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Marathon 2250 and Marathon 1680

Product Manual

1.11.2

Electromagnetic Compatibility

. . . . . . . 15

1.11.3FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.0Drive mounting and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.1

Handling and static-discharge precautions

. . . . . . . . . 17

2.2

Jumper settings

. . . . . . . . . . 17

2.2.1 Master/slave configuration

. . . . . . . . . . 17

2.3

Remote LED configuration

. . . . . . . . . . 19

2.4

Drive mounting

. . . . . . . . . . 19

2.5ATA interface connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.0ATA Attachment-3 Interface (ATA-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3.1ATA interface signals and connector pins . . . . . . . . . . 25

3.1.1 AT bus signal levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3.2ATA Interface commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3.2.1Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3.2.2

Identify Drive command

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

3.2.3

Set Features command

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.2.4

S.M.A.R.T. commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3.2.5

Drive Security commands

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Appendix. Compatibility Notes . .

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Seagate 2250, 1680 manual Drive mounting and configuration, ATA Attachment-3 Interface ATA-3, Appendix. Compatibility Notes

2250, 1680 specifications

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