User manual MAXTOR ST9100AG INSTALLATION

[. . . ] · Keep the drive in its static-shielded bag until you are ready to complete the installation. If none is available, ground yourself by touching the metal chassis of the system before handling any components. · Use antistatic padding on all work surfaces and avoid staticinducing carpeted areas. Examine the drive, cables, mounting hardware and accessories, documentation and packaging. [. . . ] The table on page 6 lists these specifications for the ST9100A and ST9100AG. It is not necessary to understand these terms to set up the system BIOS. Read your system documentation or run your system setup program (described on the following page) to determine which drive types your BIOS supports. Another method is to run the FINDTYPE. EXE utility program, available from Seagate Techni- 6 ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A cal Support services (on the SeaBOARD BBS) as described in Appendix C. In other cases, you must initiate BIOS setup by pressing certain keys while the system is booting up. Within the setup program, there are three possible ways that you can specify your drive type: · Match your drive specifications (from the table below) with those of a drive type specified in the setup program. · Specify a custom or user-defined drive type in the setup program, then manually enter your drive specifications from the table below. · Select specifications lower than those required for your drive, and allow your drive to mimic the drive type selected. sectors Capacity (Mbytes) BIOS calculated Usable ST9100A and ST9100AG 748 14 16 167, 552 81. 8 85. 8 When the drive specifications are entered manually as a userdefined or custom drive type, the BIOS should display a drive capacity equal to the BIOS calculated capacity in the table above. This value will be lower than the usable drive capacity. ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. A 7 In a few situations, none of the drive types specified in your BIOS setup program will match your drive, and the setup program will not provide an opportunity to specify a custom drive type. In this case, consider the third option described on page 6 -- allowing your ST9100A or ST9100AG drive to mimic one of the BIOS-supported drive types. During the BIOS setup process, simply select a drive type with a capacity that is less than or equal to the drive's BIOS calculated capacity listed in the table on page 6. This drive type should have no more than 1, 024 cylinders, 16 read/write heads, or 63 sectors per track. In addition, the total number of sectors for that drive type (listed in the setup program) should not exceed the number of cylinders times the number of read/write heads times the number of sectors per track. sectors/track) BIOS compatibility recommendations The ST9100A and ST9100AG are AT interface compatible drives, which conform to ATA specifications. The host system BIOS must provide support for the AT interface command set. Consult the system documentation for information on the AT interface within your system. In accordance with ATA specifications, the BIOS must reset any emulation/translation parameters after a hard reset is received from the host. In some configurations, the ST9100A and ST9100AG drives supply 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. [. . . ] SeaBOARD The Seagate Technical Support Bulletin Board System (BBS) is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Set your communications software for eight data bits, no parity and one stop bit (8N1). Using the SeaBOARD BBS you can obtain: · Specifications and configuration for Seagate products. 14 ST9100A and ST9100AG Installation Guide, Rev. · A directory of information and helpful utility programs that you can download to your own computer. [. . . ]