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Disabling Maximum Overdrive

You can disable Maximum Overdrive during the installation proc-
ess or anytime afterward. 

To  disable  it  during  the  installation,  select  the  Change  Install
Features option in the Options dialog box that appears when the
format completes. This feature allows you to enable or disable
Maximum Overdrive. 

To disable it after the drive has been installed. 

1. Insert the EZ-Drive diskette into the diskette drive. 
2. Type ez at the command line. 
3. Press 

ENTER

  until  the  Select  Installation  Type  dialog  box

appears. 

4. Use the down arrow key to select Change Install Features.
5. Press 

ENTER

6. The  first  selection  gives  the  current  Maximum  Overdrive

status. Press the 

ENTER

 key to change the status.

7. Use the down-arrow key to select Save Changes. Press 

ENTER

to save.

Additional EZ-Drive troubleshooting and help information is avail-
able when you select Information Help in the Select Installation
Type dialog box. 

Answers to frequently asked troubleshooting questions are avail-
able in the EZ-HELP.EXE file on the diskette.

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Medalist XE Family Installation Guide, Rev. A

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Страница 1: ...Medalist XE Family 275xe 545xe ATA Interface Drives Installation Guide...

Страница 2: ...offerings or specifications No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from Seagate Technology Inc Contents Read before you begin 1 ST3660A free installation...

Страница 3: ...ound or touch the metal chassis of the computer power supply if it is plugged into a grounded outlet Keep the drive in its antistatic bag until you are ready to install it Do not attach any cables to...

Страница 4: ...agate It provides a software solution for computers using DOS and some BIOS combinations that limit the hard disc capacity to 528 Mbytes It allows the computer to access the ST3660A s entire 544 8 Mby...

Страница 5: ...ty LED optional 3 pin power connector optional 1 2 3 Keyway Ground 12V 5V The drive is a master a slave is present but it is not ATA compatible The drive is a slave to an ATA compatible master The dri...

Страница 6: ...stall the Seagate drive as your only drive but add a seconddrive later you must reconfigure it as the master or slave at that time 1 Remove the drive from its antistatic bag 2 Install master slave jum...

Страница 7: ...h one end of the cable to the drive s 40 pin ATA interface connector Align the cable s edge stripe with pin 1 of the drive shown in Figure 1 Attach the other end of the cable to the host adapter card...

Страница 8: ...ews in the current drive if this drive is a replacement Drives that have an S stamped on the frame runner use 6 32 UNC standard screws Drives that have an M stamped on the frame runner use M3 metric s...

Страница 9: ...apacity limit on ATA hard discs This occurs because the BIOS is designed to use up to 1 024 cylinders in the translation geome try for mapping the data surface of the drive The ST3660A has 1 057 cylin...

Страница 10: ...A 528 5 1024 16 63 504 Use this translation geometry if you know your computer can accept more than 1 024 cylinders Use this translation geometry if you are not sure your computer can accept more than...

Страница 11: ...te precomp and landing zone If these parameters are listed make their value zero If you upgrade your system at a later date to achieve the drive s full capacity you must repartition and reformat the d...

Страница 12: ...create primary DOS partition Use the maximum avail able size for your primary partition and make the partition active This puts the entire drive on one partition and allows the computer to boot load...

Страница 13: ...stallation files on the drive to a bootable diskette in Drive A The diskette must have 300 Kbytes available To create a bootable diskette 1 Put your DOS diskette into Drive A 2 Type format a s The dri...

Страница 14: ...ve installation software allows your computer to ac cess the ST3660A s full 545 Mbytes It works by bypassing the BIOS during the boot sequence and using information it creates on Drive C to identify t...

Страница 15: ...8 Mbytes Caution Because EZ Drive uses about 4 Kbytes of conven tional memory some older virus detection programs may misidentify EZ Drive as a virus If all 640 Kbytes of conventional memory are not f...

Страница 16: ...tion Installation and troubleshooting information is available there also If you are installing the drive as Drive C EZ Drive automat ically writes the system files to the drive to make it bootable 6...

Страница 17: ...ting and formatting partitions This instruction assumes you have already installed the drive with EZ Drive 1 Boot your computer from Drive C If the EZ Drive banner does not appear the EZ Drive install...

Страница 18: ...format program 3 Type format drive for each partition you have created Note DOS automatically assigns a letter to each partition Use the appropriate letter in the format statement If you are formattin...

Страница 19: ...oad Windows 2 Open the Program Manager menu and select File 3 Select Run 4 Load the EZ Drive diskette 5 In the command line box type drive Setup 6 Select Install Driver This loads the MH32BIT 386 repl...

Страница 20: ...amaged es pecially at the connector Try a new cable or a known good cable Make sure no socket pins were bent when the cable was inserted For each cable verify that cable connector pin 1 is aligned wit...

Страница 21: ...it may be difficult to hear its discs reach operating speed Recheck all drive cables if the drive is not running Verify the System Setup drive type values Try a warm boot a reboot without turning off...

Страница 22: ...te The dealer partitioned and high level formatted the drive for you in the store Later you installed the drive and it does not respond Reboot the computer and make sure the drive spins up Check all c...

Страница 23: ...mory Change the interrupt jumper setting on the host adapter Check for media defects at the beginning of the drive Use a third party surface scan utility System error message Drive not Ready appears C...

Страница 24: ...any of these cases is true If you reset the System Setup drive type value you must partition and high level format the drive again If you partitioned the drive into individual logical drives you may n...

Страница 25: ...Drive we recommend that you back up your files To disable EZ Drive 1 Insert a bootable diskette in the diskette drive and boot the computer Do not open the diskette drive door to load the EZ Drive ins...

Страница 26: ...at the command line 3 Press ENTER until the Select Installation Type dialog box appears 4 Use the down arrow key to select Change Install Features 5 Press ENTER 6 The first selection gives the curren...

Страница 27: ...BOARD Using your modem you can Access documentation drive specifications and jumper set tings for Seagate s entire product line Download software for installing and analyzing your drive Request a retu...

Страница 28: ...P M Pacific time Monday through Friday SeaFONE 408 438 8222 You can talk to a technical support specialist between 8 00 A M and 5 00 P M Pacific time Monday through Friday SeaFONE provides recorded t...

Страница 29: ...ical support for Seagate products is available on CompuServe To access the Seagate technical support fo rum type go seagate This forum provides information similar to that found on SeaBOARD Medalist X...

Страница 30: ...in an unapproved container voids the warranty Call your authorized Seagate distributor to purchase additional boxes The following figure shows how a drive fits in an approved single pack box includin...

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Страница 32: ...Seagate Technology Inc 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley CA 95066 USA Publication Number 36294 001 Rev A Printed in USA...

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