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WD CONFIDENTIAL

WD3200BEVE

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WD Scorpio

ML160M

EIDE Hard Drives

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Page 1: ...Technical Reference Manual WD CONFIDENTIAL WD3200BEVE WD2500BEVE WD1600BEVE WD1200BEVE WD800BEVE WD Scorpio ML160M EIDE Hard Drives...

Page 2: ...WD logo and WD Scorpio are registered trademarks in the U S and other countries and Data Lifeguard CacheFlow and FIT Lab are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies Inc Other marks may be mentioned...

Page 3: ...2679 701205 A00 RELEASED 1 16 09 WD CONFIDENTIAL WD Scorpio ML160M WD800BEVE WD1200BEVE WD1600BEVE WD2500BEVE WD3200BEVE Technical Reference Manual...

Page 4: ...RELEASED 1 16 09 WD CONFIDENTIAL 2679 701205 A00...

Page 5: ...ovals 12 2 9 Full Model Number Specification 12 3 PRODUCT FEATURES 13 3 1 Perpendicular Magnetic Recording PMR 14 3 2 Reduced Power Spinup RPS 15 3 3 System on Chip SOC 15 3 4 S M A R T Command Transp...

Page 6: ...30 4 2 3 Read Log Sector 31 4 2 4 Offline Data Collection 31 4 3 Identify Device ECh 32 4 4 Set Features EFh 38 5 INSTALLATION AND SETUP PROCEDURES 39 5 1 Unpacking 39 5 1 1 Handling Precautions 39 5...

Page 7: ...uring Spinup 7 Figure 2 3 Drive Base Casting Thermocouple Location 9 Figure 2 4 Forced Airflow Direction 10 Figure 2 5 Standard Factory Connectors 11 Figure 3 1 RPS Spinup Profile 15 Figure 5 1 Drive...

Page 8: ...ck and Vibration 8 Table 2 2 Device Pin Connector Pin Definitions 11 Table 2 3 Full Model Number Description 12 Table 4 1 ATA 7 ATA 8 Command Opcodes 26 Table 4 2 Obsolete Command Opcodes 27 Table 4 3...

Page 9: ...feature set provides a method for a host to send commands and data to a device and for a device to send data and status to a host using log pages Reliability Features Set Data Lifeguard Representing...

Page 10: ...ct the likelihood of some near term degradation or fault conditions When used with a S M A R T application the drive can alert the host system of a negative reliability status condition The host syste...

Page 11: ...de 2 multi word DMA 97 MB s maximum Interleave 1 1 Buffer Size 8 MB Error Rate Unrecoverable 1 in 1014 bits read Spindle Start Time From Power on to Drive Ready 3 4 0s average From Power on to Rotatio...

Page 12: ...rfaces 1 2 2 4 4 Number of Heads 1 2 2 4 4 Bytes per Sector 512 512 512 512 512 User Sectors per Drive 156 301 488 234 441 648 312 581 808 488 397 168 625 142 448 Servo Type Embedded Embedded Embedded...

Page 13: ...CONFIDENTIAL 5 2 2 1 Physical Dimensions English Metric Dimension Tolerance Dimension Tolerance Height 0 374 inches 0 01 inch 9 50 mm 0 20 mm Length 3 94 inches 0 01 inch 100 00 mm 0 25 mm Width 2 75...

Page 14: ...D Scorpio ML160M 6 RELEASED 1 16 09 WD CONFIDENTIAL 2679 701205 A00 2 3 Mechanical Specifications Figure 2 1 shows the mounting dimensions and locations of the screw holes for the drive Figure 2 1 Mou...

Page 15: ...ng Mode Mean Current1 Power Average1 5 VDC Spinup max 1000 mA 5 0W Spinup 700 mA 3 5W Read Write 500 mA 2 5W Seek 500 mA 2 5W POWER MANAGEMENT COMMANDS Operating Mode Mean Current1 Power Average1 5 VD...

Page 16: ...eeding the level listed in Table 2 1 Drive Generated Vibration Drives are tested by supporting a single drive horizontally in a free free state and measuring the side to side vibration Self vibration...

Page 17: ...erature 2 60 C 140 F Humidity 8 90 RH non condensing 29 4 C maximum wet bulb Thermal Gradient 20 C hour maximum Humidity Gradient 20 hour maximum Non operating Temperature 40 C to 65 C 40 F to 149 F H...

Page 18: ...s substances in new equipment and consists of restrictions on lead mercury cadmium and other substances The reliability performance and specifications of WD products are unchanged from previously manu...

Page 19: ...MA signal Request to host DMA only In UDMA mode is a drive initiation control signal 23 DIOW STOP I I O Write The host or DMA controller asserts IOW when a data or control byte is written to the WD Sc...

Page 20: ...f Information and Communication Taiwan BSMI EMI Certification Certified as a Class B product with the Bureau of Standards Metrology and Inspection BSMI 2 9 Full Model Number Specification Table 2 3 be...

Page 21: ...agnetization to keep the bits stable under thermal fluctuations otherwise data corruption may occur over time Higher media coercivity has pushed the recording head write field to the limit of known ma...

Page 22: ...nd long term drive reliability 3 4 System on Chip SOC The System on Chip SOC is the foundation for WD s next generation electronics and firmware architecture The SOC lowers component count by integrat...

Page 23: ...monitor the progress of the Write Same by issuing SCT Status requests This frees the host system to do other tasks while the media is being cleared 3 5 2 Read Write Long The function performed by the...

Page 24: ...ree and low level formatted at the factory After prolonged use any drive including a WD drive may develop defects If you continue receiving data errors in any given file use the Data Lifeguard Diagnos...

Page 25: ...pletes in less than two minutes Extended Test Tests all the critical subsystems of the drive Conveyance Test Quickly identifies issues caused by handling damage Selective Test Scans host defined secti...

Page 26: ...Read Write Retry Procedure This retry procedure is used by all disk controller error types If the procedure succeeds in reading or writing the sector being tried then recovery is complete and the cont...

Page 27: ...application execution If a defective sector is found during a write cache operation that sector is automatically relocated before the write occurs 3 8 2 Read Cache CacheFlow implements a multiple segm...

Page 28: ...interface At reset this signal is an output from the slave drive and an input to the master drive showing that a slave drive is present For all times other than reset DASP is asserted at the beginning...

Page 29: ...next power on reset or hard reset 3 13 2 Security Levels High If High level security is set and the user password is forgotten the master password can be used to unlock the drive and access the data...

Page 30: ...NTIFY B1 DEVICE CONFIGURATION RESTORE B1 DEVICE CONFIGURATION SET B1 DOWNLOAD MICROCODE 92 EXECUTE DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC 90 FLUSH CACHE E7 FLUSH CACHE EXT EA IDENTIFY DEVICE EC IDLE E3 IDLE IMMEDIATE E1 N...

Page 31: ...s that are selectable via the Features Register when the host issues the S M A R T command To select a sub command the host must write the appropriate sub command code to the Features Register before...

Page 32: ...ement that failed The read element of the test failed 08h The previous self test completed having a test element that failed The element damage is suspected to be caused by handling 09 0Eh Reserved 0F...

Page 33: ...ttribute ID Number Pre Failure Advisory Bit Status Flags bit 0 1 Read Error Rate 1 Pre Failure Spin up Time 3 Pre Failure Start Stop Count 4 Advisory Re allocated Sector Count 5 Pre Failure Seek Error...

Page 34: ...pending offline data collection process begins If an in process automatic offline data collection process is interrupted by a host command the automatic offline data collection process will then resum...

Page 35: ...Numbers WDC WD800BEVE nnnnnn WDC WD1200BEVE nnnnnn WDC WD1600BEVE nnnnnn WDC WD2500BEVE nnnnnn WDC WD3200BEVE nnnnnn 47 Bit 15 8 80h Bit 7 0 00h Reserved 01h FFh Maximum number of logical sectors that...

Page 36: ...eserved Bit 10 If set Multiword DMA mode 2 is selected Bit 9 If set Multiword DMA mode 1 is selected Bit 8 If set Multiword DMA mode 0 is selected Bit 7 3 Reserved Bit 2 If set Multiword DMA mode 2 is...

Page 37: ...stic Management feature set supported Bit 8 If set SET MAX security extension supported Bit 7 See Address Offset Reserved Area Boot INCITS TR27 2001 Bit 6 If set SET FEATURES subcommand required to sp...

Page 38: ...feature set enabled Bit 8 If set SET MAX security extension enabled by SET MAX SET PASSWORD Bit 7 Reserved for Address Offset Reserved Area Boot INCITS TR27 2001 Bit 6 If set SET FEATURES subcommand r...

Page 39: ...ment value Bit 7 0 Current Automatic Acoustic Management value 80h Acoustic Mode FEh Performance Mode 80XXh 95 99 Not supported 0 100 103 Maximum user LBA for 48 bit Address Feature Set WD800BEVE 156...

Page 40: ...mode1 BBh Don t care PIO Default Mode1 03h 00h Disable IORDY1 03h 01h Enable Mode 3 PIO1 03h 0Bh Enable Mode 4 PIO1 03h 0Ch Enable Multi Word DMA Mode 01 03h 20h Enable Multi Word DMA Mode 11 03h 21h...

Page 41: ...direct contact with the hard drive or circuit board components When the drive is not in its shipping container or installed in its proper host enclosure it must remain in the antistatic bag To prevent...

Page 42: ...allow ventilation do not block the air slots on the underside and rear of the enclosure Do not remove the tape seal or any labels from the drive this will void the warranty 5 1 5 Moving Precautions I...

Page 43: ...C D and B below You must ground the drive with at least one mounting screw Figure 5 3 Grounding Diagram Side Mounting Use four metal screws in A C D and B If less than four screws are used remove in...

Page 44: ...pport the CSEL feature Cable Select jumpering requires several conditions Drives jumpered as CSEL A CSEL cable must be used The host must support CSEL Dual Drive Mode If you have a dual installation t...

Page 45: ...ons Do not touch the components on the printed circuit board Do not obstruct or cover any holes on the drive s cover Air must be able to pass through these holes to the external air filter for normal...

Page 46: ...e variety of technical support services on our Internet site at support wdc com NORTH AMERICA US Canada Central Time 800 ASK 4WDC Monday Thursday 9 00 am 7 00 pm Friday 9 00 am 5 00 pm Saturday 8 00 a...

Page 47: ...rior to host transfer without any performance penalties These error corrections are invisible to the host system because they do not require assistance from the drive s firmware Enhanced IDE EIDE Expa...

Page 48: ...fy Drive 32 S M A R T 28 Set Features 38 Hot Plug Support 20 I Input Voltage Requirements 8 Installation and Setup 39 Interleave 3 Internal Environmental Protection System 18 J Jumper Settings 42 Jump...

Page 49: ...ggered Spinup 23 System on Chip SOC 15 T Technical Support 44 Online Services 44 Temperature airflow 10 cooling 10 thermocouple location 9 Temperature and Humidity 9 Thermal Management 17 Thermocouple...

Page 50: ...79 701205 A00 Jan 2009 800 ASK 4WDC North America 800 832 4778 Spanish 800 6008 6008 Asia Pacific 00800 27549338 Europe toll free where available 31 880062100 Europe Middle East Africa Western Digital...

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