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-1Chapter 3 INSTALLATIONThis chapter explains how to unpack, configure, mount, and connect the Maxtor MaXLine Plus II

Installation3-2 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATFigure 3-1 Mechanical Dimensions of MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT Hard Disk Drive3.2 UNPACKING INSTRUCTION

InstallationMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-3Figure 3-2 shows the packing assembly for a single Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drive. A 2

Installation3-4 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATFigure 3-3 20-Pack Shipping Container

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InstallationMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-53.3 HARDWARE OPTIONS3.3.1 ATA Interface ConnectorThe configuration of a MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard d

Installation3-6 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATThe configuration of the following three jumpers controls the drive’s five modes of operation:• CS – Ca

InstallationMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-7Once you install the CS jumper, the drive is configured as a Master or Slave by the state of the Cable

Installation3-8 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT3.3.1.4 Cylinder Limitation Jumper (CLJ)For user capacities below 66,055,248 sectors (32GB), inserting

InstallationMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-93.3.2 ATA BUS ADAPTERThere are two ways you can configure a system to allow the MaXLine Plus II 250GB A

Installation3-10 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATFigure 3-6 J1 DC Power and ATA Bus Combination ConnectorJ1 IDE (40-Pin)/DC (4-Pin) Combination Connec

InstallationMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-113.4.1 DC Power (J1, Section A)The recommended mating connectors for the +5 VDC and +12 VDC input power

Installation3-12 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT3.4.4 SATA (Serial ATA) Interface ConnectorThe MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives also offer an

InstallationMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-133.4.5.1 SATA Bus ConnectorSome PC motherboards have a built in SATA bus connector. These SATA bus conn

Installation3-14 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATThere are total of 7 pins in the signal segment and 15 pins in the power segment. The pin definitions

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InstallationMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-15The following points should be noted: All pins are in a single row, with a 1.27 mm (.050”) pitch. • Th

Installation3-16 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATFigure 3-9 Mounting Dimensions for the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT Hard Disk Drives147.0Max.44.45±0.2541

InstallationMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-17Figure 3-10 Mounting Screw Clearance for the Maxtor Hard Disk DrivesPrinted-Circuit BoardHead/DiskAss

Installation3-18 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT3.6.2 ClearanceClearance from the drive to any other surface (except mounting surfaces) must be a mini

InstallationMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-19To connect the drive to the board:1. Insert the 40-pin cable/SATA connector into the mating connector

Installation3-20 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATFigure 3-12 Completing the Drive InstallationMounting ScrewsMounting BracketATA-Bus Interface Cable

InstallationMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-213.8 TECHNIQUES IN DRIVE CONFIGURATION3.8.1 The 528-Megabytes BarrierOlder BIOS that only support Int 1

Installation3-22 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT3.8.3 Operating system limitationsMost popular operating systems available today have additional limit

InstallationMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 3-23Table 3-4 Logical Addressing FormatNote: *Capacity may be restricted to 8.4GB (or less) due to syste

Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 4-1Chapter 4PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS4.1 Models and Capacities4.2 Drive ConfigurationMODELS 7Y250PO/7Y250MOFormatted Capa

Before You BeginThank you for your interest in Maxtor hard disk drives. This manual provides technical information for OEM engineers and systems integ

Product Specifications4-2 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATPerformance Specifications4.3 Physical DimensionsSeek Times (typical read, ms)Track-to-Track

Product SpecificationsMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 4-34.4 Power Requirements4.5 Power Mode DefinitionsSpin-upThe drive is spinning up following ini

Product Specifications4-4 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT4.7 Environmental LimitsNotes:1. Margin Demonstrated implies the product will operate at the

Product SpecificationsMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 4-54.8 Shock and VibrationPARAMETER OPERATING NON-OPERATINGMechanical Shock R=0.988/shock at 60

Product Specifications4-6 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT4.9 Reliability SpecificationsAnnualized Return Rate<1.0% Annualized Return Rate (ARR) ind

Product SpecificationsMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 4-7limites applicables aux appareils numeriques de Class B prescrites dans le reglement sur le b

Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-1Chapter 5 ATA BUS INTERFACE AND ATA COMMANDSThis chapter describes the interface between the MaxLine Plus II 250GB

ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands5-2 Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AToverall system. 5.4 REGISTER ADDRESS DECODINGThe MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT hard di

ATA Bus Interface and ATA CommandsMaxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-3NOP 00hREAD BUFFER E4hREAD DMA C8h, C9hREAD MULTIPLE C4hREAD NATIVE MAX ADDRESS F

ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands5-4 Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB ATNote: 1. As defined in the ATA/ATAPI-6 standard.SMART EXECUTE OFF-LINE IMMEDIATE

Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT iTable of ContentChapter 1 INTRODUCTION1.1 AUDIENCE ...

ATA Bus Interface and ATA CommandsMaxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-5Identify Drive CommandThis command allows the host to receive parameter informati

ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands5-6 Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT20-21 Retired22 Reserved23-26 Firmware revision (8 ASCII characters)27-46 Model

ATA Bus Interface and ATA CommandsMaxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-753 15-3: Reserved2: 1 = the fields reported in word 88 are valid. 0 = the fiel

ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands5-8 Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT67 Minimum PIO transfer cycle time without flow control15-0: Cycle time in nanos

ATA Bus Interface and ATA CommandsMaxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-981 Minor version number0000h or FFFFh = device does not report version. 0001h-FF

ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands5-10 Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT83 7: See Address Offset Reserved Area Boot, INCITS TR27:20016: 1 = SET FEATURES

ATA Bus Interface and ATA CommandsMaxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-1185 7: 1 = release interrupt enabled6: 1 = look-ahead enabled5: 1 = write cache e

ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands5-12 Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT87 6: 1 = WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands supported5: Gene

ATA Bus Interface and ATA CommandsMaxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-1393 Hardware reset result. The contents of bits (12:0) of this word shall change

ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands5-14 Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT94 15-8: Vendor’s recommended acoustic management value.7-0: Current automatic

Table of Contentsii Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT3.8.1 Adapter Board Installation ...

ATA Bus Interface and ATA CommandsMaxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-15128 Security status15-9: Reserved8: Security level 0 = High, 1 = Maximum7-6: Res

Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 6-1Chapter 6 SERVICE AND SUPPORT6.1 Product Support/Technical Assistance/Customer ServiceFor Product Service and Suppo

Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT A-1Appendix A BREAKING THE 137 GIGABYTE STOR-AGE BARRIERThis appendix provides information about the 137GB storage bar

Breaking the 137GB Storage BarrierA-2 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATPast barriers often frustrated people trying to add a new hard disk to an older s

Breaking the 137GB Storage BarrierMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT A-3A.1.2 Solving the 137 Gigabyte Capacity BarrierAs described earlier, the issue ca

Breaking the 137GB Storage BarrierA-4 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATleaving that space empty.The BIOS companies will also have to perform some work t

Breaking the 137GB Storage BarrierMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT A-5120 billion books – (more than all that man has written) • 9.4 zettabytes = 9,40

MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT G-1GLOSSARYAACCESS – (v) Read, write, or update information on some storage medium, such as a disk. (n) One of these operatio

GlossaryG-2 MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATBYTE – The basic unit of computer memory, large enough to hold one character of alphanumeric data. Comprised of ei

GlossaryMaXLine Plus II 250GB AT G-3DMA – Acronym for direct memory access. A process by which data moves directly between a disk drive (or other devi

Table of ContentsMaxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT iiiAppendix A BREAKING THE 137 GIGABYTE STORAGE BARRIER A.1 Breaking the 137 Gigabyte Storage Barrie

GlossaryG-4 MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATGUIDE RAILS – Plastic strips attached to the sides of a disk drive mounted in an IBM AT and compatible computers s

GlossaryMaXLine Plus II 250GB AT G-5KKILOBYTE (K) – A unit of measure consisting of 1,024 (210) bytes.LLANDING ZONE – A position inside the disk’s inn

GlossaryG-6 MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATMTTR – Mean Time To Repair. The average time it takes to repair a drive that has failed for some reason. This only

GlossaryMaXLine Plus II 250GB AT G-7REMOVABLE DISK – Generally said of disk drives where the disk itself is meant to be removed, and in particular of

GlossaryG-8 MaXLine Plus II 250GB ATSUBSTRATE – The material the disk platter is made of beneath the magnetic coating. Hard disks are generally made o

Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT I-1INDEXAabbreviations 1-1adapter board 2-4, 3-20CCable Select 3-7cable select (CS) jumper 3-6clearance 3-19command de

Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT ivList of FiguresFigure 3-1 Mechanical Dimensions of Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 Hard Disk Drive ... 3-1Figure 3-2 Singl

Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT vList of TablesTable 3-1 AT Jumper Options ...................