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Figure 2.

Option select jumpers

4.

Connect the drive activity LED (optional)

Connect the Drive Activity LED cable to J6 pins 11 and 12 (see Figure 2), or
connect a drive ID and Drive Activity LED cable to J5, depending on host
system requirements.

5.

Check the other available jumper settings

Select other options on J2 as illustrated in Figure 2. Do not change these
unless instructed to do so by the host system documentation.

6.

Mount the drive in the host system and connect cables

Note.

LC and LCV drives are designed to be attached to a carrier or tray
and inserted into the host system without I/O or power cables.

a.

Mount LW and LWV model drives to the host system’s chassis using
four 6-32 UNC screws. Two mounting holes are in each side of the drive
and there are four mounting holes in the bottom of the drive. Do not
over-tighten or force the screws. You can mount the drive in any orienta-
tion.

b.

Connect the SCSI I/O cable into the drive’s SCSI connector. Take care
not to stretch or crimp this cable, and do not block the system’s cooling
air flow with the cable. 

Note.

For Ultra2 and faster operation, special twisted pair LVD cables are
required.

c.

Connect the DC power cable to the drive. See Figure 3.    

Figure 3.

Cable connections and external termination

7.

Format the drive

The drive has been low level formatted at the factory. You do not need to
perform another low level format on this drive unless you decide to perform
certain diagnostics through the host adapter. If you do decide to perform a
low level format, do not abort the format as this is likely to make the drive

inoperable. A low level format, with verify turned on, will typically take two
hours for ST373405 models and 90 minutes for ST336605 models.

Protect against power failure or other power interruptions during the format.

a.

Turn on DC power to the host system.

b.

Boot the system from a system floppy, CD, or from a previously installed
hard disc drive if there is one.

c.

Format the drive. 

Caution. Formatting a drive erases all user data. Be sure that you under-

stand this principle before formatting any hard disc drive. It is not
necessary to format a drive that previously has been used to
store data, unless your intention is to erase all user data. Seagate
is not responsible for lost user data.

Cheetah disc drives are designed to operate with a variety of operating sys-
tems. Please refer to your system or SCSI controller manual for information
about formatting and setting up the drive. Some quick desktop system notes
are provided below.

• Microsoft

TM

. Set the drive type in CMOS to “Zero,” “None,” or “No hard

drive installed.” Use FDISK.EXE and FORMAT.EXE. Systems using Win-
dows 98 or later can create one single partition (drive letter) on the drive.

• Macintosh

TM

. Use a third-party drive utility (most revisions of Apple’s HD

Setup utility only work with drives having special Apple firmware). 

Troubleshooting

• Drive does not spin up. Check cables and all jumper settings. Make

sure cable pin 1 (edge stripe) matches PCB pin 1.

• Drive spins, but no LED on/off activity. Check SCSI ID setting. Set the

ID so that each device on the SCSI chain has its own unique ID. See also
the next item below. Host I/O controller is usually ID7.

• Computer does not seem to recognize the drive. Verify that the drive

is enabled by the SCSI host adapter setup utility.

• FDISK does not detect the drive. Run the FDISK program located on

your Windows startup diskette. Type fdisk/status to verify that your hard
drive is present.

Seagate support services

For online information about Seagate products, visit www.seagate.com or
email your disc questions to [email protected]

If you need help installing your drive, consult your dealer first. If you need
additional help, call a Seagate technical support specialist. Before calling,
note your system configuration and drive model number (ST373405LW/
LWV or ST373405LC/LCV).

Africa

+31-20-316-7222

Norway

800-113 91

Australia

1800-14-7201

Poland

00 800-311 12 38

Austria

0 800-20 12 90

Spain

900-98 31 24

Belgium

0 800-74 876

Sweden

0 207 90 073

Denmark

80 88 12 66

Switzerland

0 800-83 84 11

France

0 800-90 90 52

Singapore

800-1101-150

Germany

0 800-182 6831

Taiwan

+886-2-2514-2237

Hong Kong

800-90-0474

Thailand

001-800-11-0032165

Indonesia

001-803-1-003-2165 Turkey

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Ireland

1 800-55 21 22

United Kingdom 0 800-783 5177

Italy

800-790695

USA/Canada/

1-800 SEAGATE or

Malaysia

1-800-80-2335

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+1-405-936-1234

Middle East

+31-20-316-7222

Other European

Netherlands 0 800-732-4283

countries

+31-20-316-7222

New Zealand 0800-443988

Warranty. Contact your place of purchase or our web site (above). 
Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA). Before returning the drive, verify that it is
defective. Seagate Worldwide customer service centers are the only facilities autho-
rized to service Seagate drives. Contact nearest center for return procedures and trade
regulations.

Shipping the drive
Caution.
 Back up the data before shipping. Seagate assumes no responsibility for
data lost during shipping or service. Shipping drive in an unapproved container voids
the warranty. Pack the drive with original box and packing materials. Use no other
materials. This prevents electrical and physical damage in transit.

© 2001 Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved

Publication number: 100109946, Rev. A, April 2001, Printed in U.S.A.

Seagate, Seagate Technology, and the Seagate logo are registered trademarks of

Seagate Technology LLC. Cheetah is a registered trademark of Seagate Technology
LLC. Other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their owners.

Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifica-
tions. 

Enable parity check of SCSI bus.

Disable parity check.

J2

Pin 1

Reserved Positions

Parity Check option

Single-ended I/O

Terminator Power

Write protect = Off (enables writing).

Write protect = On (disables writing).

Write Protect option

Disable the Delay Motor Start option.

Motor start delay equal to the 
SCSI ID multiplied by 12 seconds.

Delay Motor Start option (valid 
only if the Enable Motor Start 
jumper is not connected)

Enable motor start. The drive waits for 
the Start Unit command from the host 
before starting the spindle motor.

Disable motor start (default). The 
drive starts according to the Delay 
Motor Start option.

Motor Start option

Pin 1

End

SCSI I/O

Connector

Drive with

HDA up, PCB
down, viewed

from front

Pin 1

DC Power
Connector

J2

Drive Front

J6

J1

Pin 1

HDA

J6

A2

A3

A1 A0

Reserved

Remote
LED

L
E

D

R
E
S

Reserved

Shipped with cover installed.

Do not remove.

Do not install jumpers

on these four positions.

J6 Jumper

CATH

11

12

J2 Jumper

(default)

(default)

(default)

(default)

A jumper here forces single-ended 
I/O operation.

No jumper allows host to select either 
single-ended or LVD operation.

Host adapter or other device provides 
term. power to external terminator.

Term. Power to SCSI Bus

(default)

(default)

Pin 1

(check your

adapter for

Pin 1 location)

Host

Adapter

PCB

Twisted Pair

LVD Cable

Ultra160 or Ultra2 LVD bus segment

SPI-2 compliant

active LVD

external terminator

on the end of

the cable

SCSI

LVD/SE

SCSI

SE

Ultra SCSI SE bus segment

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