Seagate ST9320328CS, ST9500323CS manual Formatted capacity, Default logical geometry, LBA mode

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2.2Formatted capacity

	Model	Formatted capacity*	Guaranteed sectors	Bytes per sector

	ST9500323CS	500 Gbytes	976,773,168

	ST9320328CS	320 Gbytes	625,142,448	512

	ST9250311CS	250 Gbytes	488,397,168
	ST9250311CS	250 Gbytes	488,397,168

	ST91603110CS	160 Gbytes	312,581,808

*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.

2.2.1LBA mode

When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.

See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48-bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes.

2.3Default logical geometry

Cylinders	Read/write heads	Sectors per track

16,383	16	63

LBA mode

When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.

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Contents ST9500323CSST9250311CS ST9320328CSST91603110CS Pipeline HD Mini Series SataRevision Date Sheets affected or comments Revision historyPipeline HD Mini Series Sata Product Manual, Rev. E Pipeline HD Mini Series Sata Product Manual, Rev. E Contents Pipeline HD Mini Series Sata Product Manual, Rev. E List of Figures Page Seagate Technology Support Services Viii About the Serial ATA interface IntroductionPage Specification summary table Drive specificationsSleep mode Cylinders Read/write heads Sectors per track 16,383 Default logical geometryLBA mode Formatted capacitySeek time Physical characteristicsPhysical organization Recording and interface technologyStart/stop times Power specificationsTypical current profile DC powerIdle mode Power-management modesPower management modes Active modeEnvironmental specifications Acoustics Performance Reference Test Description Level Standard Electromagnetic immunityTest for Prominent Discrete Tones PDTs Radio frequency environmentsAnnualized Failure Rate AFR Safety certificationReliability Agency certificationFCC verification Environmental protectionKorean RRL Australian C-Tick N176Corrosive environment European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHSChina Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS Directive Pipeline HD Mini Series Sata Product Manual, Rev. E Serial ATA cables and connectors Configuring and mounting the driveHandling and static-discharge precautions Configuring the driveTop cover stiffness/deflection Drive mountingMeasurements shown in are in inches Pipeline HD Mini Series Sata Product Manual, Rev. E Segment Pin Function Definition Serial ATA connector pin definitionsSignal Serial ATA Sata interfaceSupported ATA commands PowerCommand name Command code in hex ATA-standard commands Command name Command code in hex ATA-standard security commands ATA-standard power-management commandsWord Description Value Identify Device commandXxxxH Bit Word Description if bit is set to Bit WordSet Features command values Set Features command3 S.M.A.R.T. commands A.R.T. commandsCode in features register A.R.T. command Pipeline HD Mini Series Sata Product Manual, Rev. E Index ITE TPI Pipeline HD Mini Series Sata Product Manual, Rev. E Page Seagate Technology LLC