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Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT

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Appendix A

BREAKING THE 137 GIGABYTE STORAGE BARRIER

A.1 Breaking the 137 Gigabyte Storage Barrier.................................................................. A-1

A.1.1  History  .................................................................................................................A-1
A.1.2  Solving the 137 Gigabyte Capacity Barrier .........................................................A-3
A.1.3  How is the Extension Implemented?  ...................................................................A-3
A.1.4  What Do the Drives Need to Meet the Spec? ......................................................A-3
A.1.5  What Else is Involved?  ........................................................................................A-3
A.1.6  What is the Next Barrier?  ....................................................................................A-4

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Summary of Contents for MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT

Page 1: ...MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT Product Manual October 30 2003 Part Number 1905...

Page 2: ...y or licensed under one or more of the following U S Patents 4 419 701 4 538 193 4 625 109 4 639 798 4 647 769 4 647 997 4 661 696 4 669 004 4 675 652 4 703 176 4 730 321 4 772 974 4 783 705 4 819 153...

Page 3: ...c tions as set forth in subparagraphs c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 and FAR 52 227 19 THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF...

Page 4: ...he Maxtor shipping container IMMEDIATELY secure the drive through its mounting holes within a chassis Otherwise store the drive on a padded grounded antistatic surface 5 NEVER switch DC power onto the...

Page 5: ...OPTIONS 3 5 3 3 1 ATA Interface Connector 3 5 3 3 2 ATA BUS ADAPTER 3 9 3 4 COMBINATION CONNECTOR J1 3 9 3 4 1 DC Power J1 Section A 3 11 3 4 2 External Drive Activity LED 3 11 3 4 3 ATA Bus Interfac...

Page 6: ...4 4 4 7 EPA Energy Star Compliance 4 4 4 8 Environmental Limits 4 5 4 9 Shock and Vibration 4 6 4 10 Reliability Specifications 4 7 4 11 EMC EMI 4 8 4 11 1 Radiated Electromagnetic Field Emissions EM...

Page 7: ...RAGE BARRIER A 1 Breaking the 137 Gigabyte Storage Barrier A 1 A 1 1 History A 1 A 1 2 Solving the 137 Gigabyte Capacity Barrier A 3 A 1 3 How is the Extension Implemented A 3 A 1 4 What Do the Drives...

Page 8: ...nector 3 5 Figure 3 5 AT Connector and Jumper Location 3 8 Figure 3 6 J1 DC Power and ATA Bus Combination Connector 3 10 Figure 3 7 The SATA Interface Connector 3 12 Figure 3 8 Serial ATA PCB 3 13 Fig...

Page 9: ...tions 3 6 Table 3 2 J1 Power Connector Section A 3 11 Table 3 3 J1 Power Connector Section A 3 14 Table 3 4 Device plug connector pin definition 3 15 Table 3 5 Logical Addressing Format 3 25 Table 5 1...

Page 10: ...stributor The manual provides information about installation principles of operation interface command implementation and maintenance The MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT family of drives provide a high quali...

Page 11: ...pk pk shaker displacement dB decibels dBA decibels A weighted DPS Data Protection System SPS Shock Protection System ECC Error Correcting Code Kfci thousands of flux changes per inch Hz Hertz KB Kilob...

Page 12: ...e Prefetch Enable PE and Cache Enable CE Hexadecimal Notation The hexadecimal notation is given in 9 point subscript form An example is 30H Signal Negation A signal name that is defined as active low...

Page 13: ...to optimize system performance Because the drive manages media defects and error recovery internally these operations are fully transparent to the user The innovative design of the MaxLine Plus II 25...

Page 14: ...on read write operations Support of all standard ATA data transfer modes with PIO mode 4 and multiword DMA mode 2 and Ultra DMA modes 0 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 Adaptive cache segmentation 100 FDB Fluid Dynam...

Page 15: ...certification pertaining to all 3 5 inch series drives models Product EMI EMS Qualifications CE Mark authorization is granted by TUV Rheinland in compliance with our qualifying under EN 55022 1994 an...

Page 16: ...s II 250 GB AT hard disk drive prior to operation It also explains how to start up and operate the drive 3 1 SPACE REQUIREMENTS The MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives are shipped without a face...

Page 17: ...exceeded if the drive is not handled properly Special care should be taken not to bump or drop the drive It is highly recommended that MaXLine Plus II 250GB at drives are not stacked or placed on any...

Page 18: ...us II 250GB AT 3 3 Figure 3 2 shows the packing assembly for a single Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drive A 20 pack shipping container is available for multiple drive shipments Figure 3 2...

Page 19: ...Installation 3 4 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT Figure 3 3 20 Pack Shipping Container...

Page 20: ...describes the hardware options that you must take into account prior to installation Figure 3 4 Jumper Locations on the ATA Interface Connector Pin 40 ATA Interface Connector Power Connector Pin 1 12...

Page 21: ...es not matter 3 3 1 1 Cable Select CS Jumper When a MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drive and another ATA hard disk drive are daisy chained together they can be configured as Master or Slave either...

Page 22: ...1 DS scheme the CS jumper must be removed In this configuration the spare jumper removed from the CS position may be stored on the PK jumper pins 3 3 1 2 Drive Select DS Jumper You can also daisy cha...

Page 23: ...allows software drivers to determine that the actual capacity is larger than indicated by the maximum CHS requiring LBA addressing to use the full capacity A summary of these effects for the Maxtor M...

Page 24: ...ribbon cable between the drive and the motherboard You should also refer to the motherboard instruction manual to ensure signal compatibility 3 3 2 2 Adapter Board If your PC motherboard does not con...

Page 25: ...xtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT Figure 3 6 J1 DC Power and ATA Bus Combination Connector J1 IDE 40 Pin DC 4 Pin Combination Connector Pin 1 Center Key Slot 4 3 2 1 4 Pin DC Power J1 Section A 40 Pin IDE...

Page 26: ...n the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives the ATA bus interface cable connector J1 section C is a 40 pin Universal Header as shown in Figure 3 6 To prevent the possibility of incorrect installat...

Page 27: ...controlled in the SATA interface by the host Figure 3 7 The SATA Interface Connector 3 4 5 SATA BUS ADAPTER There are two ways you can configure a system to allow the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard di...

Page 28: ...motherboard Maxtor does not supply such an adapter board but they are available from several third party vendors Please carefully read the instruction manual that comes with your adapter board to ensu...

Page 29: ...ir B from Phy S6 B S7 Ground 2nd Mate Key and spacing separate signal and power segments Power segment P1 V33 3 3V power P2 V33 3 3V power P3 V33 3 3V power pre charge 2nd mate P4 Ground 1st mate P5 G...

Page 30: ...r J1 Section C On the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives the SATA bus interface cable connector J1 section C is a standard 7 pin SATA To prevent the possibility of incorrect installation the co...

Page 31: ...MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT Figure 3 9 Mounting Dimensions for the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT Hard Disk Drives 147 0 Max 44 45 0 25 41 28 0 50 95 25 0 25 101 60 0 25 41 60 0 25 101 60 0 25 26 10 Max 6 35 0...

Page 32: ...lose to the mounting holes Do not exceed the specified length for the mounting screws The specified screw length allows full use of the mounting hole threads while avoiding damaging or placing unwante...

Page 33: ...cted to pin 1 of the motherboard connector 3 7 FOR SYSTEMS WITH AN ATA ADAPTER BOARD To install the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drive in an AT compatible system without a 40 pin ATA bus connect...

Page 34: ...ther end of the cable into the header on the drive When inserting this end of the cable make sure that pin 1 of the cable connects to pin 1 of the drive connector 3 Secure the drive to the system chas...

Page 35: ...Installation 3 20 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT Figure 3 12 Completing the Drive Installation Mounting Screws Mounting Bracket ATA Bus Interface Cable...

Page 36: ...BIOS s allow users to configure disk drives to go beyond the 528MB barrier by using several BIOS translation schemes However while using these translations the BIOS using Int 13 functions are limited...

Page 37: ...ower on the system 2 Run the SETUP program This is generally on a Diagnostics or Utilities disk or within the system s BIOS Some system BIOS have an auto detecting feature making SETUP unnecessary 3 E...

Page 38: ...lar BIOS consult the sys tem s drive type table This table specifies the number of cylin ders heads and sectors for a particular drive type You must choose a drive type that meets the following requir...

Page 39: ...e capacity varies depending on operating environment Sectors per Drive max LBA 490 234 752 Integrated Interface Maxtor Ultra ATA 133 ATA 5 ATA 6 SATA 150 MB 8 MB Buffer Recording Method RLL EEPR4 Serv...

Page 40: ...Data Transfer Speed MByte sec max To From Interface Maxtor Ultra ATA 133 up to 133 To From Interface SATA with 8 MB Buffer 150 To From Media ID OD up to nn n where nn n is the maximum transfer rate p...

Page 41: ...ot spinning The drive will leave this mode upon receipt of a command that requires disk access The time out value for this mode is programmable The buffer is active to accept write data Sleep This is...

Page 42: ...ine activity according to the SMART specification and or atmospheric conditions PARAMETER OPERATING NON OPERATING STORAGE Temperature 5 C to 55 C with no ARR impact 0 C to 60 C Margin Demonstrated1 lo...

Page 43: ...tional Random Vibration 5 2000 Hz 3 60 rad sec2 RMS Overall 2 300 Hz 96 5 rad sec2 RMS Random Vibration 5 2000 Hz 0 44 GRMS Overall PSD 7 800 Hz at 3 08 GRMS No Damage Swept Sine Vibration 1 octave mi...

Page 44: ...ance 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 Dep...

Page 45: ...eglement sur le brouillage radioelectrique edicte pa le ministere des communications du Canada 4 11 Safety Regulatory Compliance All Maxtor hard drives comply with relevant product safety standards su...

Page 46: ...A in the ATA ATAPI standard The MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT drive require the use of an 80 conductor cable ATA ATAPI 6 Annex A Figure A 4 and description to support the drive s Ultra DMA capability 5 3 E...

Page 47: ...drive support all the mandatory commands from the general feature set for devices not supporting the Packet command feature set Refer to the ATA ATAPI 6 standard for a detailed description of these co...

Page 48: ...ITY ERASE UNIT F4h SECURITY FREEZE LOCK F5H SECURITY SET PASSWORD F1h SECURITY UNLOCK F2h SEEK 70h SET FEATURES EFh Note 1 SET MAX ADDRESS F9h 00h SET MAX SET PASSWORD F9h 01h SET MAX LOCK F9h 02h SET...

Page 49: ...EDIATE B0h D4h SMART READ DATA B0h D0h SMART READ LOG B0h D5h SMART RETURN STATUS B0h DAh SMART SAVE ATTRIBUTE VALUES B0h D3h SMART WRITE LOG B0h D6h STANDBY 96h E2h STANDBY IMMEDIATE 94h E0h WRITE BU...

Page 50: ...formation out of the sector buffer Parameter words in the buffer are shown in Table 5 2 Note All reserved bits or words should be zeroes Table 5 2 Identify Drive Command Parameters Word CONTENT DESCRI...

Page 51: ...PACKET DEVICE command 13 1 Standby timer values as specified in this standard are supported 0 Standby timer values shall be managed by the device 12 Reserved for the IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE command 11...

Page 52: ...e sectors 62 Obsolete 63 15 11 Reserved 10 1 Multiword DMA mode 2 is selected 0 Multiword DMA mode 2 is not selected 9 1 Multiword DMA mode 1 is selected 0 Multiword DMA mode 1 is not selected 8 1 Mul...

Page 53: ...5 Reserved 4 0 Maximum queue depth 1 76 79 Reserved for Serial ATA 80 Major version number 0000h or FFFFh device does not report version 15 Reserved 14 Reserved for ATA ATAPI 14 13 Reserved for ATA AT...

Page 54: ...d 5 1 write cache supported 4 Shall be cleared to zero to indicate that the PACKET Command feature set is not supported 3 1 mandatory Power Management feature set supported 2 1 Removable Media feature...

Page 55: ...o zero 14 Shall be set to one 13 8 Reserved 7 1 WRITE DMA QUEUED FUA EXT command supported 6 1 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands supported 5 1 General Purpose Logging feature set s...

Page 56: ...0 1 48 bit Address features set supported 9 1 Automatic Acoustic Management feature set enabled 8 1 SET MAX security extension enabled by SET MAX SET PASSWORD 7 See Address Offset Reserved Area Boot I...

Page 57: ...DMA mode 3 is selected 0 Ultra DMA mode 3 is not selected 10 1 Ultra DMA mode 2 is selected 0 Ultra DMA mode 2 is not selected 9 1 Ultra DMA mode 1 is selected 0 Ultra DMA mode 1 is not selected 8 1 U...

Page 58: ...sed 11 some other method was used or the method is unknown 8 Shall be set to one 7 0 Device 0 hardware reset result Device 1 shall clear these bits to zero Device shall set these bits as follows 7 Res...

Page 59: ...ream Access Latency PIO 106 Physical sector size 15 Shall be cleared to zero 14 Shall be set to one 13 1 Device has multiple logical sectors per physical sector 12 4 Reserved 3 0 2X logical sectors pe...

Page 60: ...1 Maximum 7 6 Reserved 5 1 Enhanced security erase supported 4 1 Security count expired 3 1 Security frozen 2 1 Security locked 1 1 Security enabled 0 1 Security supported 129 159 Vendor specific 160...

Page 61: ...Chapter 6 SERVICE AND SUPPORT 6 1 Product Support Technical Assistance Customer Service For Product Service and Support Information please visit our site at www maxtor com for warranty service or www...

Page 62: ...nical Committee also known as the ANSI ATA committee has broken this barrier by incorporating a proposal from Maxtor into the ATA ATAPI 6 draft standard that defines a method for 48 bit addressing on...

Page 63: ...its of address for data This specification means a hard disk can have a maximum of 268 435 456 sectors of 512 bytes of data which puts the ATA interface maximum at 137 4 gigabytes 10MB 16MB 32MB 128MB...

Page 64: ...will also implement commands that use 28 bit addressing in order to maintain interoperability with older system components In addition 8 bit and 48 bit commands may be intermixed The 48 bit Address f...

Page 65: ...gigabytes This barrier exists because many of today s operating systems are based on 32 bit addressing These operating systems include many flavors of Linux Mac OS 9 x and Windows 95 98 ME NT 4 2000...

Page 66: ...us II 250GB AT A 5 120 billion books more than all that man has written 9 4 zettabytes 9 400 000 000 000 000 000 000 bytes Appendix C Resources Maxtor Big Drive web site for resource information http...

Page 67: ...disk by the number of seeks performed B BACKUP A copy of a file directory or volume on a separate storage device from the original for the purpose of retrieval in case the original is accidentally era...

Page 68: ...ng or erroneous CYLINDER On a disk drive that has more than one recording surface and heads that move to various tracks the group of all tracks located at a given head position The number of cylinders...

Page 69: ...RVER A computer that provides network stations with controlled access to shareable resources The network operating system is loaded on the file server and most shareable devices disk subsystems printe...

Page 70: ...plug in board that forms the interface between a particular type of computer system bus and the disk drive I INITIALIZE See low level formatting INITIATOR A SCSI device that requests another SCSI devi...

Page 71: ...already done LOW PROFILE Describes drives built to the 3 1 2 inch form factor which are only 1 inch high M MB See megabyte MEDIA The magnetic film that is deposited or coated on an aluminum substrate...

Page 72: ...material that is mounted inside a fixed disk drive Most drives use more than one platter mounted on a single spindle shaft to provide more data storage surfaces in a small package The platter is coate...

Page 73: ...the data that is stored in that section Hard disks most often have sectors that are 512 data bytes long plus several bytes overhead for error correcting codes Each sector is preceded by ID data known...

Page 74: ...tches and seeks U UNFORMATTED CAPACITY The total number of bytes of data that could be fit onto a disk Formatting the disk requires some of this space to record location boundary definitions and timin...

Page 75: ...face connector 3 11 3 16 input power connections 3 11 3 14 interface IDE bus 5 1 J jumper configurations 3 6 jumper locations 3 5 jumper options 3 6 M maximum screw torque 3 18 mechanical dimensions 3...

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