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TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION
2.5" HDD SERIES INSTALLATION NOTES - 9.5mm GAS Series
© 2003 Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
Contents subject to change without prior notice.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Toshiba’s 2.5" Hard Disk Drive 9.5mm GAS series, HDDXXXX, comprise a series of fast,
high-capacity 2.5" Winchester disk drives which comply with ATA-5 standards and re-
quire only a simple adapter board for interfacing to standard IDE cables.
SPECIFICATIONS
MK3021
MK4021
MK6021
MK2018
MK3018
GAS
GAS
GAS
GAS
GAS
HDD2181
HDD2182
HDD2183
HDD2168
HDD2169
Formatted Capacity
30.00GB
40.00GB
60.00GB
20.004GB
30.00GB
Height
9.5mm
9.5mm
9.5mm
9.5mm
9.5mm
No. of Disks (platters)
1
2
2
1
2
No. of Data Heads
2
3
4
2
3
SPECIFICATIONS
MK4018
MK2023
MK8025
MK3017
MK4025
GAS
GAS
GAS
GAS
GAS
HDD2170
HDD
HDD2188
HDD2160
HDD2190
Formatted Capacity
40.008GB
20.003
80.012
30.00GB
40.007GB
Height
9.5mm
9.5mm
9.5mm
9.5mm
9.5mm
No. of Disks (platters)
2
1
2
2
1
No. of Data Heads
4
2
4
4
2
CABLING INFORMATION
DRIVE INTERFACE SIGNALS
PIN
SIGNAL
PIN
SIGNAL
1
-RESET
2
GROUND
3
DD 7
4
DD 8
5
DD 6
6
DD 9
7
DD 5
8
DD 10
9
DD 4
10
DD 11
11
DD 3
12
DD 12
13
DD 2
14
DD 13
15
DD 1
16
DD 14
17
DD 0
18
DD 15
19
GROUND
20
KEY
21
DMARQ
22
GROUND
23
-DIOW
24
GROUND
STOP
25
-DIOR
26
GROUND
-DMARDY
HSTROBE
27
IORDY
28
CSEL
-DMARDY
-DSTROBE
29
-DMACK
30
GROUND
31
INTRQ
32
- IOCS16
33
DA1
34
- PDIAG
35
DA0
36
DA 2
37
- CS0
38
- CS1
39
- DASP
40
GROUND
41
+5V (LOGIC)
42
+5V (MOTOR)
43
GROUND
44
RESERVED
Note: Symbol (–) in front of signal indicates negative logic.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Should you require technical support, contact your computer distributor. If your distributor
is unable to answer your questions, have them call Toshiba Storage Device Division Techni-
cal Support, on your behalf.
TOSHIBA - STORAGE DEVICE DIVISON
TECHNICAL SUPPORT - 503/615-4364
You can also visit Toshiba’s web site at: http://www.sdd.toshiba.com
2.5” Hard Disk Drive Installation Notes - 9.5mm GAS Series
P/N 480056-C0
P/N 480056-C0
2.5” Hard Disk Drive Installation Notes - 9.5mm GAS Series
01/04
01/04
FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Logical Drive
MK3021
MK4021
MK6021
MK2018
MK3018
Parameters
GAS
GAS
GAS
GAS
GAS
HDD2181
HDD2182
HDD2183
HDD2168
HDD2169
No. of Cylinders (user)
47,080
47,080
47,080
33,280
33,280
Bytes per Sector
5 12
51 2
51 2
512
512
LBA Sectors
58,605,120
78,140,160
117,210,240
39,070,080
58,605,120
Buffer Size (KBYTES)
2048
2048
2048
2048
2048
Rotation Speed (±.1%)
4200
4200
4200
4,200
4,200
Transfer Rate
154.3 –
154.3 –
154.3 –
156.9 –
156.9 –
Internal (MBITS/sec)
298.0
298.0
298.0
290.4
290.4
No. of Cylinders (logical)
16,383
16,383
16,383
16,383
16,383
No. of Heads
1 6
1 6
1 6
1 6
1 6
No. of sec./Track
6 3
6 3
6 3
6 3
6 3
PIO/Ultra DMA (MBITS/sec)
16.6/100
16.6/100
16.6/100
16.6/100
16.6/100
Seek Time (MSEC.)
Average
1 2
1 2
1 2
1 2
1 2
Track-to-track
2
2
2
2
2
Maximum
2 2
2 2
2 2
2 2
2 2