Before You Begin
Thank you for your interest in the Maxtor DiamondMax™ Plus 5120 AT hard disk drives. This manual provides technical information for OEM engineers and systems integrators regarding the installation and use of DiamondMax hard drives. Drive repair should be performed only at an authorized repair center. For repair information, contact
the Maxtor Customer Service Center at
Before unpacking the hard drive, please review Sections 1 through 4.
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C A U T I O N
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 hard drives are precision products. Failure to
follow these precautions and guidelines outlined here may lead to
product failure, damage and invalidation of all warranties.
BEFORE unpacking or handling a drive, take all proper
BEFORE removing drives from their packing material, allow them to reach room temperature.
During handling, NEVER drop, jar, or bump a drive.
OnceadriveisremovedfromtheMaxtorshippingcontainer, IMMEDIATELYsecurethedrive through its mounting holes within a chassis. Otherwise, store the drive on a padded, grounded, antistaticsurface.
NEVER switch DC power onto the drive by plugging an electrically live DC source cable into the drive's connector. NEVER connect a live bus to the drive's interface connector.
Please do not remove or cover up Maxtor
They contain information required should the drive ever need repair.