Seagate ST380023AS installation instructions Drive characteristics, Configuring the Bios

What you need

Barracuda V Serial ATA Installation Guide

ST3120023AS, ST380023AS, and ST360015AS

Serial ATA (SATA) Interface Disc Drives

Publication Number: 100221385, Rev. A, December 2002

Serial ATA interface disc drives are designed for easy installation. It is not necessary to set any jumpers, terminators, or other settings on this drive for proper operation. The jumper block adjacent to the SATA interface con-

Drive characteristics

	ST3120023AS	ST380023AS	ST360015AS
Formatted capacity	120 Gbytes	80 Gbytes	60 Gbytes
Total # of sectors*	234,441,648	156,301,488	117,231,408
Cache size	8 Mbytes	8 Mbytes	8 Mbytes
Disc rotation ± 5%	7,200 RPM	7,200 RPM	7,200 RPM

*One sector equals 512 bytes.

Attaching cables and mounting the drive

1.Attach one end of the drive interface cable to the Serial ATA interface connector on your computer’s motherboard or Serial ATA host adapter (see your computer manual for connector locations).

nector is for factory use only.

The serial ATA interface connects each disc drive in a point-to-point config- uration with the serial ATA host adapter or serial ATA port on your mother- board. There is no master/slave relationship as there is with parallel ATA. Each disc drive has its own cable.

Using Serial ATA does not prevent you from continuing to use your existing standard (parallel) ATA drives as long as your system or host adapter pro- vides and supports parallel ATA connectors. This means you can easily add Serial ATA capability to your existing system without removing your existing disc drives.

The easiest way to install your drive

To successfully install and obtain the maximum capacity from the drive, use DiscWizard 2003 disc drive installation software utility. This utility is

available exclusively from Seagate . You can download this free disc drive

installation software from our web site at www.seagate.com/support or run the program directly from your web browser. In either case, you should run DiscWizard before you install your drive.

Note. Older versions of DiscWizard do not recognize the Serial ATA

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Note:

Computer motherboard

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Serial ATA host adapter

Each drive requires its own cable. You cannot attach more than one drive per cable.

Follow the instructions on the downloadpage at www.seagate.com to cre- ate a diskette and complete the installation.

model numbers, so ensure that you use DiscWizard 2003 or later when installing a Barracuda V Serial ATA disc drive.

To run DiscWizard:

If you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions on this installation sheet to install and configure your drive.

• A Phillips screwdriver and four 6-32 UNC drive mounting screws.

• A Serial ATA interface cable (sold separately). Maximum length is 39 inches (1 meter).

• A Serial ATA-compatible power cable or adapter (sold separately).

• A version of Windows with FAT32 or NTFS file system.

• A system with a motherboard that has a Serial ATA connector on it, or a Serial ATA host adapter and available PCI slot in which to install the adapter.

Refer to your computer system documentation to see whether your system supports Serial ATA on the motherboard and to locate the Serial ATA con- nector. If your system does not have a Serial ATA connector on the mother- board, you will need to purchase a Serial ATA host adapter that is compatible with your system and install it with the appropriate device driver according to the host adapter manufacturer’s installation instructions.

Note. See www.seagate.com/support/disc/sata/ for a list of companies that sell Serial ATA components including host adapters, cables, and power adapters.

Handling precautions/electrostatic discharge protection

• Disc drives are fragile. Do not drop or jar the drive. Handle the drive only by the edges or frame. Keep the drive in the protective SeaShell con-

•Drive electronics are extremely sensitive to static electricity. .While installing the drive, wear a wrist strap and cable connected to ground.

•Turn off the power to the host system during installation.

•Do not disassemble the drive; doing so voids the warranty. See the War- ranty information on page 2.

•Do not apply pressure or attach labels to the circuit board or to the top of the drive.tainer until you are ready to install it to minimize handling damage

SATA interface connector			Note. Serial	ATA connectors are
			keyed to ensure correct orien-
			tation.
Jumper block	SATA power connector
(factory use only)
2. Attach the interface and				SATA interface connector
				Power connector
power	cables	to	the
drive.			SATA interface cable
3. Secure the drive using
four 6-32 UNC mount-
ing screws in either the
side-mounting		or	bot-	Power cable
tom-mounting		holes.
Insert	the screws		no

more than 0.20 inches (5.08 mm) into the bottom-mounting holes and no more than 0.14 inches (3.55 mm) into the side-mounting holes.

Note. Do not overtighten the screws or use metric screws. This may dam- age the drive.

Configuring the BIOS

Close your computer case and restart your computer. Your computer may automatically detect your new drive. If your computer does not automati- cally detect your new drive, follow the steps below.

1.Restart your computer. While the computer restarts, run the system setup program (sometimes called BIOS or CMOS setup). This is usu- ally done by pressing a special key, such as DELETE, ESC, or F1 dur- ing the startup process.

2.Within the system setup program, instruct the system to auto detect your new drive.

3.Save the settings and exit the setup program.

When your computer restarts, it should recognize your new drive. If your system still doesn’t recognize your new drive, see the troubleshooting sec- tion on the back of this sheet.

Note. Serial ATA is a new interface type. Some older systems may see the drive and classify it as a SCSI device if you are using a serial ATA host adapter. This is normal even though this is not a SCSI disc drive. This does not affect drive performance or capacity.