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This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® model drives: These drives provide the…
The Serial ATA (SATA) interface provides several advantages over the traditional (parallel) ATA interface. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation…
Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this…
The specifications listed in Table 1 and Table 2 are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, refer to the appropriate…
*One GB equals one billion bytes and 1TB equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating…
Cylinders: 16,383 • Read/write heads: 16 • Sectors per track: 63 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively…
Interface SATA Recording method TGMR Recording density (kFCI) 3TB, 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB and 750GB models 1807 500GB, 320GB and 250GB models 1413 Track density…
2.6 Seek time Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications in…
Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications in the table…
Time-to-ready may be longer than normal if the drive power is removed without going through normal OS powerdown procedures
The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. Refer to Figure 1 on page 26. 2.8.1 Power consumption Power requirements for…
2.9.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temperature…
Drive acoustics are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels (no pure tones). All measurements are consistent with ISO document 7779. Sound…
When properly installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in performance when subjected to the radio frequency…
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From…
2.13.1 Safety certification These products are certified to meet the requirements of UL60950-1, CSA60950-1 and EN60950 and so marked as to the certify agency.…
Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.14.1…
Seagate electronic drive components pass accelerated corrosion testing equivalent to 10 years exposure to light industrial environments containing sulfurous…
This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive
After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostatic discharge (ESD) hazards. Observe the following…
Each drive on the SATA interface connects point-to-point with the SATA host adapter. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is considered a…
The SATA interface cable consists of four conductors in two differential pairs, plus three ground connections. The cable size may be 30 to 26 AWG with a…
You can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. Refer to Figure 2, Figure…
These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA (SATA) interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0 to…
Barracuda drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accordance with the SATA Revision 3.0 specification. This specification…
Table 9 summarizes the signals on the SATA interface and power connectors. Table 9 SATA connector pin definitions Segment Pin Function Definition Signal S1…
The following table lists SATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International…