3.4Drive mounting

You can mount the drive using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. See Figure 4 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precautions when mount- ing the drive:

Allow a minimum clearance of 0.030 inches (0.76 mm) around the entire perimeter of the drive for cooling.

Use only M3 UNC mounting screws.

Do not overtighten the mounting screws. Maximum torque: 4.0 inch-lb (0.4519 N-m).

Four (4) threads (0.080 inches, 2.032 mm) minimum screw engagement recommended.

Avoid excessive drive distortion when mounting. Refer to the following specifications for stiffness/deflection information:

Top cover stiffness/deflection

 

 

 

Operating with no performance degradation, emitted noise,

10 mm probe: 2.0kgf OR

mechanical damage, or hard errors

5 mm probe: 0.92kgf

 

 

Non-operating with no hard errors

20 mm probe: 2kgf at any point of top cover

 

20 mm probe: 15kgf at top cover edges only

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Seagate ST980313ASG, ST9500325ASG, ST9400326AS, ST9320325ASG manual Drive mounting, Top cover stiffness/deflection