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Compatibility notes
∙The Marathon 810 conforms to the ATA interface specifica- tions. The host system BIOS must provide support for the ATA interface command set. For a detailed description of the ATA commands implemented by this drive, see the Seagate Mara- thon 810 Product Manual and the Draft Proposed ATA-2 Standard.
∙In accordance with ATA specifications, the system BIOS must reset any emulation/translation parameters after a hard reset.
∙In some configurations, a Marathon 810 may supply up to 16 bytes of error-correction code (ECC) with the Read Long and Write Long commands. Depending on the drive type, your system BIOS may look for 4 bytes of ECC. If your system BIOS expects 4 bytes of ECC and the drive supplies a different number of bytes, some drive diagnostic programs may fail, typically resulting in time-out errors. Consult your computer documentation or call your computer dealer or manufacturer for information on configuring your computer to receive more than 4 bytes of ECC.
∙Some older drive diagnostic programs may incorrectly report an ECC-detection failure when analyzing a Marathon 810. This occurs because the drive hardware corrects the data automatically, avoiding the error rather than reporting it. Such a report does not indicate a drive malfunction.
