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    © Mar ch 5, 2 002 Maxtor Cor poration. All r ights r es er v ed. Pr inted in U . S .A. This publ ic ation could include tech nical inaccuracies or typo graphica l er rors. Changes ar e per iodically made to th e in f or matio n herein – wh ich will be incor pora ted in r evi sed edit ions of the publi cation. Maxtor ma y mak e changes or impr ov ...

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    Cor porate Head q uarter s: 510 C otton wood Driv e Mi lpitas , C alifor nia 95 035 T el: 408 -43 2-1 700 Fa x: 40 8- 4 32- 45 10 Resear c h and De vel o pmen t Center: 2452 C lov er Bas i n D r iv e Longmont, Colorad o 80503 T el: 303 -65 1-6 000 Fa x: 30 3- 6 78- 21 65 ...

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    Revisi o n-A 20 04052 All Initia l Relea s e Mar ch 5, 20 0 2 ...

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    Thank you f or y our inter est i n Maxtor har d di sk dr iv es. This man ual pr o vides tec hnical in f ormation for OEM engineers and systems i ntegrators re g ar ding the i nstal lation and use of Ma xtor har d dr iv es. Dr iv e r epair sho uld be perfor med only at an a u t hor iz ed r epair cent er . For r epair infor mation, cont act the Ma xt ...

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    Ma xto r D5 40X -4 G v 1.1 Maxtor Corporat ion ........... ..................... .................... ..................... .................... ..... 1- 1 1.2 Manual Or ganization .................... ..................... .................... ..................... ............... 1- 1 1.3 Abbreviations ........... .................... ........... ...

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    Table o f Contents vi Ma xtor D 540X- 4G 4.1 Hard Drive Handling Precau tions .................. .................... ..................... ................... 4-1 4.2 Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) ........... ..................... .................... ..................... ......... 4-1 4.3 Unpacking and Inspection .................. ............ ...

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    vii Ma xto r D5 40X -4 G Figure 2-1 PCBA Jumper Location and Configuration .............. ..................... ................ 2- 6 Figure 3-1 Outline and Mount ing Dimensions ............... ..................... .................... ...... 3- 4 Figure 4-1 Multi-pack Sh ipp ing Container . .......... .................... ..................... .. ...

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    Ma xtor D540 X-4 G 1- 1 Maxtor Corporat ion has been provid i ng hig h-qualit y computer st orage produc t s s ince 1982 . Al o n g th e wa y, w e ’ ve see n many c hanges in data stor ag e needs. Not l ong ag o, only a handful of sp ecific users needed mor e tha n a c ouple hundr ed megabytes of storage. To d ay, downlo adin g fro m the Intern e ...

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    Introduction 1-2 Ma xtor D 540X- 4G If there is a c o nflict between text and t ables, the table shall be accepted as being corr ect. The names of abbre via tion s, c omm ands , fields and acronyms us ed as sign al na mes a r e in all uppe r case t ype (e. g ., I DENTIFY DRIVE). Fields cont a ining only one b it are usu a lly ref erred to as th e ? ...

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    Introduction Ma xtor D540 X-4 G 1- 3 Signal na mes are sh own in all uppe rcase ty pe. All signals a r e either high active or low activ e signals. A dash character (-) at the end of a s ignal name in dicates that the sig n a l is low ac tive. A low active signal is true wh en it i s below V iL an d is false when it is a bove ViH. A signal wit hout ...

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    Introduction 1-4 Ma xtor D 540X- 4G ...

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    Ma xtor D 540X -4G 2- 1 Maxtor hard di sk drive s are 1- inc h hig h, 3.5-inch di ameter r andom acc e ss stor age devices which in corporate an on-board Ultra ATA/133 in terface control le r. Hi gh capaci ty is a chi e v e d by a balanced combina t ion of high areal r e cordi ng densi t y an d the la t est data encoding and servo tec hniques. Maxt ...

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    P rod uc t Des cri pti o n 2-2 Ma xtor D 540X- 4G Note : Maxt or de fine s 1 Gig ab yte ( GB) a s 10 9 o r 1 ,000, 000,0 00 byt es of dat a. T otal a c cess ib le capacity var ies depending o n operating envir onment. Maxtor hard dr ives cont ain al l necessar y mechanica l and elec t ronic par ts to int erpret control si gnals a nd commands f rom ...

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    Produ ct De scr ipt ion Ma xtor D 540X -4G 2- 3 The Logical Block Address ( L BA) mode c an only b e utiliz ed in systems that support this f orm of tra nslation. Th e cylinder , head an d sector geometr y of the drive, as presented to the host, diff ers from the actual phys ical geometry. The host AT computer ma y access a drive of se t parameter ...

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    P rod uc t Des cri pti o n 2-4 Ma xtor D 540X- 4G Th e d a ta b u ffe r i s or g ani ze d i n to tw o seg men ts: th e da ta b uffe r and th e m i c ro controll er sc r atch pad. The data buffer is dynamically a lloc ated for r ead and write data d epending on the commands r eceived. A va riable number of read a n d wri te buffers may exist at t h ...

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    Produ ct De scr ipt ion Ma xtor D 540X -4G 2- 5 An integr at ed cir cui t mount ed wi t hin t he sealed hea d dis k assembly (n ear t he r e ad/ write heads) provid es up to e i g ht head selection dep ending on t he model. It also provides read pre-amp lif ication and write driv e circuitry. Lo w mas s, l ow fo rc e gi ant magn eto -res is tive re ...

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    P rod uc t Des cri pti o n 2-6 Ma xtor D 540X- 4G Two drives may be a c cess ed via a comm o n in terface c able, us ing t he same range o f I/O addre sses. The dr ives have a jump er conf igurat ion as devi ce 0 or 1 (Master/ Slave), and are selec t ed by the drive select bit in the Device/Head regist er o f the tas k file. All Task File registers ...

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    Produ ct De scr ipt ion Ma xtor D 540X -4G 2- 7 On some olde r BIOS', pr ima rily t hose that a uto-config ure the disk drive, a ha ng may occur. The Cylinder Limitation ju mp er reduces the c apac ity in the Ident ify Drive allowing large capaci t y drives to w ork with older BI O S. The capac it y reported when J4 5 :J4 6 is c lo sed w ill b ...

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    P rod uc t Des cri pti o n 2-8 Ma xtor D 540X- 4G ...

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    M axt or D5 40 X-4G 3-1 Th e D 540X -4 G a t 16 0GB cap a c ity (4 G1 60J 8) e xc eed s the 13 7GB c apaci ty barri er imposed by t he 28 bit addressing sc hem es c ommon to many c urrent BIOS and drivers. If you r syst em has 28 bi t addr essing logic your drive will appea r to o nly have 137GB of capacit y. You can upgra de your system to break t ...

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    Produc t Specifications 3-2 Maxto r D5 40X -4 G Da t a Surf ac es /N um be r of H ea d s 6 8 Number of Di sks 3 4 Sector s per Drive (max LB A) 240,121,72 8 320,173,056 Integrated Interface Maxtor Ultra A T A/ 133 (A T A-5/A T A-6) R e cord ing Me t hod PRML Ser v o T y pe Em bedded Numb er of Servo S e ctors 224 Data Z ones per S urfac e 16 Data S ...

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    Product Spec i f ications M axt or D5 40 X-4G 3-3 S eek Tim es (t ypi cal r ea d, m s) Tr a c k - t o - Tr a ck 1 Average (normal seek) 1 1 Full St rok e (norm al seek) 20 Average Latency (ms) 5.5 Con troll er Overh ead (ms) <0.3 Rotation Speed (RPM ±0.1%) 540 0 Data T ransfer S pee d (MByte/sec max) T o/From Inte rfac e (Maxtor Ultra A T A/133 ...

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    Produc t Specifications 3-4 Maxto r D5 40X -4 G Ou tlin e and Mou nti ng Dime nsi on s ...

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    Product Spec i f ications M axt or D5 40 X-4G 3-5 The driv e is spinning up following initia l a pplicat ion of po wer and has not yet reached full speed. A random a ccess o peration by the driv e . Data i s bei ng r e a d fr om or writ te n to th e d ri ve. The drive i s spinning, t he actuator is pa r ked a n d power e d o ff and a l l other circ ...

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    Produc t Specifications 3-6 Maxto r D5 40X -4 G T emperatu re 0 ° C to 6 0 ° C low te mpera ture ( -40 ° C) high temp eratur e (65 ° C) per MIL - STD-81 0E, metho d 50 1 .3, c li matic cate go ry; hot -in duce d co ndit io ns. Ther mal Gradien t 30 ° C per ho ur (max imum ) Relative Humidity 5% to 95% (non-condensing) We t B u l b 3 0 ° C ( m ...

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    Product Spec i f ications M axt or D5 40 X-4G 3-7 <1.0 % Ann u a lize d Re tu r n Ra te ( A RR) indic ate s the av era g e again s t produc ts ship ped. <750 D PPM The qua lit y accept anc e rate indic ates the per c entage of Maxto r produc ts success fully ins t alled b y our custome rs, and/or t he number of def ective part s per million ( ...

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    Produc t Specifications 3-8 Maxto r D5 40X -4 G The hard dis k drive mechanism is designed as a subassembly for in stallation i nto a suitable enclosure and is therefore n ot subj ect t o Subpart J of P art 1 5 of FCC Rules (47CFR15) or t he Canadian D epartment of C ommunicatio ns R adio I nte rfer e nce Regulation s. Althoug h not requir ed, the ...

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    M axt or D5 40 X-4 G 4-1 • If the ha ndling precautions ar e not foll owed, damage to the h a rd drive m ay re sult whichmay void the warr a nty. • During handling , NEVER drop, jar, or b um p a drive. Ha ndle t he drive by its sides a nd avoid touc hing the print ed circuit boar d assembly (PCBA ). • Hard drives are sensitive to electrostati ...

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    Handling and I nstallation 4- 2 Ma xtor D54 0X-4 G Multi-department c ommittee Evaluate and improve Employee t raining E d uc ate and inf o rm ESD program suppl ies typica lly include: wrist- a n d foot-worn groun ding straps; counter- t op and f loor antist atic matting ; wrist st rap te sters; ESD video and training materials. Sources for such su ...

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    Handling and Installation M axt or D5 40 X-4 G 4-3 Multi -pack Shipping Co ntaine r ...

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    Handling and I nstallation 4- 4 Ma xtor D54 0X-4 G Singl e Pack Shippi ng Containe r (Optio n A) ...

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    Handling and Installation M axt or D5 40 X-4 G 4-5 Singl e Pack Shippi ng Containe r (Optio n B) If a Max t or drive requires return, repack it using Maxtor packing mate rials, i ncluding th e a nti s tat ic ba g. The detailed installation ins t r uctions f o r Maxtor har d dr iv es ar e pro vided in the Install ati on Guide . T o obt ain a cop y o ...

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    Handling and I nstallation 4- 6 Ma xtor D54 0X-4 G ...

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    Ma xtor D 540X- 4G 5 -1 This chapter desc ribes the interfac e between M ax tor D540X-4G hard disk drives and the ATA bus . The commands t hat are i ssued from t he host t o control the drive ar e listed, as well as the electrical and mechan ical char acteristics of the interface . Maxtor D540X-4G hard disk dr ives use the standar d ATA/ATAPI i nte ...

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    ATA Bus Int e rface and ATA Comman ds 5-2 M axt or D5 40 X-4 G The Maxtor D540X-4G h ard disk drives allow t heir host syst em s to address the full set of command and con t rol reg isters as specifi e d in cl ause 7 of t he ATA/ATAPI-6 standard . This includes t h e 48-bit Address f eature set described in cla u se 6. The µP rocessor, Disk C ontr ...

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    ATA Bus Inter face an d ATA Commands Ma xtor D 540X- 4G 5 -3 READ DMA C8h, C9h RE A D LO NG 22h , 23 h READ MULT IPLE C4h READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS F8h READ SECT OR(S) 20h , 21h READ VERI FY SE CTOR (S) 40h , 41h SEC UR ITY D I SA B LE PASSW ORD F6h SECURITY ERAS E PREPARE F3h SE CURI TY E RAS E U NIT F4h SECURITY FREEZE LOCK F5H SECURITY SET PASSWOR ...

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    ATA Bus Int e rface and ATA Comman ds 5-4 M axt or D5 40 X-4 G 1. As def ined in the ATA/ATAPI -6 stand a rd. SMART R EAD DATA B0h D0h SMART R EAD LOG B0h D5h SMART RE T U RN STAT U S B0h DAh SMART SAVE ATTRIBUTE VALUES B0h D3h SMART W RITE LOG B0h D6h STANDBY 96h, E2h STANDBY IMMEDIATE 94h, E0h WRITE BUFFER E8h WRITE DMA CAh, CBh WR ITE M U LTIP L ...

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    Ma xtor D 540X- 4G 6 -1 If a c ustomer disc overs a def ect in a Maxtor har d drive, Maxtor will , at i ts option, repair or r eplac e the disk drive at no charge to the customer, provided it is ret urned during the war ra nty period. Dr ives must be pr operly pack a ged in Maxtor pac kaging or Maxtor-a ppr oved pa c kaging to obtai n warr ant y se ...

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    Serv ice an d Support 6-2 M axt or D5 40 X-4 G ...

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    Ma xtor D 540X- 4G A -1 This appen dix provide s inf or mati on abou t the 137GB st or age ba rri er. It disc usse s t he histor y , cause and the solu tion to over co me this barrier. Capacit y barri ers have be en a fact of the personal computer wo rld since it s begi nnings in the early 1980 ’ s. At least 10 d iffer ent capacity barriers have ...

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    Brea king the 137GB Stora ge Barrier A-2 M axtor D540X-4G Past ba rriers often frust rated people t r ying t o add a ne w hard di s k to an o lder sys tem when they discovered t hat not all of t h e designed capacity of t he hard disk was accessible. This i nability to a ccess t he entir e dr ive is referred to as a “ capa city ba rrier ” and i ...

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    Breakin g the 137G B Storage Barrie r Ma xtor D 540X- 4G A -3 As descri bed earlier, t he issue causing t he 137-gigabyte bar rier is t he 28-bit addressing method of the origi nal ATA specif ication. A change to e xpand this met hod was required to provide mor e address bit s f o r the interf ac e, a llowing signific a nt growt h for many years to ...

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    Brea king the 137GB Stora ge Barrier A-4 M axtor D540X-4G The BIOS c ompanies will also have to perform some work to recog nize the inc re as e d capacity of t h e devices atta ched to the bus an d allow the extended 48-bit c o mma nds to pass on to the device s. Boot partit ions will also b e an issue f or t he capacity of t h e drive if t he BIO ...

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    Breakin g the 137G B Storage Barrie r Ma xtor D 540X- 4G A -5 • Maxt or “ Big Drive ” web site f or resour ce informa t ion: ht tp:/ /ww w.m axtor . co m/b igdriv e • ATA/ATAPI-6 : http://www.T13.org ...

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    Brea king the 137GB Stora ge Barrier A-6 M axtor D540X-4G ...

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    Max tor D 540 X- 4G G-1 A ACCESS – (v) Read, write, or u pdat e infor mation on some storage medium, such as a di sk. (n) One of th e se oper ations. ACCESS T IM E – The interval bet ween the time a r equest for data is made by the sy ste m and the time the dat a is available from the drive. A cce ss time includes t he actual seek time , ro tat ...

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    Glos s a ry G-2 Max tor D 540 X-4 G BLOCK – A sect or or gr oup of sec to rs . By defa ult, a bloc k of dat a co nsists of 512 byt e s. BPI – Abbr eviatio n for bits pe r i nc h . A measur e of how de nsely information i s pac ked on a st o r age mediu m. Flux chan ges per inch is also a term comm only used in describing stor age de nsity on a ...

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    Glos s a ry Max tor D 540 X- 4G G-3 DI SK CONTROLLE R – A plug-in board, or embedded c ircuitry on the d r ive, tha t pass es information to and from the disk. The Maxtor di sk drives all have c ontrollers embedded on the drive printed- circ uit board. DIS KW ARE – The prog ram instruc tions and dat a stored o n the disk fo r use by a proc esso ...

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    Glos s a ry G-4 Max tor D 540 X-4 G G GI GABYTE (G B) – O ne bil lion b ytes (one thousan d megabytes) . GUIDE RAILS – P lasti c st rip s at tach ed to the si des of a dis k drive mounted i n an IBM AT an d compatible comput er s so that the drive easi ly slides into pla ce. H HALF HEIGHT – Te rm us ed to d es cr ib e a drive that occupi es h ...

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    Glos s a ry Max tor D 540 X- 4G G-5 K KI LOBYTE (K) – A unit of measure consist ing of 1 ,024 (2 10 ) bytes. L LAN DI NG ZON E – A pos itio n in sid e th e disk ’ s i nne r cylinde r in a non dat a area reserv ed as a place to rest th e heads durin g the time that po w er is of f . U si n g this ar ea prevent s the he ads f rom touc hing the ...

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    Glos s a ry G-6 Max tor D 540 X-4 G MTTR – Mean Time To Rep a i r. The average time it t akes to repair a dr i ve t hat has fai led for some r eason. Thi s onl y takes i nt o conside rat ion the cha ng ing of t h e major sub- assemblies su ch as ci r cuit board o r sealed housi n g. Component level repa ir is not included in this number as th is ...

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    Glos s a ry Max tor D 540 X- 4G G-7 any order desired, and t he address of one storage location is as readily accessi ble as any other . RAM DISK – A “ ph a n tom disk drive ” for which a sec tion of sy st em memory (RAM) is set asid e to hold d a ta, just as if i t were a number of disk sec t ors. The a ccess to this data is extremely fast b ...

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    Glos s a ry G-8 Max tor D 540 X-4 G fluct ua t ions or noise spi kes. SOF T SECTORED – Dis k s tha t m ark th e begi nning of ea c h sect or o f data within a trac k by a magn et ic pattern. SPINDL E – The center shaft of the disk upon whi ch the dr ive ’ s pla t ters a re mount ed. SPU TTER – A type of co a t ing process u sed to ap ply th ...

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    Glos s a ry Max tor D 540 X- 4G G-9 V VO IC E C O IL – A ty p e of m o to r u sed t o mo v e th e disk rea d / w rite hea d i n a nd o u t to th e r igh t track . Voi ce -coi l act uato rs w ork lik e loudspeakers with the force of a mag netic coil causi ng a proport ionate movement of the head. Maxtor' s actuat or uses voice-c oil technolog ...

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    Glos s a ry G- 10 Maxt or D54 0X- 4G ...

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