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Check for viruses.
During operation, the system error message, “Drive notReady,” appears.
Check all cables.
Check the power supply.
Reboot the computer and make sure the drive spins up.
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Marathon 420sl Installation Guide, August 1995
Page 1: ...Marathon 420sl ST9420A ST9420AG AT Interface Drives Installation Guide...
Page 2: ...s or trademarks of their owners Seagate reserves the right to change without notice product offerings or specifications No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permis...
Page 3: ...all work surfaces Avoid static inducing carpeted areas Keep the drive in its static shielded bag until you are ready to complete the installation Do not attach any cables to the drive while it is in...
Page 4: ...selection re quires a special daisy chain cable that grounds pin 28 CSEL on one of its two drive connectors If you attach the drive to the grounded CSEL connector it becomes a mas ter If you attach th...
Page 5: ...slave may be detected using DASP signal Drive is master Seagate slave drive present Drive is slave Seagate master drive present Use CSEL pin grounding to differentiate master from slave Figure 1 ATA i...
Page 6: ...omputers are very delicate Be careful not to tear them Mounting the drive Mount the drive securely in the computer using M3X0 5 metric screws in the four bottom mounting holes or the four side mountin...
Page 7: ...matically determine your drive type and configure themselves appropriately at startup Read your system manual to determine whether this applies to your computer If so then skip ahead to Formatting and...
Page 8: ...ng list of predefined drive types Select a drive type with specifications that match those of your drive refer to the table on page 5 Specify a custom or user defined drive type If the system setup pr...
Page 9: ...is avail able from Seagate s Technical Support services on the SeaBOARD computer bulletin board FindType compares your drive s geometry with all geometries supported by your computer s BIOS FindType c...
Page 10: ...tails After you successfully run SETUP EXE your drive will be ready to use and you can skip the partitioning and formatting steps below Partitioning The partitioning process subdivides a single disc d...
Page 11: ...t type format followed by the drive letter for the first drive partition you want to format for example format C Then press ENTER Repeat this procedure to format each of the new drive partitions you h...
Page 12: ...are compatible Verify your hardware configuration Check the documen tation for your drive host adapter and computer to confirm that all jumpers are set appropriately Check all cables Make sure that a...
Page 13: ...her peripherals one at a time until the conflict reappears After you have isolated the source of the address conflicts you can resolve the conflict by changing the I O address of the peripheral that a...
Page 14: ...s Check all cables Make sure the video card cables if any are securely attached Power down the computer and remove the drive host adapter If the screen comes on after you reboot the host adapter may b...
Page 15: ...y also be able to solve this problem by upgrading your system BIOS At startup the message HDD controller failure appears Check jumper settings on all drives Check all cards and cables The dealer parti...
Page 16: ...again During the FDISK program the computer hangs or fails to create or save the partition record Check all cables The FDISK program on your DOS utilities diskette may be corrupted Try running the pr...
Page 17: ...BIOS drive type Your drive s formatted capacity is limited to the capacity of the BIOS geometry you selected If your BIOS does not offer a geometry that takes advantage of the full capacity of the dr...
Page 18: ...ruses During operation the system error message Drive not Ready appears Check all cables Check the power supply Reboot the computer and make sure the drive spins up 16 Marathon 420sl Installation Guid...
Page 19: ...Write Long commands Depending on the drive type your system BIOS may look for 4 bytes of ECC If your system BIOS expects 4 bytes of ECCand thedrive suppliesa different number of bytes some drive diagn...
Page 20: ...g a modem you can access documentation drive speci fications and jumper settings for Seagate s entire product line You can also download software for installing and analyzing your drive SeaBOARD is av...
Page 21: ...acific time Monday through Friday SeaFONE provides recorded technical information on se lected Seagate products while you are on hold You can access these recordings 24 hours daily Before calling note...
Page 22: ...drives is available through the internet from Seagate s World Wide Web home page http www seagate com or Seagate s ftp server ftp ftp seagate com The ftp server contains information similar to that fo...
Page 23: ...ing a drive in an unapproved container voids the warranty Call your authorized Seagate distributor to purchase additional boxes Figure 2 shows a drive in an approved single pack box with all necessary...
Page 24: ...Seagate Technology Inc 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley CA 95066 USA Publication Number 36305 101 Rev A Printed in USA...
