Maxtor Corporation, Audience, Products, Support | Maxtor 300

Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1Maxtor Corporation

Maxtor corporation is one of the world’s largest suppliers of hard disk drive products-products that help store the digital world for millions of users. Maxtor products serve a range of markets, including personal and entertainment, small office/home office, mid-sized business and enterprise

Products

Maxtor storage products include drives and accessories for PC’s, workstations, RAID products, enterprise applications, enterprise servers, high-end systems, consumer electronics and personal storage.

Support

Maxtor provides a variety of consumer support options, all designed to make sure the user gets fast, helpful, accurate information to help resolve any difficulties. These options include a broad, searchable knowledge base of FAQ’s, product manuals, installation guides, information on previously resolved problems, software downloads, and contact by phone or E-mail with a support person. For more information, visit

www.maxtor.com/en/support.

1.2Audience

The Quickview 300 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB PATA product manual is intended for installers, developers, consumer electronics and personal computer original equipment manufacturers (CE/PC,OEM),and distributors. The manual provides information about installation, principles of operation, interface command implementation, and maintenance.

The Maxtor family of drives provide a high-quality, low cost, market leading 100GB per disk products to serve consumer electronics market.

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Contents

MaxtorQuickview 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB Pata Patents Publication Number Part Number Before You Begin McCarthy Blvd Milpitas, California Tel Fax Chapter InstallationChapter Introduction General Description ATA BUS Interface and ATA Commands Product SpecificationsService and Support Appendix a Breaking the 137 Gigabyte Storage Barrier List of Figures List of Tables Products Maxtor CorporationAudience Support Manual Organization Terminology and Conventions MSB References KEY Features Product Overview General Description Regulatory Compliance Standards Product EMI/EMS Qualifications Installation Space Requirements Unpacking Instructions 2Quickview 300 20-Pack Shipping Container Pata Interface Connector Hardware Options 1AT Jumper Options Cable Select CS Jumper Master Jumper Configuration Drive Select DS Jumper Power On Standby Cylinder Limitation Jumper CLJ 4AT Connector and Jumper Location Pata BUS Adapter Combination Connector J12.1 40-Pin Pata Bus Connector Adapter Board 5J1 DC Power and Pata Bus Combination Connector Pata Bus Interface Connector J1, Section C DC Power J1, Section aExternal Drive Activity LED Mounting Orientation Installation Ventilation Adapter Board InstallationClearance For Systems With a Motherboard Pata Adapter Connecting the Adapter Board and the Drive 8Drive Power Supply and Pata Bus Interface Cables Techniques in Drive Configuration Operating system limitations Drive Configuration Models and Capacities Performance Specifications Physical Dimensions Parameter Value Power Requirements for 250GB/300GB Typical Power Requirements for 80/100/120/160/200GB TypicalVoltage Tolerance Power Mode Definitions EPA Energy Star Compliance Environmental Limits Acoustic Noise1 1Baseplate Tempurature Measurement Location Shock and Vibration Parameter Operating NON-OPERATING Start/Stop Cycles Reliability SpecificationsAnnualized Return Rate Data Reliability Safety Regulatory Compliance Canadian Emissions Statement Mechanical Interface Signal Cable and ConnectorIntroduction Electrical Interface Supported Commands Command InterfaceGeneral Feature Set Command Feature Register Code Values Flush Cache SET Multiple Mode Write Sectors 30h Content Description Word 10-19 Serial number 20 Ascii characters 20-21 Retired Content Description Minimum PIO transfer cycle time without flow control Minor version number See Address Offset Reserved Area Boot, Incits TR272001 = release interrupt enabled Supported Content Description Reserved 255 Integrity word 15-8 Checksum Signature Service and Support Product Support/Technical Assistance/Customer Service Breaking the 137 Gigabyte Storage Barrier History DOS How is the Extension Implemented? Solving the 137 Gigabyte Capacity BarrierWhat Do the Drives Need to Meet the Spec? What Else is Involved? What is the Next Barrier?Appendix a Appendix B Big Numbers Appendix C Glossary Glossary FCI Acronym for flux changes per inch. See also BPI Initialize See low level formatting Millisecond ms One thousandth of a second .001 sec Glossary Quickview 300 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB Pata G-7 Glossary Index