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Medalist 2532 (ST32532A)

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for ATA (IDE)-Compatible PCs

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Installation Guide

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Summary of Contents for Medalist 2532

Page 1: ...Medalist 2532 ST32532A for ATA IDE Compatible PCs Installation Guide...

Page 2: ...ate Technology and the Seagate logo are regis tered trademarks of Seagate Technology Inc Medalist DiscWiz ard SeaFAX SeaFONE SeaBOARD and SeaTDD are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seaga...

Page 3: ...g drive capacity limitations 11 Partitioning and formatting your drive 13 Installation using Disk Manager 14 Windows 95 or Windows 98 installation 15 Standard DOS installation 16 Additional installati...

Page 4: ...0 Medalist 2532 Rev B iv...

Page 5: ...allows older computers to access the full capacity of large hard drives You can run DiscWizard to install your new hard drive if You already have an existing bootable hard drive in your com puter with...

Page 6: ...mounting this 3 5 inch drive in a 5 25 inch drive bay you need a mounting adapter or frame kit Also you may need drive mounting rails if your drive bay is not designed for direct mounting Before you...

Page 7: ...tect your drive from static discharge by making sure you are well grounded before touching the drive We recommend wearing a grounded wrist strap throughout the installation process Do not touch the co...

Page 8: ...you must configure one drive as a mas ter and the other as a slave To configure the drive as a master or one drive only Place a jumper on pins 5 and 6 see Figure 1 on page 5 The master drive usually d...

Page 9: ...Medalist 2532 Rev B 5 Figure 1 Master and slave jumper settings 1 3 5 2 4 6 Slave Master or single drive pin 1 4 pin power connector ATA interface connector...

Page 10: ...t be no more than 18 inches 457 mm long 2 Thread the interface cable through the drive bay and attach the connector at the end of the interface cable to your new drive Note If you have two drives atta...

Page 11: ...to the drive bay Secure the drive with four 6 32 UNC mounting screws in either the side mounting holes or the bottom mounting holes Insert the screws no more than 0 22 inch 5 58 mm into the bottom mou...

Page 12: ...uire drive mount ing rails which can be obtained from your distributor or computer manufacturer 5 Attach a power cable to each drive If your computer does not have an unused power connector you can pu...

Page 13: ...2 Enable LBA mode if it is available Many BIOS use the logical block addressing LBA mode to access drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes 3 If your BIOS provides automatic drive detection an A...

Page 14: ...our computer was built before mid 1994 you probably will not be able to access the full capacity of your new drive unless you use Disk Manager See page 14 for information on Installation using Disk Ma...

Page 15: ...drive to overcome this limita tion Alternatively you can purchase a hard drive controller or a BIOS upgrade that supports drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes The 32 bit disk access feature...

Page 16: ...r than 50 Kbytes you should divide your drive into partitions of 1 Gbyte or less to make the most efficient use of your disc space BIOS upgrades If you need to upgrade your BIOS contact the appropriat...

Page 17: ...r computer from the Windows 95 or Windows 98 startup diskette with the CD ROM loaded Note the drive letter for your CD ROM device At the A prompt type x setup where x is the letter of your CD ROM driv...

Page 18: ...r existing hard drive if any If any hard drive is not recognized exit Disk Manager and turn off your computer Check all cables jumpers and BIOS settings Then start at Step 1 to run Disk Manager again...

Page 19: ...your computer from the Windows 95 or Windows 98 startup diskette with the CD ROM loaded 2 Note the drive letter for your CD ROM device 3 At the A prompt type x setup where x is the letter of your CD R...

Page 20: ...ur files are smaller than 50 Kbytes you should use partitions of 1 Gbyte or less To partition your new drive 1 Insert a bootable DOS diskette into your diskette drive and restart your computer Seagate...

Page 21: ...boots your computer Drive formatting Caution Make sure to use the correct drive letters so that you do not format a drive that already contains data At the A prompt type format x s where x is the lett...

Page 22: ...e jumper If your computer does not recognize your new drive as a master in a two drive system the slave drive may not be ATA compati ble You may be able to solve this problem by installing jumpers on...

Page 23: ...cables that have the line to pin 28 the Cable Select pin removed or cut at one connector The connector that has pin 28 disabled is used for the slave drive See your computer manual to determine whethe...

Page 24: ...must load into memory before the operating system loads This occurs auto matically when you boot from your hard drive drive C However if you boot from a diskette the DDO will not be loaded and you wi...

Page 25: ...dynamic drive overlay If Disk Manager installs a dynamic drive overlay DDO and you do not need this software to access the full capacity of your drive you can remove the dynamic drive overlay without...

Page 26: ...has finished exit Disk Man ager 8 Remove the diskette and reboot the computer Enter your system setup program see your system manual for details 9 Configure the hard drive with the Cylinder Head Secto...

Page 27: ...board and secured with mounting screws Check all connectors and cables Make sure all ribbon and power cables are securely connected Ribbon cables are eas ily damaged especially at the connector Try a...

Page 28: ...basic checks but the prob lem persists follow these guidelines for troubleshooting specific cases After you install your new drive your computer will not boot and no error message appears on the scree...

Page 29: ...pear to your BIOS as having a capacity of 2 1 Gbyte 3 Remount your drive in the computer and replace the com puter cover 4 Insert a bootable system diskette into drive A and turn on the computer It sh...

Page 30: ...fol lowing Make sure the monitor is plugged in and turned on Check all cards Make sure the video card is seated in its slot and secured with mounting screws Turn off the computer and remove the drive...

Page 31: ...late the conflict verify that the drive and host adapter are compatible with your com puter Turn off the computer and remove all the peripheral adapter cards except for the video card and host adapter...

Page 32: ...drive using the same drive type values your dealer used to partition the drive Check for I O address conflicts between peripheral cards Check for viruses The system hangs in FDISK or fails to create o...

Page 33: ...city Verify the drive type values in the system setup program One of the following problems may have occurred The values may be set with an incorrect translation charac teristic You may have entered a...

Page 34: ...uctions on page 24 for After you install your new drive your computer will not boot and no error message appears on the screen The DOS message Disk Boot Failure Non System Disk or No ROM Basic SYSTEM...

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Page 36: ...cation or computer system Seagate Express You can purchase select tape products and tape accessories through Seagate Express 24 hours daily by calling 1 800 531 0968 or by faxing your order to 1 972 4...

Page 37: ...r customers should contact their place of purchase Authorized Service Centers If you live outside the US you can contact an Authorized Service Center for service or repair USA Canada Latin America Sup...

Page 38: ...rt Services For European customer support dial the toll free number for your specific country for presales support technical support SeaFAX and warranty repair If your country is not listed here dial...

Page 39: ...Services For presales technical support warranty repair and FAX ser vices in Africa and the Middle East dial our European call center at 31 20 316 7222 from 8 30 A M to 5 00 P M European central time...

Page 40: ...36 Medalist 2532 Rev B SeaFAX Australia 61 2 9756 5170 Warranty Repair Japan 81 3 5462 2904 FAX 81 3 5462 2979 Asia Pacific and 65 485 3595 FAX 65 488 7503 Australia...

Page 41: ...voids the warranty Call your authorized Seagate distributor for information on pack ing materials Figure 7 shows how a drive fits in an approved sin gle pack box including the packing materials Note B...

Page 42: ...ibility Directive 89 336 EEC of 03 May 1989 as amended by Directive 92 31 EEC of 28 April 1992 and Directive 93 68 EEC of 22 July 1993 Compliance of this drive as a system component was con firmed wit...

Page 43: ...Arbeiten auf dem Fest platte d rfen nur von Ausgebildetem Servicepersonal durchgef hrt werden Bitte entfernen Sie nicht die Aufschriftens childer des Laufwerkes 6 Der Einbau des Laufwerkes muss den An...

Page 44: ...40 Medalist 2532 Rev B Seagate Technology Inc 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley CA 95066 4544 USA Publication Number 212000104 001 Rev B Printed in USA...

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